AFFILIATE MARKETING ~ WAY TO GO !

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is the revenue sharing between online advertisers (and merchants) and online salespeople. Compensation and pay is based on performance measures, normally in the form of clicks, sales, and registrations.

The advertisers and merchants are normally referred to as affiliate merchants, and publishers or sales people are known as affiliates. The many benefits of affiliate marketing include the potential for making lots of money. You can automate a lot of the advertising process and receive payment only for desired results, which includes sales, registrations, and clicks. Even though most merchants will assume some level of risk with fraud, there is still a level of risk involved. Once you know what you're doing with affiliate marketing, you'll be on top well before you know it.

Affiliate marketing has been a contributor to the rise of many companies online, including Amazon.com. Amazon.com was one of the first adopters of affiliate marketing, and now has thousands of affiliate relationships. When it comes to making money, affiliate marketing is in a league of it's own. You don't have to worry about bosses breathing down your neck, and
you are in control of everything you do with your company and your website.

Affiliate marketing also gives you the chance to stand behind products you know and love, by offering links and banners to them on your personal website. You'll receive money for each product purchased that you represent, which is reason
enough to participate. If you've been looking for extra money, affiliate marketing is the way to go. You can stick with
one merchant or go with as many as you need for your business. Affiliate marketing on the internet is truly becoming more and more popular - making now the time for you to get your foot in the door.


To your Continued Success !
Miss Julia

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Five Fundamental Qualities of Affiliate Marketing

Five Basic Qualities For Affiliate Marketing

More and more people these days are turning to one
of the most popular businesses around - the business
of affiliate marketing. In this business, there are
no bosses, deadlines to meet, or piles of work that
have to be finished by the end of the day. In
order to succeed, you only need the necessary
tools.

There are basically five things you can't do without
if you want to make it in the business of affiliate
marketing. Below, you'll find each quality you'll
need.

1. Desire To Learn
The first quality you must possess is the desire
to learn, coupled with the willingness to be
trained. Treading through unfamiliar territory
is tough indeed, especially if your lacking the
right knowledge. This is a combination of the right
frame of mind, coupled with a strong work ethic.

When starting out, you'll need to be willing to
keep your eyes and ears open, using the experience
of others to learn more as you go.

2. Invest Time and Effort
The second quality you must have is the willingness
to invest time and effort in helping your business
grow, even if you don't see immediate results. Even
though weeks may pass without hearing good news,
it's very important for anyone who wants to get
their foot in the business world.

3. Determination
The third quality you'll need is determination. If
you want to make it in the world of affiliate
marketing, you must possess to push yourself
forward. The ability to push yourself to greater
heights will determine what type of future you have.

4. Discipline
The fourth quality is self discipline. If you
teach yourself to work everyday with all of your
heart and soul, you'll be that much closer to
reaching your goals and making your dreams come true.

5. Optimism
The last quality you must have is optimism. Bad
attitudes should never discourage an affiliate
marketer from pursuing their dreams in order to
make life better for themselves or anyone around
them.

The attitude you have towards the business should
always be good, because you'll have to realize that
you're the captain of your ship and your the one
steering it towards destiny.

If you put the above tips to good use, you'll go
farther than you ever thought possible in the world
of affiliate marketing. You'll need these qualities
to succeed, as affiliate marketing can be a cutting
edge career. With the above qualities, you'll do
just fine in the industry.


To Your Continued Success!
Miss Julia


JuliaGrayOnLine.com

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Understanding Affiliate Marketing

You can build a perpetual income stream  and make your Website or Blog more profitable with  Online Affiliate Marketing. This business has been spawned by the tremendous growth of the World Wide Web. This is an opportunity where you can build a website (or use your current website) to generate income by providing information, products and services to online marketers and home-based business entrepreneurs that will help them successfully market their businesses.



WHAT IS AFFILIATE MARKETING?
Affiliate Marketing is online marketing that makes it possible for websites to share traffic on a revenue sharing basis.


In an affiliate marketing relationship you partner with advertiser sites that offer commissions to your Affiliate Site for referring visitors to their site. In other words, your website becomes a commissioned sales person for the advertiser. You earn a commission when a visitor to your site clicks on the advertisers banner or ad and one of the following actions takes place:

1. Your site visitor 'clicks' on the advertiser's ad and views or visits the advertiser's site.

2. Your site visitor fills out a form on the advertiser's site and 'lead' information is captured.

3. Your site visitor visits the advertiser's site and purchases goods or services.


HOW THIS BUSINESS WORKS...
If you currently have a website - find advertisers that have relative products or services and place their ads on your site. If you do not have a site you can start with a simple personal Blog in an area of interest or expertise that you may have.

