ILL BE STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. ITS ALL ABOUT AFFILIATE MARKETING. IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT AN AFFILIATE IS, AN AFFILIATE IS A PERSON WHO GETS PAID FROM A MERCHANT OR BUSINESS TO ADVERTISE / MARKET THEIR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
HUGE COMPANIES THAT YOU SEE ON TV OR ON SIGNS AND ON WEBPAGES ARE DOING AFFILIATE MARKETING. THERES ANZ, AUSSIE HOME LOANS, AVON, OPSM ETC.
SO WITH THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO BECOME AN AFFILIATE MARKETER. YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO ADVERTISE FOR BIG COMPANIES USING A WEBSITE YOU CAN EASILY MAKE YOURSELF AND EARN MONEY FOR IT.
AN EXAMPLE FOR AFFILIATE MARKETING IS -
IMAGINE YOU DECIDED TO MAKE A WEBSITE THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE OUT BY SHOWING AND COMPARING ALL THE BEST CURRENT DEALS AND RATES FOR A LOAN FROM A BANK, WHETHER IT BE A PERSONAL LOAN, CAR LOAN OR HOME LOAN ETC. YOU BECOME AN AFFILIATE MARKETER FOR HEAPS OF DIFFERENT BANKS EG. ANZ, ST GEORGE, WESTPAC, COMMENWEALTH BANK ETC. THEY WILL BE YOUR MERCHANTS, THEY WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH ADS TO DISPLAY ON YOUR WEBSITE. YOU PUT THE ADS ON YOUR WEBSITE AND START ADVERTISING YOUR WEBSITE AND GETTING IT OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC. PEOPLE WILL START LOOKING AT YOUR SITE AND FOR EVERY PERSON WHO CLICKS ONE OF THE ADS AND SIGNS UP TO GET A LOAN, YOUR MERCHANT FOR THAT AD WILL PAY YOU A COMMISSION FOR IT.
THE MONEY MAKING PART OF AFFILIATE MARKETING IS GETTING COMMISSIONS FROM MERCHANTS.
(REMEMBER A MERCHANT IS THE COMPANY / BUSINESS YOU ARE ADVERTISING FOR.)
MERCHANTS PAY COMMISSIONS TO THEIR AFFILIATES IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
THERE ARE THESE TYPES :-
MERCHANTS WILL EITHER PAY A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY OR A PERCENTAGE.
CPA - COST PER AQUISITION
THIS IS BETTER KNOWN AS COST PER SALE. THIS IS WHERE THEY PAY AN AFFILIATE MONEY FOR EVERY SALE MADE FROM CLICKING ON THE AD.
CPL - COST PER LEAD
A LEAD IS WHEN SOMEONE COMPLETES A FORM OR SUBMITS THEIR EMAIL INTO A FORM AFTER CLICKING ON THE AD. THE AFFILIATE WILL BE PAID A SET AMOUNT FOR WHEN A SUCCESSFUL FORM ENTRY HAS BEEN MADE.
CPC - COST PER CLICK
A MERCHANT WILL PAY A SET AMOUNT FOR EVERYTIME A PERSON CLICKS THE AD.
CPM - COST PER 1000 IMPRESSIONS.
AN IMPRESSION IS WHEN SOMEONE SEES AN AD. THEY DONT EVEN HAVE TO CLICK IT. THE MERCHANT WILL PAY A SET AMOUNT FOR EVERY 1000 IMPRESSIONS. THIS MAY SEEM LIKE IT WILL TAKE ALOT TO MAKE MONEY FROM 1000 IMPRESSIONS, BUT EVERY WEBSITE ALWAYS HAS MORE IMPRESSIONS THAN CLICKS. THIS WILL BE EXPLAINED LATER.
YOU MAY BE THINKING TO YOURSELF, IN UNDERSTAND THIS BUT HOW TO I MANAGE TO BE A MARKETER FOR A HUGE COMPANY SUCH AS ANZ??
ITS EASY, THERE ARE AFFILIATE/MERCHANT WEBSITES OUT THERE THAT CONTROL AFFILIATE MARKETING. MERCHANTS PAY THESE WEBSITES MONEY TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT MADE WITH THEM. THE MERCHANTS SUBMIT THEIR ADS TO THE WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE FINDS THE AFFILIATES FOR THE MERHCANTS.
SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JOIN UP AS AN AFFILIATE, WHICH IS COMPLETLY FREE AND HAS NO FEES, EVER. THEN YOU SEARCH THEIR WEBSITE FOR AVAILABLE MERCHANTS, SEE WHAT COMMISSIONS THEY ARE OFFERING, MAKE YOUR DESCISION AND JOIN ONE.
ITS THAT SIMPLE. THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT THE CODE THEY GIVE YOU FOR THEIR AD ONTO YOUR WEBPAGE, USING THE CODE FOR THE AD THE AFFILIATE/MERCHANT WEBSITE WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK EVERY IMPRESSION / CLICK / SALE / LEAD AND WILL DEBIT THE MERCHANTS ACCOUNT AND PAY YOU YOUR COMMISSION. WHICH YOU THEN CAN WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY FROM THAT ACCOUNT INTO A ONLINE BANK ACCOUNT, WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS FROM YOUR NORMAL EVERYDAY BANK ACCOUNT.
