Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to begin your business. It
is very cost effective to begin and has great potential for earnings.
Affiliate marketing is a great way to start off your business by
earning some capital to begin your enterprise. Once you are starting
to earn you can develop your business knowing you have a good source
of income

Here are some steps to help you to begin:

1. Choosing an affiliate program: You will need to join a few
affiliate programs. You can join an affiliate network like Commission
Junction or individual companies.
2. Decide which affiliate programs will have products and services
that match your current market. Try to target this well, as you will
sell more when you pinpoint the right market. Try to choose niche
markets for greater profits.
3. You will be given a link to promote. It is wise to disguise this to
prevent affiliate hijacking.
4. There are several ways to market your sponsor's product or service.

a. Direct marketing: Advertising on related websites and targeted
publications. Pay-Per-Click campaigns like Google Adwords.
b. Passive marketing: submission to search engines
c. Social marketing: MySpace, Utube, Forums and business networks etc.
You cannot advertise here, just post and use your email signature
file, with your URL.
d. Your newsletter: Offer a free newsletter and build your opt-in
list.

Affiliate marketing is the cheapest, and in some ways the easiest way
to start your online business. All you need to do is to pre sell your
visitors and get them to click through to your sponsor's site. Their
sales page does the selling and you collect your commission. Everybody
is happy and you can snowball your profits to invest in your business
development. In this way you can build your business faster, knowing
you have a good income coming in.

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