How To Avoid Affiliate Marketing Opportunities That Are Scams

Avoiding affiliate marketing opportunities that are scams is part common sense and part laughter

. The common sense part involves analytically looking at an affiliate marketing offer. The laughter kicks in after the analysis proves that the affiliate offer is a joke.

For example, if an offer pops up that claims a person can make $500 an hour part time, common sense will ask how is this possible? Common sense will ask this: If it's possible to make $500 an hour, why is this guy trying to sell this affiliate offer? Why isn't he working on making $500 an hour instead of trying to sell this marketing scheme?

Through a simple analytical process, any person can determine that this offer is a scam. The scammer is making his money by selling a worthless e-book on how to make $500 per hour.

Affiliate scams come in all manner of dress. A common indicator of an affiliate scam is where affiliates earn money based on the number of new affiliates who they sign up. This is an updated version of the old envelope stuffing scam.

No legitimate affiliate program will ask for a fee to sign up. In an affiliate deal, a person gets paid after selling a product or service. Amazon is probably the most well-known affiliate marketing program. Many people are signed up as affiliates with Amazon. These affiliates offer Amazon products on their web sites. When a visitor clicks through to Amazon from an affiliate's web page to buy a product, the affiliate earns a percentage of that sale. This is a legitimate affiliate program. No membership fee is paid.

Any affiliate program that offers big bucks for little work is probably a scam. Affiliate selling entails hard work and knowing how to target a buying audience. Everyone wants to get rich quick without working. This is the kind of desire that scammers prey on to make a person part with his money.

People looking for online affiliate opportunities must learn to step back and not listen to the hype. Reasonable expectations must rule over emotions. If anyone could make millions selling affiliate goods, everyone would be doing it.

In a nutshell, here are the warning signs of an affiliate scam:

* Promises of making fantastic sums of money in a short space of time.

* Get very rich working only part-time.

* Asking for a fee to sign up.

* Pictures of affiliate sellers holding wads of cash while standing in front of a Cadillac.

The key to making affiliate sales is to study affiliate marketing. Dozens of good marketing sites are on the Internet offering free advice. Learn these techniques, make a business plan and apply what is learned. Affiliate sales are made by hard work, not by sitting on a couch.

by: Cynthia Minnaar

POST COMMENT

How To Find The Right Marketing Strategy For Your Product Network Marketing Tips That Really Pay Off Tap The Amazingly Lucrative Power Of Email Marketing To Harvest Gold Marketing Video Script: Tips In Writing Want Even More Sales? Design Your Market Read More With Successful Content Marketing What Is Article Marketing? Network Marketing Mastery - 7 Steps To Avoid The Nightmare Of Generating Zero Opt-ins Social Media Marketing: Chat With Buyers, Not At Them Best Network Marketing Companies Review Mobile Advertising Solution, A Better Option Than E-marketing Solution Website Seo Article Marketing Blog Ebook Technical Content Writing Gurgaon India Brief Overview Of Search Engine Marketing Blog Management Tips Branding Advertising Marketing Web Writing Delhi India