Affiliate Marketing has been around for a while but most people really don’t understand how it works and what has to be done to get a replicated site recognize by the search engines. First of all we need to have a common understanding of what affiliate marketing is all about and why certain things happen when promoting affiliate sites. There has been an incredible amount of money made by some individuals who have studied the process and applied their knowledge to market effectively using the affiliated marketing strategies they’ve learned.

The whole concept of affiliate marketing is to allow individuals to promote other peoples products or business opportunities. This is accomplished by having your own sales splash page pointing to the main their website and you getting paid a commission for advertising and promoting their business. There’s no investment here except for the affiliate’s time spent for these promotional activities and directing new customers to the company’s main website.

Commissions vary with each company who offer affiliate programs so it’s up to each person who wants this type of setup as their primary method of marketing online. There are numerous products and services that you can get involved with by typing in the Google Search Bar the term affiliate business opportunities. Make sure you understand how and when you will be paid. Many companies will hold your commissions until you’ve earned a fair amount of commissions before they will pay. Some organizations require you earn as much as much as $250 before the company will payout any commissions.

You will probably have to promote multiple products and services in order to make a respectable income if affiliate marketing is going to be your only method of generating income. However, affiliate marketing is an excellent way to possibly earn some income while you’re putting your own opportunity together. Some companies only pay for the initial transaction with a bit higher commission structure for the initial sale, however, pay nothing for any monthly payments that may be paid by your customer. Residual income in this business is imperative if you want to succeed for the long haul. Look for residual income for 2 to 3 level deep before you make a commitment to spend a lot of time on affiliate programs.

Avoid the pie in the sky programs that say you get paid 10 levels deep or to infinity. What a joke. This type of program may be good for the owner of the program or those who got in on the ground floor of the opportunity but probably not for you. By all means do your due diligence before you get involved with any type of “to good to be true” programs. Always avoid any type of pyramid schemes.

If you decide to go with any one of the types of affiliate programs we’ve discussed earlier then the question comes up of how to promote such a concept. Please understand that the search engines don’t index replicated websites. So be very cautious about getting involved with an affiliate programs that demands you use their replicated site and has restrictions on what you can promote and how you do it. There are companies that can help you with this questionable method of marketing. Make sure you check out the various aspects of promoting affiliate opportunities before you jump in with both feet. Ask a professional marketing expert about affiliate marketing and whether this type of marketing is the best way to make money online.

One of the most cost effect methods of promoting any type of opportunity online is with a marketing concept often referred to as Article Marketing. By implementing article marketing into your overall marketing strategies you can create countless back links to your site plus substantial increase in traffic to your business opportunity. More traffic evolves into more sales and that’s what marketing is all about.

There are some important points that need to be addressed about article writing especially if your thrust is going to be for affiliate marketing purposes. Writing articles is an excellent way to promote a specific product or services explaining the values your products or services provide for the users. Your product review should be interesting for the reader and should be in a low key, non threatening format. Once you’ve provided this valuable information to the reader, make sure you have some links at the bottom of the article which will point the users to the main web site sales page for additional information

The information in your splash page should be clear, concise and informative and blend smoothly into your contact information in the resource box at the bottom of the splash page. This is where you should place your links to your website and product pages for the user’s convenience. Sometimes you may want to include some form of incentive to entice your readers to participate in your opportunity. Just be sure to ask for the users contact information if you’re giving something away.

In Conclusion: Affiliate Marketing is a good way to make some extra money while you’re getting a primary business together. Do your due diligence when getting involved with any affiliate program and be sure the company you’re dealing with offers a residual commissions on all future monthly subscription payments made by your customers. Use marketing tools that will make your marketing duties easy, affordable and effective.

The eBiz Solutions Team is standing by to assist you in your affiliate solutions. Call today for your free 30 minutes “no obligation” consultation.

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Author Bio: Larry L Miller – SEM/SEO Consultant who specializes in promoting clients to “Top Positions on Google” and other leading search engines. Mr. Miller is the promotions director for BLM Traders the leader in Automated Marketing Systems. Private Line: 321-594-4405, Skype: larrylmiller121

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