Is Affiliate Marketing Good Business?

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The ugly truth is that almost tens of thousands of people who get involved in a business opportunity become part of a huge market segment that's being misled, manipulated, and exploited.

There seems to be no shortage of opportunities out there these days. Within the home business industry, you'll find all kinds of different 'flavors' of money-making opportunities, but generally speaking, there are 3 primary business models that most people are familiar with within the home business arena. I want to tell you about one of them: affiliate marketing business.


Affiliate Marketing Business - Yes it is a business and a very large one at that. This is one of the simplest ways to make money with affiliate marketing because there are hundreds, if not thousands of affiliate programs that you can sign-up with and begin making money immediately. Most of them are free to join. As an affiliate marketer, you market a particular company's product or service, and when you send them a customer (make a sale), you're paid a commission.

Here's a quick example to make money with affiliate marketing... ever notice how many websites promote books from Amazon.com? Well, most of these websites are actually Amazon.com affiliates... and when someone clicks on one of their links from their site and buys a book on Amazon, the website owner automatically receives a commission directly from Amazon.

Here are 4 Benefits of Affiliate Marketing:

1. Work From Home - With unemployment at record highs and most people unhappy with their jobs, people are turning to other resources for extra monthly income.

2. Start up Cost Are Minimal - An Affiliate Marketing Business is very cost efficient. On average, you can get started for under $100. Most professional marketers will have their own domain name, hosting package and autoresponder. All fairly inexpensive business necessities when starting an online internet business.

3. No products to create - When joining an affiliate program, you choose the products you want to promote without all the hassles of actually having to create the product. As the affiliate you also do not have to handle the shipping and customer service issues.

4. The power of the internet - It works for you 24/7. You place ads on various marketing platforms, some paid some free and generate a sale which leads to a commission any time of the day or evening. This is the beauty of making money with affiliate marketing!

There are thousands of great affiliate programs you can join and earn a resale commission when one of your customers buys their product. In most cases commissions can range from 25% - 50%. Some commissions are a one time deal (selling a book on Amazon) and some are monthly residual incomes. You might suggest an autoresponder to a customer/web visitor and they purchase from your link and you'll receive commission every month as long as they remain a customer.

Global Leadership Max is one of my favorite affiliate programs. It is all about marketing online. Never before has there been this many ways & this many strategies to grow yourself & your business, all in one place! Enjoy.

Ginny Dwyer is an Entrepreneur and Internet Marketing coach.

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