You’ve probably read the term affiliate marketing dozens or maybe hundreds of times online, so what is affiliate marketing? Affiliate marketing is simply an agreement between you and a merchant in which you help promote the merchant’s product for a share of the profits of each sale. You can promote the products a variety of ways, but the links that take potential customers to the merchant’s website are coded to notify him or her that the customer came from your efforts, and you’re paid whatever the agreed upon percentage of the sale might be. If that sounds simple, maybe even too good to be true, consider that affiliate marketing is one of the top ways to make money online, just because it is so simple.
There are also different types of affiliate marketing programs that require different things.
What is affiliate marketing if it’s pay-per-click? This means that each time a potential customer clicks on your link to the merchant’s website, you earn money.
What is affiliate marketing if it’s pay-per-lead? Each time a potential customer clicks on your link and then registers at the affiliate website, you get paid....