How do I get started?
Affiliate marketing is easy to start. All you need is a website targeting a particular niche. Niche websites do well because there is less competition. If you want to succeed as an affiliate marketer for mainstream products such as digital cameras, you are going to fight an uphill battle.
The goal is to develop multiple sites dedicated to niche markets. Your biggest challenge as an affiliate publisher is to create unique content and to drive a significant amount of traffic to your website. Once you have visitors, you have to focus on getting them to click the affiliate ads. If a visitor clicks on any such banner, and then makes a purchase, you receive your commission. Consequently, the more sales the affiliate advertiser makes through your website, the more commission you receive. Compensation varies depending on the type of program.
It is not as easy as it looks. Treat affiliate marketing as a business. If you will treat it as a hobby spending a couple of hours a week on your affiliate marketing business, expect to earn a couple of hours worth of pay. There are a myriad of get rich quick sites selling you the latest best kept secret...