subject: How to do affiliate marketing – a simple guide [print this page] This article will explain in simple terms how to do affiliate marketing and what you can do to give yourself the best chances of success. I'll also explain what you can do if you get stuck and where you can go to get help.
Affiliate marketing is where a marketer uses their website to recommend another businesses product or services. When a sale is made a commission is paid to the affiliate who referred the sale. It sounds simple but in reality it can be difficult especially to new internet marketers.
To find out how to do affiliate marketing properly it is a good idea to surround yourself with successful internet marketers from whom you can learn and emulate their methods as well as asking for their advice if you are not seeing the results you expected.
At some point in your internet marketing career you get stuck, really stuck and this is where a lot of internet marketers fail. They fail because they don't know where to turn to ask for help or feel embarrassed because they think that their question is stupid.
Unfortunately on some discussion forums online there are members who think it is fun to tease and make fun of aspiring internet marketers. Discussion forums are a place where people go to get help from other knowledgeable people to help them succeed. That being said there are places on forums on the internet where new internet marketers are made to feel welcome and their questions aren't laughed at.
Being successful at affiliate marketing means that you are determined to succeed no matter how hard the going gets. Get yourself involved in a friendly forum where you can chat with successful people who will be willing to help you out when you get stuck.
