Following on from post 24. Do you want to start an online business today?. In this post I share more ideas how you can start an online business today by choosing suitable products you would like to promote using affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is a profit sharing arrangement between a website owner and an online vendor. The owner of the website places advertisements on their site which will assist the sale of the retailers’ products or send prospective customers direct to their website. This is done in exchange for a share of the proceeds. Pay per click, pay per lead and pay per sale are the three main ways in which to earn money through affiliate marketing.
You will require a website before you can become involved with affiliate marketing and the first things you will need to decide upon will be purchasing the services of a webhost provider and a domain. Choosing a quality web hosting supplier involves examining the variety of features such as technical support, processing power, and included packages like email addresses, domains and one click install WordPress, on offer with their particular costs.
A domain refers to a unique address where your website will be located on the internet. The majority of web hosting companies can present you with a domain name for free as part of your deal, however, they can also be purchased separately and once you have decided on the core words you would like to use for your exclusive website address, the company you have chosen to supply this will be able to advise if your choice is available, recommend alternatives and inform you which extensions like .com are available along with any costs involved.
Building a simple website to entertain your new affiliate marketing products can be a quick, easy process especially if using free software like WordPress. It is straightforward to create and update content on your website without having to understand HTML. WordPress is set up so that you can generate new pages or edit existing ones using a simple rich text editor. With a multitude of themes available, you can design your site to your taste and they afford their customers the ability to extend their websites with various plugins and many other fantastic features without having to employ web developer.
Once your website is live you can look for products to start promoting and earning money from by using websites like Commission Junction and Clickbank. For example; with Clickbank you can create an account in seconds for free and start browsing the products on offer to endorse. When you find a product that is of interest, you can view the pitch page of the vendor which will give you an overview of the product and show you how much you can receive for referred sales. Adding a link to the item from your website is easy as Clickbank will create a unique URL for you to copy and paste into the relevant part of your website. This URL is solely related to your account with Clickbank; therefore you can be assured of payment for products purchased via referral from your marketing efforts.
