HOW TO BECOME AN AFFILIATE

HOW TO BECOME AN AFFILIATE

There are numerous companies offering affiliate opportunities.  The key for you will be to identify what products are right for you to sell.  The easiest way to get started is by simply signing up for an account with companies such as Clickbank, Paydotcom, Commission Junction, or LinkShare. The good news is you aren't limited to the companies I just listed.  

Once you become an affiliate, you are responsible for reading and adhering to the policies of the companies you represent.  Companies such as Clickbank and Paydotcom are good starting points for beginners, but they deal mainly in e-products.  If you are not comfortable with the concept of selling e-products than turn your attention elsewhere.  In some cases, simply go to the webpage of a company you wish to sell for to see if they offer and affiliate sign link on their homepage.  

Okay, now you have a product or products to promote, what now?  Promoting the best product in the world means nothing if you can't get traffic to your site.  This is where we come full circle and realize that there are no inexpensive quick fixes to delivering traffic to your webpage.  If you want quality traffic, you need to commit to producing quality content that is of value to your reader.  Once you have the content, follow some of the steps already discussed throughout this blog such as submitting to web directories.

If any of the information I've shared so far proves useful, please share your positive story.  If you feel that I'm missing the mark, share that as well.  I don't claim to be a guru who has unlocked the secret to making thousands of dollars a day via some magical secret, so I am open to discovery.