subject: Make Money Online: Internet Marketing For Beginners [print this page] Whether you market a product online or offline, the same fundamentals are at play if you want to make money online. It's really all about connecting the right people with the right product. For those who are considering whether internet marketing is for them, in this article I'm going to cover the main points that you'll need to know.
Affiliate Marketing. Being an affiliate marketer means selling products for other people. Don't let the word 'selling' put you off. As I mentioned earlier, 'selling' really means to bring your product to the attention of interested parties. There's no hard selling to do. As an affiliate, you will receive a payment in the form of 'commission' from the vendor for every item that you sell.
Understanding the market. This is really one of the most important parts of making money online. It's essential that you understand who it is that a product is most likely to be bought by. You need to know enough about these people so that you know where to find them and which points will appeal to them. The more you know about them the better. People buy on emotions, so if you can find what the emotions are behind buying your particular product, you should do fine.
Promote the benefits. Products need to be presented in a positive light, and this means that the benefits of a product need to be highlighted. Branding and sales copy help with this. As an affiliate, you should be able to find material that the vendor has created for you to help you make money online. These may include sales information such as the sales letter that the vendor has provided. You could also be provided with sales banners in addition.
Commission. For every person that you send to the vendor's sales page, who buys the product, you will be paid a percentage of the sale price. This will be calculated automatically. The vendor will provide you with a unique URL that will link through to the main sales page. There will be a counter that records all the visitors that you send and how many of them made a purchase.
Reach out to your market. Once you have an understanding of who it is that might buy your chosen product, you will need to find those people in order to make money online. There are many different ways that you can achieve this. Here are some the methods:
Develop a website with engaging and informative content. People will visit your site to read your content. By staying close to your niche topic, you will gain a readers to whom you can display ads for your products. You can also review your products and provide comparisons.
Search engine optimization is important for a website or any online content that you add. It will bring you more traffic, as your content will appear in the search engine results pages.
Article marketing is another way to attract the attention of your market. You can write useful articles and use the article directories to distribute them. Publishers will use them on their own websites, your name will be at the bottom of the article with a link through to your product.
Once you have some experience with internet marketing, you'll discover that it really isn't that hard to make money online - it just takes time.
