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Make Money With Affiliate Programs

By , on October 29th, 2011%

Affiliate marketing is the best way for new Internet entrepreneurs to get started. This article discusses how you can make money as an affiliate.

If you’re a merchant who wants to make your product available for promotion by affiliates, check my article on how to set up an affiliate program for your products.

What is affiliate marketing?

Affiliate marketing is an arrangement between an online merchant and affiliate, in which the affiliate earns a commission for generating sales, leads and/or clicks for the merchant’s website.

Benefits of affiliate programs:

  • You can make money almost immediately.
  • You don’t have to create your own product.
  • You don’t have to deal with payment processors (don’t need a merchant account)
  • You don’t have inventory expenses.
  • You don’t have to carry or ship products.
  • You don’t have to spend time processing orders, refunds or returns.
  • The only work of the webmaster is to promote the merchant’s site.
  • It’s one of the fastest and best ways to get started in online marketing.

How it works:

Typically, you’ll find one or more affiliate programs and add your affiliate link to your website. There are ways to promote affiliate programs without a website but you’ll have more possibilities if you have a website or blog.

As an affiliate, you will be provided with a unique affiliate-id, links, and banners  to promote the merchant’s products. You display text links and/or banners on your website. You can also provide affiliate links in emails and newsletters. Whenever a visitor to your site clicks the links/banners, they’ll be redirected to the merchant. If someone purchases through your link, you’ll get a commission!

As an affiliate you can earn from 5% to 75% and more in commissions. Many digital products pay 50% and more commissions.

There are many directories specializing in listing affiliate programs. Here are some of the popular ones:
  • Clickbank (for electronic products only)
  • Commission Junction (CJ)
  • ShareASale

Rosalind Gardner, author of the Super Affiliate Handbook,  is one of the best affiliate marketers I know. Her book is one of the first books I purchased about affiliate marketing and it’s still one of the best for beginners. Rosalind is often called the “affiliate queen” and her book is referred to as the “affiliate bible.”

If you are interested at  in affiliate marketing, I highly recommend that you read her book.

Read the amazing true story of how one woman, with no previous business experience, earns 400,000+ per year … selling other people’s stuff online!

In her down-to-earth  and often humorous style, Rosalind Gardner guides you through the entire process of building an affiliate marketing business on the Internet. In 236 pages, and more than 68,000 words, you’ll learn how to pick the best programs, negotiate a commission raise and save time, money and effort on everything from affiliate software to web hosting.

To learn exactly how Rosalind makes that kind of money, click here.

I have read Rosalind’s book and highly recommend it. Her book is in my opinion one of the best books that explains the basics of affiliate marketing to beginners. Click here to get more information.

 

Make money by promoting affiliate programs on your blog!

Affiliate Blogger Pro - Rosalind Gardner’s Academy (Video Tutorials)

Rosalind’s book is very good but her multi-media training program goes SO much farther to help you make money online! In March 2010, Rosalind took the content from the Super Affiliate Handbook and placed it online with video tutorial lessons into a membership site. The training program also offers a community forum in which she respond to members’ questions personally.

As author of the best-selling book on affiliate marketing, she has taught tens of thousands of people how to build online businesses that are profitable and sustainable, even during these tough times.

Her book is FANTASTIC, but her recently released multi-media training program goes SO much farther!

The advantage of the Academy over the handbook is that it is constantly being updated.

Affiliate Blogger Pro includes:

  • Step-by-step written tutorials.
  • Video training to SHOW you how everything works.
  • A super helpful and friendly forum.
  • and much MUCH more…

And unlike so many gurus, Rosalind responds to members’ questions herself. She also has a team of experts who specialize in site building and design, copywriting and marketing. She actually does what she teaches and you get to watch as she works her magic online…using blogging … and learn how to do the same!

Ros stands by her products & students for YEARS… so you can count on her over the long term.

I HIGHLY recommend that you invest in your future and join Affiliate Blogger Pro, Rosalind’s training program today. She offers a money-back guarantee so you have  nothing to lose!

Join Affiliate Blogger Pro and Become A Professional Blogger Today!

 

Here’s the legal mumbo jumbo:

I only recommend products I believe in whether they have affiliate programs or not.  I have used most of the products I’m recommending for my own web sites or clients’ web sites. Some links are affiliate links, and if you click on an affiliate link and purchase something, I might get paid a small commission and it won’t cost you a dime more.

