Affiliate Programs - What Are They

Released on: March 25, 2008, 3:55 am

Press Release Author: Technoflickers

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary: In recent years Affiliate Program marketing has taken the
Internet by storm. Many surveys have demonstrated that Affiliate Marketing can be
the most cost effective method to promote your website and quickly generate
additional streams of income. For example, Forrester Research has rated Affiliate
Marketing as the most effective of all online marketing methods.

Press Release Body: In recent years Affiliate Program marketing has taken the
Internet by storm. Many surveys have demonstrated that Affiliate Marketing can be
the most cost effective method to promote your website and quickly generate
additional streams of income. For example, Forrester Research has rated Affiliate
Marketing as the most effective of all online marketing methods.

Jupiter Communications claims that, \"By 2002, 25 percent of the expected $37.5
billion in Internet retail sales, not including autos, will have originated on
Affiliate sites.\"

Some of the giants offering affiliate programs are: Amazon, Barnes and Nobles,
Microsoft, The Mail.com, and many smaller but well-managed companies.

Affiliate Programs offer a wide range of products and services, many of which are
needed by All Internet marketers. The wide range of products and services offered by
Affiliate programs are software, web hosting, auto-responders, marketing, art,
books, e-books, music, movies, etc... Almost any type of product or service can be
packaged and sold using an affiliate program. You\'ll find that many of the products
and/or services needed to support your MLM are Affiliate Programs.

What Is An Affiliate Program?

Affiliate programs are also known as associate, reseller, or
referral programs. They are revenue sharing programs between
companies (the merchant) and individuals (the affiliate). An Affiliate can be
likened to an independent contractor. Affiliates are basically self-employed people
who are marketing the products and or services of another company. They are then
paid by the company they represent for referring customers to the company\'s website.

This strikes a wonderful partnership between the company and the affiliate, offering
a Win-Win situation for both parties. The benefit to the company in soliciting an
affiliate to promote their product or service is, that they save in the cost of
advertising. The benefit to the affiliate is that they do not have to develop their
own product, stock inventory or worry about e-commerce, the order processing or
payroll for that matter. It allows them to take an already developed product or
service directly to market and focus on marketing.

Affiliate programs are fairly simple to work and will allow you to operate your
on-line business much more efficiently while
increasing your income drastically.

The Best Affiliate programs, offer a Two-tier pay plan. First, you earn commissions
for signing up associates on your first level, as well as earning additional
commissions on their sales. However, if you find an Affiliate program which pays
only on one level but allows you to earn residual income this is an excellent
opportunity.

Developing Affiliate income is beneficial to you in that it builds a stable
secondary income stream. For many people this could be the difference in income they
need to maintain building their MLM into a profitable venture.

About 90% of people who try to make money from two-tier affiliate programs are
missing it by simply signing up free, in hopes they will make money through others,
who most likely also signed up free. This just does not work.

Why doesn\'t that work? Well, if everyone signs up to an Affiliate program free, no
one is Actively Promoting it consequently no one makes any money. This is also true
of MLM programs. If everyone has the option of a free sign-up, most will take it. If
most people are signed up free and in turn promote that offer to others who also
sign-up free, there is no revenue generated. Without revenue there are not profits.
Remember, it\'s all Your business, You have to work it. You cannot depend upon the
next person.

In Affiliate Marketing as well as any other type of business, You Must does the work
yourself. Build your first level and
invest a little time and training to teach them, so they can then build their first
level, which then becomes your second level. In Affiliate Marketing, your second
level commission should be considered a Bonus.

There are many supporting products and/or services needed to build any MLM, which
offer an Affiliate program. For example, the use of an Auto-responder is a must in
any online promotional effort. Since the use of an Auto-responder is necessary in
building your MLM, becoming an Affiliate of a good Auto-responder program would be a
wise choice.

As you focus on building your MLM begin to look closely at the products and services
you are using and determine if they offer an Affiliate program or not. I believe
you\'ll be much surprised.

If you don\'t have an existing business, that\'s not a problem. A combination of a
solid group of Affiliate programs working in synergy offers a great income producing
potential, when effectively promoted. This could actually help you to begin earning
income as you research and seek out the MLM opportunity that\'s best for you.

To re-cap, we have learnt that Affiliate Programs are offered in a variety of
products and services. By choosing the right group of Affiliate programs in support
of your MLM, you can quickly begin earning additional income.


Web Site: http://www.freeearningtips.com

Contact Details: nanak1040@gmail.com,Prakash Sharma,Sco.90 Sector 35-c
Chandigarh,160019,Chandigarh,

  • Printer Friendly Format
  • Back to previous page...
  • Back to home page...
  • Submit your press releases...
  •