Affiliate Marketing 101

One question i get from friends interested in Affiliate marketing is 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.




Your biggest challenge as an affiliate 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 a commission.


Consequently, the more sales that is generated 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 about affiliate marketing. The truth is, affiliate marketing is a business.

 If you are prepared to treat it seriously, and dedicate your time and effort you will succeed.

Multi Tier Affiliate Programs

Many affiliate advertisers offer multi tier affiliate programs. It enables affiliates to recruit additional affiliates building a hierarchy of affiliates.

 For examples, affiliate A could recruiter affiliate X to the same program and earn an additional percentage per each sale.

Multi tier programs encourage affiliates to recruit others benefiting the affiliate advertiser and the affiliate. The concept is similar to network or pyramid marketing.

Affiliate marketing is an excellent way for someone to start a home-based business with minimal cost.

You can make a great side income for yourself as you are learning. Once you become experience, you might become a fulltime affiliate marketer.

The key is to build websites that drive relevant traffic to the right affiliate program and hopefuly those leads will convert into sales.