Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is a way to create sales through online advertising of other people's products. Lots of businesses are looking to the internet as a great advertising medium as well as a platform for actually doing business. It serves them well to have an "affiliate" program rather than hiring a sales force and doing their own advertising.

Affiliates do the advertising, and generally are the best sales force because they're building a business for themselves without having to have a product of their own to market. It's a win-win situation for both parties. Amazon.com is a good example of a business that really understands the meaning of affiliate marketing.

It is not uncommon today for someone to look for a product online, and finding it, proceed to actually purchase it there. If they find it through one of your ads, the business makes a sale and you collect a commission. Using affiliate marketing strategies now that the world revolves around E-commerce can make you a good income.

Affiliate marketing is done in blogs as well as regular websites. Some of the more successful ones are "review" or comparison sites, which allow exposure and sales of a number of products.

Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to do business. Most companies who use affiliates provide good advertising copy, have payment systems for sales (as well as for tracking and paying your commissions!) already set up. All you have to do is the advertising - and reap the rewards of the sales you generate!