For example, maybe your or a family member or a friend overcame a weight problem or a financial or legal issue or a medical condition or you've learned how to manage a growing family...and let's say over the years you have learned more about the problem or the issue than most people will ever know or that they would like to know. Because of your experience and expertise, you have a first-hand sensitivity about the issue or problem. You can create a Web site designed to help others dealing with the same issue or problems.

The important thing to remember here is that in order to make your site a viable affiliate marketing portal, you must have visitors....the more visitors the better; people have to know where you are. You could have the best Lemonade Stand in the world with the Best Lemonade in the world, but if no one knows where you are --- how many cups of Lemonade do you think you'll sell?


There are Two Essential Ways to Maximize the number of Target Focused Visitors to your Site:

1. Have a relevant, informative, useful site with lots of really good information for people interested in your topic.... and "Keep it Fresh".

2. Optimize Your Position in the Big Search Engines.
This means, whenever someone goes to Goggle.com or Yahoo.com, or Alta Vista.com or Ask.com, or any other major search engine and enters your topic area as a search term, your site comes up on the first page of results from that search. Which generally means you have to be in the top ten sites resulting from that search.

- Optimizing your position in the search engines just got easier - Learn how to Position yourself or your business in the number one spot on the major search engines ... follow this link --> PromoteYourself2Success.com

- You can also learn more about promoting 'or' branding yourself and your business at BlogTalkRadio with Coach Jim Cobb.


Consider these Tips..

- Look for a target market that match your personality, interests, and your experience and expertise.

- Maximize the number of target focused visitors coming to your site.

- Develop valuable page content.

- Create a link page and cultivate reciprocal links to other sites in your area of interest.

A very unique group of individuals has emerged as a driving force for support and mentoring as well as interacting and linking together to support 'all' members of the team - Promote your business, yourself and your interests with the Virtual Marketing Group of My VMTeam follow this link to see what My VMTeam is all about.


- HANG IN THERE!!! PERSEVERE !!!...
When asked why many affiliates don't make their business as successful as they want, Rosalind Gardner says, "They get to a point where they get frustrated and they give up. Perservance and Persistence are the hallmarks of entrepreneurs" check out her book 'The Super Affiliates Handbook: How I made $436,797 Last Year Selling Other People's Stuff Online'.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCES
"The Affiliates Masters Course" by Ken Envoy
"Winning the Affiliate Game" by Declan Dunn"
"Revenue Magazine" @ www.revenuetoday.com

It has been said that Affiliate Marketing is thought to be the re-emergence of the World Wide Web. It seems to be picking up where dot-com mania left off in the 90s. Apparently many of the biggest companies on the planet agree with that assessment because many of them have added affiliate marketing programs to their marketing mix.

Some of these companies include:

- Amazon.com
-Walmart.com
-Linen-n-Things
-Nightingale.com
-Kmart
-JCPenny,com
-Avon.com
-At&T
-Target Stores
-Reebok
-Overstock.com
-WesternUnion.com
-AT&T
-NASCAR.com
-ACE Hardware
-AdlandPro
-And the list goes on and on ......

So you should not have a problem finding advertisers that you can affiliate with.

AFFILIATE NETWORK PROGRAMS
- www.Linkshare.com
- Commission Junction - www.cj.com
- Share-a Sale - www.shareasale.com
These are programs that are like a 'one-stop-shop' to find advertisers that you can affiliate with.

Additional Tips to help you succeed in the Affiliate Marketing Business:
First, Take it seriously as a business. Find a 'target' market that matches your interest, personality and by all means your interest and expertise.

Consistently use your most important keywords and keyword phrases throughout your site or blog - this includes :
- Your headlines
- Your body copy
- In hypertext links
- In photo captions
- Everywhere

Work your keywords in as naturally as possible -- this will boost your rankings in the search engines.

- Remember to cultivate reciprocal links to other sites in your area of interest.

Important Note: Connect with a team that has 'Your Success and Your Interests' at heart. Join us today @ MyVMTeam. See Ya at the Top!!


REMEMBER - MAXIMIZING THE NUMBER OF TARGET FOCUSED VISITORS TO YOUR SITE IS YOUR PRIMARY JOB AS AN AFFILIATE MARKETER !!!



Miss Julia
Your Personal Success Coach
Proud Member My VMTeam ~ My VMTeamMajic

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