What is Affiliate Marketing? In a nutshell, affiliate marketing is an arrangement between an online merchant and affiliate (you), in which the affiliate earns a commission for generating sales, leads and/or clicks for the merchant's web site. For example, many credit card companies will pay you between $5 and $20 in commission for each visitor that you send to their site who completes a credit card application, and up to $55 for those whose applications are approved. That's a great commission, and although many companies pay less, there are also many companies that pay much MORE! Here's another example. If you promote this Elite TR6633 Treadmillwhich sells for $6,495.00 as an affiliate of MegaFitness, they will pay you a 10% commission... or $649.50! "Fantastic!", you say. You're absolutely right! How much you will earn depends in part on the products you choose tosell, and in the Super Affiliate Handbook I show you exactly how to find the best companies and products to promote Learn Affiliate Marketing using a Step-by-Step Plan
| Opportunities in the Affiliate Marketing IndustryFrom Wikipedia...According to one report, total sales generated through affiliate networks in 2006 was ?2.16 billion in the UK alone. MarketingSherpa's research team estimated that, in 2006, affiliates worldwide earned $6.5 billion in bounty and commissions from a variety of sources in retail, personal finance, gaming and gambling, travel, telecom, education, publishing and forms of lead generation other than contextual ad networks such as Google AdSense. An entire industry has grown around online affiliate marketing since the mid-1990's and it is getting bigger all the time. Conventions are regularly held and attended by thousands of people and there's even an offline magazine devoted entirely to the subject of affiliate marketing. Entire affiliate networks such as Commission Junction, Linkshare and Double Click Performicsexist for the purpose of bringing merchants and affiliates together. There are THOUSANDS of merchants with affiliate programs. SONY, Dell and Other BIG Brand-Names Want YOU to Promote Their Products!Basically, any company trying to do business on the web WITHOUT an affiliate program nowadays is dead in the water - and they all need affiliates to promote their products! Here are some of the BIGbrand-name companies that use affiliate programs to promote their products online:
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