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Affiliate marketing is a great way to make money on the internet, even if you don't have a list of customers, subscribersor prospects, you can still make money on the internet with affiliate marketing.
The first thing you need to do is decide on a niche you are comfortable and knowledgable in. It should be an expandableniche,such as home business or digital products, or from a informational subject that you are very knowledgable in. People need to feel that you know what you are talking about. You can even use Internet marketing itself as a niche which has a very huge area to choose from. There is a very starving crowd just waiting for high quality information on how to make money on the intenet.
Once you have your niche, you need to make sure there are plenty of digital products or business opportunities for your niche, such marketplace like Clickbank, PayDotCom and Commission Junction are the affiliate sites where you can find tons of digital products to sell as an affiliate. If you take some time to research legitimate affiliate programs you can even have a recurring income from many different programs.
To start out with, you need to pick one to three digital products and or affiliate programs first. You're either going to have to buy it and use it or ask the owner for a review copy. You will need to write a review for the product.This is important because you are not writing an ad for the product, you're writing a product review. Keep in mind that your goal is to enable prospective buyers to trust you. If you accomplish that, you are on your way to seriously making money on the internet.
If you have never written a review, my suggestion is to go to a place like IdeaMarketers and read articles about how to write a review before writing your first one. It's not that difficult so don't let that discourage you. Once you do your first one all other ones you write will be super easy.
After you have your product reviewed and the review written for it, it's time for you to create a blog and post the review to your blog. When you do this, don't forget to make sure you create product links within the post. If you want to write an article on the product, you will have to place your link in your Bio box. When visitors read your product review, they know where to buy the product.
The product links that you created in your post will be your affiliate links. To get more sales, I highly recommend getting your own domain name and installing a blog on it. A great way to do this is have your site designed with Wordpress already installed. That way when you choose to write an article or review it automatically posts to your blog. I actually promote and use a website like that which you can have created free of charge except for domain registration and a small hosting fee. I invite you to visit my site to see what I mean.
Now that you have your blog or article with your product review, there's only one problem left - how to get people come to your blog? Well, here's where the secrets come in. The secret is there are no secrets. Just tactics you have to learn and use. Once again I invite you to visit my site where I let you download what I feel is the best informational resource there is for making money on the internet. It's called Dotcomology by Stone Evans and covers all there is to know about internet marketing. I strongly recommend you get your free copy before you get to deep in your quest for a home business. It will definitely save you tons of mistakes and trial and error tactics.
Now for the most important detail of the endeavor.
Promotion! You have your review, article, blog or whatever but what do you do with it? My suggestion is setting up an RSS feed for your blog. You can do this through your blogging site. They will walk you through the process. Your review is intact where you have it listed but I suggest going to IdeaMarketers and look at various ways to post it on there. You can also submit your articles there as well as other high PR sites such as Go Articles, Article Base, Free library and Article Directories such as Article Marketer. These directories will distribute your material for you. You can advertise like this free of charge unless of course you choose to upgrade.
Another very effective way is to promote using social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. A word of caution here though. Be sure to check there guidelines so you know your limitations. Create a lens on Squidoo and register with Stumble Upon. Join forums related to your niche and introduce yourself. I highly recommend Warrior Forum. There is so much knowledge in this forum and they're happy to help you.
If you have an email list, send ezine emails to your contacts with your link in your signature. Be sure these are opt in or user friendly contacts! Do NOT spam. If you have a website, install an autoresponder. This way you can set up actual campaigns for each opt in and provide follow up with your visitors. If someone makes a purchase be sure to have a Thank You page intact.
Follow these tips and you are on your way to a lifelong residual system for making money on the internet with affiliate marketing. Take the time to visit my site and get your free copy of Dotcomology and have a look around. Good luck to you.
