Saturday, January 24, 2009

3 Simple Benefits of Starting An Affiliate Marketing Business

By Kylon Trower

Starting an affiliate marketing business is one of the fastest ways to earn money online. It is also one of the simplest ways for you to profit on the internet without having a website.

Affiliate Marketing is a basic agreement between an affiliate (you) and a merchant (website owner) where the merchant pays you a commission for every sale that comes from the traffic or referrals you send to the site.

That said, let's talk about a few of the many benefits of starting an affiliate marketing business. I'll outline the three main advantages of affiliate marketing and why it appeals to thousands people looking to make money online.

1. As an affiliate you don't have to track any of the sales that take place at the merchants website. By having a unique link (with your account attached to it) you can earn immediately by having a customer click your affiliate link and be redirected to the merchant's website to buy that particular product. When they do, you earn a commission, it's that simple.

2. Secondly, starting an affiliate marketing business is a wonderful way to earn money from the comfort of your home. With virtually no production costs, you are simply left to market for new customers and drive them to click your link. Since the merchant has already created and tested the the website for sales conversions and effectiveness, you don't have to worry about any of these start up costs. You can simply choose a product (an there are literally thousands to choose from) and get started immediately.

3. Finally, there is no sales experience required to get going. Many affiliate programs provide excellent support and training to their new affiliate marketers. The simplicity of an affiliate marketing business allows you to get started with little cost and minimal risk. Many have built million dollar affiliate marketing businesses right from their kitchen tables.

Here's the bottom line: The greatest benefit of starting an affiliate marketing business is the income you can create very quickly and virtually on auto-pilot once it's set up. I earned over two thousand dollars as an affiliate marketer in a single day by using some simple strategies on social networking sites that were absolutely free.

There is no question in my mind that affiliate marketing is one of the simplest and most effective online business opportunities on the web.

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