I always get tons of people asking me "what exactly is an affiliate program?"
They ask me this because everywhere I go, I always try to spread knowledge of affiliate programs and how great they are. I've found them to be a good source of income, and believe that anyone with the ability to type, and the determination to earn some money, can do it to.
So what exactly is an affiliate program?
I'll try to explain this in the simplest way possible, so that everyone can fully understand the definition of an Affiliate Program.
The Affiliate Program was created as a way to spread the word about a particular product or service.
Companies that have affiliate programs allow us to promote their products & services. Whenever a sale is made, we are paid a commision. That pretty much sums it up. Really, that's it.
It may sound like an easy way to earn money, but there lies a little problem within our picture perfect fantasy. You must have traffic (and lots of it) if you plan on earning any real money from your affiliate ventures.
You can have a million web pages/blogs floating around the internet, but if you dont get anybody to read them - they're of no good use to ya. When I say read them, I mean really read them. You'll have to be creative and come up with exciting topics to entice your site visitors to read your material. Once you can maintain a nice re-ocurring traffic flow to your website(s), you can move on to the next item on your to-do list, which should be: getting your visitors to click on your affiliate links.
My goal with this post was to introduce the concept of affiliate programs, I hope that everyone was able to grasp at least the basics of what affiliate programs are and what they are capable of in terms of earning potential.
Feel free to leave comments, ask questions, or share your affiliate program experiences with the rest of us.
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