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How to set up an affiliate program for your products

By , on October 28th, 2011%

First, read why you should an affiliate program for your products and services

There are several ways to set up an affiliate program.

  1. Purchase an affiliate software program. Affiliate software will track your affiliate sales and enable your affiliates to view their stats. This option requires that you run your affiliate program. You are in charge of accepting payment and sending out commission checks. Affiliate software includes IDev, AssocTrac and Pro-Track.
  2. Use a third party affiliate tracking company to run your affiliate program for you. These companies will track your affiliate sales, enable your affiliates to check their stats and send out commission checks for you. Affiliate tracking companies include Clickbank and Click Trade.
  3. Affiliate networks. Well-known affiliate networks include cj.com (Commission Junction) and Linkshare. These networks are very expensive and are typically only used by large companies.

1. Clickbank – $50 set up fee.

Clickbank is great for setting up affiliate programs for digital products such as ebooks and software. They have many affiliates (over 100,000) that can sell your products.  Clickbank will run your affiliate program and enable you to accept credit cards. They will bill your customers, pay you, and pay your affiliates a commission. They charge a one-time $49.95 activation fee, and a $1 + 7.5% fee per sale. There are no monthly fees.

Benefits: Clickbank is the first place affiliates go look for products to promote. So if you are selling electronic products, I highly recommend Clickbank to get easy exposure to affiliates that will promote your products.

Limitations: Clickbank won’t accept physical products and you’ll need special authorizaton for products over $100. They rarely accept products over $100.

I’ve been using Clickbank for about 10 years now both as an affiliate and as a merchant.

I highly recommended Clickbank if you’re selling ebooks, software and other electronic products under $100.

Click here to visit clickbank.

Find out how to set up your product with Clickbank.

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2. Paydotcom – Free for the first product.

PayDotCom is an inexpensive solution for online vendors. I am using Paydotcom both as an affiliate and as a merchant. My reason for using both ClickBank and Paydotcom is to get additional exposure from affiliates.

Here are some benefits of Paydotcom:

1) It’s easy to get started adn set up new products. This makes it a great resource for people who are new to creating and selling products online.

2) Low fees. There is no set up fee for the first product.  There is a small fee if you want to promote more than one product. You don’t have to pay fees for each new product you add.

PayDotCom.com charges a small fee for each sale. This fee will automatically be deducted from the affiliate’s commission and will be paid to PayDotCom.com by the vendor. This is all automated. The small processing fee is based on the price of each sale as follows. $0.50 (sales under $10), $1.00 (sales from $10.01 to $20.00), $1.50 (sales from $20.01 or more).

3) Offers good reporting capabilities.

4) Immediate payment from sales. Since PayDotCom uses PayPal, you have immediate access to the money you make from your sales. No waiting for weeks before you get your money.

Click here to visit paydotcom.com

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1ShoppingCart –  Starts at $29/mo – Pro version is $99/mo and includes shopping cart, autoresponder and affiliate model.

1shoppingcart is a great shopping cart and it has several modules, including an affiliate module and an autoresponder.

I’ve set up several products with 1ShoppingCart’s affiliate module. I am also using 1ShoppingCart as an affiliate.

Here’s my evaluation:  1ShoppingCart’s affiliate module is okay if you only need 1 affiliate program for 1 product and it’s a good solution if are using or want to use 1hoppingcart as your shopping cart. But if you want to set up affiliate programs for several products, it gets confusing for the affiliate. The first program you set up becomes the default and that’s the one they’ll see first.

You should consider 1ShoppingCart’s affiliate tools if you want to use 1shoppingcart as your shoppingcart and only plan on having an affiliate program for 1 product.  (I do recommend 1shoppingcart highly for your shopping cart needs).

Click here to visit 1shoppingcart.

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IDev One time fee of $99.99 to $299 – or $29.99 to 49.99/mo

Idev is the best in this price range and it works well.

You can purchase IDev with a low, one-time payment of $99.99. Personally, I perfer a one time payment as it is the most economical option.  But If you don’t want to install the program on your server, you can use iDev’s low-priced hosting instead.

I’ve been using IDev as an affiliate and I also set it up for merchants so I am familiar with it from both sides. I found it user friendly as an affiliate.

The set up is user friendly. It works with almost all merchant accounts, shopping carts, billing systems and membership systems.

The support is great — and I’ve taken full advantage of it. There are also training videos that walk you through every step of the process.

I highly recommend it as the best in this price range.

Click here to find out more information about idev.