YOU WILL BARELY EVER HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR MERCHANT. MAYBE ONCE, OR MAYBE NEVER.
AFFILIATE MARKETING REALLY PROFITS MERHCANTS, AS IN TV ADVERTISING THEY COULD PAY ALOT OF MONEY AND GET NO RESULTS, EG NOT GET ENOUGH SALES TO COVER THE COST OF THE ADS.
WHERE WITH AFFILIATE MARKETING THEY ONLY PAY AD COSTS WHENEVER THEY MAKE A SALE, AND THEY PAY THAT COST TO YOU.
THE HARDEST PART TO MAKING MONEY IS GETTING YOUR SITE OUT TO POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS. YOU WONT EVEN NEED TO UNDERSTAND WEB DESIGN OR HTML CODE. THERE ARE FREE SERVICES THAT GENERATE EVERYTHING FOR YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU LINKS FOR THEM LATER.
YOU WILL ALSO NEED SOME WEBSPACE AND A DOMAIN NAME FOR YOUR WEBSITE - EG. - WWW.YOURSITENAME.COM. YOU CAN GET FREE WEBHOSTING AND DOMAIN NAMES BUT THEY TEND TO HAVE ALOT OF OTHER THINGS IN THE NAME LIKE EG - WWW1.YOURSITENAME.FREEHOSTING.71.NET WHICH ISNT EASY FOR CUSTOMERS TO REMEMBER, AND FREE HOSTING CAN BE A PAIN AS WHEN YOUR SITE BECOMES POPULAR AND GETS ALOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT IT, IT WILL ONLY HAVE A SMALL LIMIT TO HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT IT, AND ONCE ITS OVER THE LIMIT PEOPLE WONT BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR SITE UNTIL LATER THAT DAY, SO YOU LOOSE POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
I HAVE LINKS TO WEBSITES WHERE I BUY MY RESOURCES, THEY ARE ALOT CHEAPER TO BUY ONLINE THEN TO GO TO THE SHOPS DOWN THE STREET. THERES LINKS TO ONLINE BOOK STORES AND A COMPUTER SOFTWARE STORE. WHEN SEARCHING THE STORE FOR BOOKS, SEARCH FOR "HTML" AND FOR SOFTWARE SEARCH "WEB DESIGN", AND THERE WILL BE A VARIETY THERE TO CHOOSE AND BUDGET WITH.
FURTHER ON I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU LINKS TO A GOOD SHORT FREE DOMAIN NAME SITE AND ALSO FREE WEBHOSTING, AS WELL AS PAID PROFESSIONAL DOMAINS AND HOSTING IF YOU DO DECIDE TO BUY ONE.
ALL YOU NEED NOW IS AN IDEA. DECIDE ON SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL WANT. THINK OF A NICHE MARKET. DESIGN AND CREATE A WEBSITE ABOUT THAT NICHE AND THEN SEARCH YOUR AFFILIATE / MERCHANT WEBSITE FOR MERCHANTS OFFERING THOSE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. GET YOUR ADS AND PUT THEM ON YOUR SITE.
YOUR SITE WONT YET BE MAKING MONEY BECAUSE PEOPLE WONT KNOW ABOUT YOUR SITE. YOU WILL NEED TO LIST YOUR SITE TO SEARCH ENGINES SUCH AS YAHOO , GOOGLE AND MSN / NINEMSN. IT CAN TAKE UP TO 2 WEEKS BEFORE YOU WILL BE LISTED, SO YOU CAN ALSO PAY FOR SEARCH ENGINE LISTINGS, THIS WILL GUARANTEE YOUR SITE WILL BE AT THE TOP SEARCHES, THIS IS CALLED SPONSORED SEARCHES, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THEM AT SOME STAGE WHEN YOU WERE SEARCHING ON YAHOO OR GOOGLE BEFORE.
YOU CAN EVEN JOIN FORUMS OR BLOGS THAT ARE ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE MARKETING, BUT HOWEVER DO NOT MAKE POSTS ADVERTISING YOUR SITE DIRECTLY, AS YOU WILL BE BANNED FROM MOST FORUMS OR BLOGS FOR IT. THE WAY AROUND IT IS TO HAVE A CATCHY SLOGAN AND A LINK TO YOUR SITE AS YOUR SIGNATURE IN THE FORUM. STICK A HEAP OF QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS, JOIN IN A DISCUSSION, AND THEN PEOPLE WILL SEE YOUR SIGNATURE AND YOU WILL GET IMPULSE BUYERS WHO WILL CLICK ON YOUR WEBSITE LINK AND MOST LIKELY BUY FROM YOUR SITE.
YOU CAN EVEN ADVERTISE YOUR SITE AWAY FROM THE INTERNET BY PUTTING A WEBSITE ADDRESS STICKER ON YOUR CAR, DO A LETTER BOX DROP WITH FLYERS, OR EVEN PUT YOUR WEBSITE IN A AD IN A NEWSPAPER, TV COMMERCIAL OR RADIO ETC.
YOU DONT HAVE TO PAY TO ADVERTISE BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN REALLY PULL PROFITS.