A staggering $2.1 billion in affiliate marketing fees were paid to blog and website owners in 2008.
This finding in a recent study by Jupiter Research confirms what many savvy Internet marketers have known for a while: Affiliate marketing has become one of the top business opportunities online because the startup costs are so low and the income you generate can be mind-blowing.
1. Create a website or blog
To start as an affiliate marketer, you must have a site on which to place links to the products or services you recommend.
2. Decide your product/service niche
Affiliate marketers help companies and entrepreneurs sell everything from jewelry and cell phones to website services and how-to e-books.3. Find products and services to promote
Many affiliate networks exist to connect merchants with affiliate site publishers who can help sell their goods.4. Affiliate site content
There are two main approaches or business models to choose from when setting up an affiliate marketing site, Resource Sites and Resource Sites.5. Affiliate sites must attract lots of targeted traffic to succeed
Most people visiting your website or blog won’t click your affiliate links.6. Learn the ropes in forums
These are online communities of likeminded people who exchange insights and ideas.Photo by CraigPJ.