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What Is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing has many descriptions, yet all have the same
meaning. Affiliate marketing is a huge business piece on the
Internet. It is a cooperative effort between merchants and an
affiliate's website. For many years now, affiliate marketing has
proved to be a cost-efficient, measurable method of delivering
long-tern results. It has become famous for Internet sites who
are trying to make some extra or additional income for their
site. Every day, people get interested to affiliate marketing
and want to make money out of it. But in many cases, these new
affiliates do not fully understand the affiliate world and make
costly mistakes. In other words, affiliate marketing has often
been misunderstood. One of the common misconceptions that are
being associated about affiliate marketing is "selling", though
selling is an important activity of affiliate marketing and the
central function of a business operation. Another is that
affiliate marketing is commonly linked with "advertising". While
the importance of advertising in marketing a certain product is
not to be underestimated, the fact of the matter is, advertising
like selling, is merely a part of the many functions of
marketing.
In affiliate marketing, an affiliate is compensated for every
visitor, subscriber and/or customer provided through his
efforts. The said compensation may be made based on a certain
value for each visit. The most attractive aspect of affiliate
marketing from the merchant's viewpoint is that no payment is
due to an affiliate until results are appreciated.
Affiliate marketing is typically being run by affiliate
networks and this affiliate networks are composed of two
functional bodies, the group affiliates and the group merchants.
Each has their special function and role when it comes to
affiliate marketing. The affiliate network acts as a third party
between the merchant and the associated affiliates. The network
provides the technology to deliver the merchant's campaigns and
offers. The affiliate network also collects commission fees from
the merchant and then pays the affiliates which are part of the
program.
The merchant is any web site owner that wants or desires to take
advantage of performance based marketing. The benefits to the
merchant are many. First, the merchant maintains and operates
the affiliate program. If it would be extracted, the
merchant
needs to do their part by researching interested affiliate
websites to ensure that they are a good fit for that particular
website. Finding a fit for their merchandise would be the key to
more generated income. The merchant has access to markets and
customers without him spending valuable time searching out.
Banner ads on affiliate sites are not distracting to the site
user. It might produce interest for that product and drive the
consumer to the merchants' website. It is also the merchant who
decides how much he is willing to pay for each sale that results
from a visitor sent from an affiliate.
The affiliate or the affiliate marketer also sees a lot of
benefits. The affiliate is a web site owner that promotes one or
more merchants and their affiliate programs. Affiliate marketing
can generate a full-time income for the affiliate. But this is
not an easy task to accomplish. The affiliate needs to have a
better understanding with the merchant what the commission will
be, expected payment method and time involved in the contract.
The affiliate has also the responsibility to stand for the
merchandise their user based would be most interested in. For
example, if the site has a user base of mainly stay-at-home
mothers, then on-line job openings such as surveys would be a
good match for them. This group would also appreciate direct
links to children's products and informational sites.
Merchandisers often provide targeted, best-seller items and
personal support to their affiliate. They often offer sales
promotions that will benefit the merchandiser as well as the
affiliate.
Affiliate marketing is a great situation for both the marketer
and the affiliate. If they would work together, they can be an
advantage to both. Plus the fact that it seems to make sense, it
is easy and inexpensive way to start, and you can be up and
running within a few days. But there is one thing to consider,
it is how to get traffic and make your offer different than all
others.
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