E-Junkie

I have not used E-Junkie personally but my research indicates that it provides a great shopping cart that many people use and recommend. However, some people have commented that their affiliate program is not that great – especially if you’re selling more than one product on your site. It would still be worth checking it out if you only need an affiliate program for one product.

Conclusion

There are many other affiliate programs. I can help you select the best option for setting up an affiliate program for your business.  My recommendations will vary depending on your needs. If you’re just starting out, using one of the third party affiliate companies is the easiest way to get started as everything is taken care of for you.

Contact me if you need help with setting up your affiliate program or if you need a more sophisticated system than is mentioned here.

If you want to set up your own affiliate program, I recommend reading this book:

Here’s the legal mumbo jumbo:

I only recommend products I believe in whether they have affiliate programs or not.  I have used all the products I’m recommending here either for my own web sites or clients’ web sites. Some links are affiliate links, and if you click on an affiliate link and purchase something, I might get paid a small commission.

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Super Affiliate Handbook

By , on October 27th, 2011%

$400,000/year Selling Other People’s Stuff
(She is now making over $1 million/year)

Read the amazing true story of how one woman, with no previous business experience, earns 400,000+ per year … selling other people’s stuff online!

To learn exactly how she does it, click here.


Rosalind Gardner, author of the Super Affiliate Handbook,  is one of the best affiliate marketers I know.

Rosalind has been very successful selling affiliate programs.

She tells you her methods and systems for promoting affiliate programs and gives you all the details of how she does it.

In an easy to read and often humorous style, Rosalind Gardner guides you through the entire process of building an affiliate marketing business on the Internet.
To learn exactly how Rosalind makes that kind of money, click here (affiliate link)

the superaffiliate handbook

This is a very good book that provides a lot of details.

It is easy to read even for a beginner to affiliate marketing to learn what it takes to become a super affiliate.

In 236 pages, and more than 68,000 words, you’ll learn how to select the best affiliate  programs, how to promote affiliate programs with simple web sites, writing compelling copy and building trust, negotiate a commission raise and save time, money and effort on everything from affiliate software to web hosting.

Rosalind teaches you a variety of marketing methods, such as email marketing, how to build a list and Pay Per Click advertising,

The Super Affiliate Handbook tells you what to do and what mistakes to avoid to become a super affiliate.

She describes her systems and how she gets conversion rates between 2.5% and 6% + when the average affiliate usually gets a1% a conversion rate.

It is referred to by industry professionals as the ‘bible’ of affiliate marketing.  This book is one of the first books I purchased about affiliate marketing.  It is, is in my opinion, still one of the best books that explains the basics of affiliate marketing very well to beginner.

I’ve been in Internet marketing and affiliate marketing for about 7 years and I still find this book helpful.

If you are interested at  in affiliate marketing, this is the first book you should get on affiliate marketing! I highly recommend it. Click here for more info about The Super Affiliate Handbook.

Affiliate Blogger Pro - Rosalind Gardner’s Academy (Video Tutorials)

In March 2010, Rosalind took the content from the Super Affiliate Handbook and placed it online with video tutorial lessons into a membership site. The training program also offers a community forum in which she respond to members’ questions personally.

As author of the best-selling book on affiliate marketing, she has taught tens of thousands of people how to build online businesses that are profitable and sustainable, even during these tough times.

Her book is FANTASTIC, but her recently released multi-media training program goes SO much farther!

The advantage of the Academy over the handbook is that it is constantly being updated.

It includes:

* Step-by-step written tutorials
* Video training to SHOW you how everything works
* A super helpful and friendly communit forum
* and much MUCH more…

And unlike so many experts (gurus) – Rosalind actually responds to members’ questions herself. She also has a team of experts who specialize in site building and design, copywriting and marketing.

What I appreciate most about Rosalind is that she actually does what she teaches and you get to watch as she works her magic online… and learn how to do the same!

Also, she’s not into ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ methods. Ros stands by her products & students for YEARS… so you can count on her over the long term.

I HIGHLY recommend that you invest in your future and join Affiliate Blogger Pro, Rosalind’s training program today. With her guarantee, you have nothing to lose.

Check out Rosalind’s latest information.
Find out more about Rosalind Gardner’s Academy and
Learn How to make money by promoting affiliate programs on your blog

 

 

Here’s the legal mumbo jumbo:

I have read this book and highly recommend it. If you purchase this book through my affiliate link, I’ll get a small commission.

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