Top Questions That Get Asked About Affiliate Marketing

I have been getting questions on what I do for a job and in this blog post I am going to answer the most common ones I get asked quite often. Many people want to make money online but they really don't know what affiliate marketing is and how to make money online.

1. What Is Affiliate Marketing? - Its the process of promoting other companies products for a commission. Just to give you a little insight.. So everyone is familiar with amazon. So I could sign up with amazon as an affiliate (its free) and promote their products. If someone comes to my website and clicks on my affiliate link and buys the product I get a commission.

2. How Much Does It Cost To Join An Affiliate Program? - Most affiliate programs are free to join.

3. Where Can I Find Affiliate Programs? - Just like anything you need to do some research. There are different types of networks: In house Networks and third party networks.

In-house - Its an individual networks where they are the merchant themselves.

Third Party Network - A third party network handles all the affiliate payments. It also takes care of all the tracking and reporting. The third party network also receives a small commission from the merchant for each transaction. So third party networks are very diligent when it comes to tracking, reporting and maintaining affiliate relationships.

One of the easiest ways that you can find affiliate programs is do a search in google. For example if you wanted to look for an affiliate program on weight loss you would type in weight loss + affiliate program.

4. How Much Money Can I Make? There is no set amount to how much money you can make. Making money is unlimited but it is up to you on how much effort you put into it.

5. What's The Best Way To Get Started With Affiliate Marketing? If you are looking to get into affiliate marketing you need to have the right mindset. So many people come into this thinking that all you need to do a little work and you will make money. If you are not willing to put in the work don't bother looking to make money online.

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