If you a webmaster in need of supplementary income or a newbie planning to set up an online business, residual programs are the best thing to earn regular income. Even if you don't have any product, affiliate marketing may be the best answer to your problems. With affiliate marketing, you won't need to worry about the products creation.
All you need to have is a website with sufficient content related to good products of a few online companies offering affiliate programs. By becoming a member of the program, or by becoming an affiliate, you can start promoting affiliate products and earning a certain amount of money right away!
Affiliate marketing is some sort of business relationship established between a merchant and his affiliates. In affiliate marketing, an affiliate agrees to direct some traffic to a merchant's website. If that traffic is converted into some kind of action, like a visitor purchasing a product on the merchant's website or a visitor becoming a lead for the company, the affiliate who directed the traffic will be compensated. Compensation may take the form of either a percentage sales commission for the sales generated or a fixed fee predetermined upon the application of the affiliate on the merchant's affiliate program.
Promising a lot of benefits both for the merchants and the affiliates, affiliate marketing has become one of the most popular online marketing methods today. In fact, almost every merchant or retailer site today offers an affiliate program that any one can join into. Most retailers would entice people to become affiliates or members of their program by promising great benefits like large commissions, lifetime commissions, click through incomes and a lot of other benefits. But would all these affiliate programs bring off the same benefits?
Most affiliate programs would pay you, as an affiliate, a one-time commission for every sale or lead you brought to the merchant's website. Commissions for this kind of affiliate programs are usually large, ranging from 15% to a high of about 60%. Other affiliate programs would pay you a fixed fee for every click through or traffic you send to the merchant's site. Programs like this often pay a smaller fee for every click through, usually not getting any larger than half a dollar. The good thing about this kind of program, however, is that the visitor won't have to purchase anything in order for the affiliate to get compensated.
Another type of affiliate program is the residual income affiliate program. Residual affiliate programs usually pay only a small percentage of sales commission for every sale directed by the affiliate to the merchant's site. This commission often comes only in the range of 10% to 20% sales commission. Because of this, many people ignore residual affiliate program and would rather opt for the high paying one-time commission affiliate program. Are these people making a mistake, or are they making the right decision?
We can't tell, for sure, if people are making a mistake by choosing a high paying one-time commission affiliate program. But we can definitely say that they are making a large mistake if they ignore residual affiliate programs. Residual affiliate programs would indeed pay at a lower rate, but merchants offering such kind of programs would generally pay you regular and ongoing commissions for a single affiliate initiated sale! That means, for the same effort you made in promoting a particular affiliate program, you get paid only once in a one-time commission program, and a regular and ongoing commission for a residual program!
So, are the benefits of promoting residual affiliate programs clearer to you now? Or are they still vague? If they are still vague, then let's make them a bit clearer with this example.
Suppose there are two online merchants both offering web hosting services on their sites. The first merchant offers a one-time commission type of affiliate program that pays $80 for every single affiliate initiated sale. The second merchant also offers an affiliate program, but this time a residual affiliate program that pays only $10 for every single affiliate initiated sale. As an affiliate, we may get attracted at once at what the first merchant is offering, as $80 is definitely a lot larger than $10. But by thinking things over before actually getting into them, one may be able to see that the second merchant is offering us more opportunity to earn a larger amount of money.
Supposed you have directed traffic to the merchant and it converted into a sale, you'll get paid once by the first merchant for the sale you have initiated. But with the second merchant, you'll get paid monthly for as long as the customer you have referred to the merchant continues to avail of the web hosting service. That means that for the same effort of getting one customer to avail of the merchant's service, you get paid monthly in residual affiliate programs while you only get paid once in a one-time commission type of affiliate programs.
Residual affiliate programs worth promoting because you virtually get more money from these types of affiliate programs in the long run. And would all residual affiliate programs work best for you? The answer may be yes or may be not. You have to be careful in selecting the products or services that are popular and famous brand names. But with the benefits that residual affiliate marketing can provide, it would really be unwise to ignore such programs.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Affiliate Marketing Reality Truth for Beginners
Affiliate marketing has proved to be one of the lucrative paying industry. One can make lots of money in the smallest possible time. It is but natural that more and people desire to become successful affiliate marketers and earn money.
That said, with the wrong information spread by wrong folks over there, beginners fall prey thinking that they can start earning in a few days. When they do not see desired results, they quit quickly. This generally happens because beginners just pick up few products and start promoting off the bat wherever they can like in blogs etc. skipping most important steps that really build the business. This happens to be cause of failure. Here are some of the reality checks that every new entrant in the field of affiliate marketing needs to understand. Knowing these realities will not only open up their eyes to deal with stark realities but also empower them better understand core principles of affiliate marketing and take informed decisions.
Planning
When we think of starting any new business, planning and goal setting is one of the first important task that comes in mind. Writing down plan of how to accomplish a major task braking it into smaller tasks and timely completion is one of the important aspect as far as affiliate marketing, or any other task for that matter, is concerned. But a plan in this direction will need to be prepared before you can discuss and outsource the same to a third party. In short, you have to be specific and focused of what you expect from the freelancer.
Decision Taking
Affiliate marketing generally involves consistent and major decisions in the beginning. For example decision regarding setting up a website or a blog or a forum in my particular case. Some people suggest that website is not required and others suggest that it is a must have for pesonal branding. What research and analysis software would be required in my particular case and investing on those business tools and whether to outsource routine tasks like content writing and animation etc.
Secondly, if you decide to outsource, you first need to put a thinking hat, decide and make a plan of what you want to offer to your targeted visitor in return of which they will part you with your money and accordingly assign work to freelancers. One has to decide beforehand:
1. Do I have resources to invest big time and money?
2. Am I ready learn what it takes to become a successful affiliate marketer?
3. Am I ready to outsource?
4. Am I ready to undertake all the required research and analysis?
Investment
Investment is one of the major hurdles. For example to create a website, you need domain name and hosting, tools for research and analysis as mentioned earlier also if you are really going to compete and make it happen. Here most of the beginners think too long to decide whether or not they are going to invest in business or not. A professional business would certainly require at least minimum investment of money. This investment would be two pronged- investment in acquiring necessary knowledge and skill on the one hand and in software tools etc. on the other.
Be Prepared to Invest in Lot of Time as process of setting up affiliate marketing business, demands learning as well as practically doing the different tasks and would need to budget time accordingly.
Patience
You would see the progress gradually but big time results would take some time until you have integrated the whole process seamlessly. Consistent tracking and testing, promotions, tweaking and refinement would need to be done on a continuous basis. This would require patience and perseverance on your part.
Final Thought
In the end, we can say that one needs to think thoroughly and calmly whether affiliate marketing is for him or not. Make a start with strong determination and you will be among the front row of winners.
That said, with the wrong information spread by wrong folks over there, beginners fall prey thinking that they can start earning in a few days. When they do not see desired results, they quit quickly. This generally happens because beginners just pick up few products and start promoting off the bat wherever they can like in blogs etc. skipping most important steps that really build the business. This happens to be cause of failure. Here are some of the reality checks that every new entrant in the field of affiliate marketing needs to understand. Knowing these realities will not only open up their eyes to deal with stark realities but also empower them better understand core principles of affiliate marketing and take informed decisions.
Planning
When we think of starting any new business, planning and goal setting is one of the first important task that comes in mind. Writing down plan of how to accomplish a major task braking it into smaller tasks and timely completion is one of the important aspect as far as affiliate marketing, or any other task for that matter, is concerned. But a plan in this direction will need to be prepared before you can discuss and outsource the same to a third party. In short, you have to be specific and focused of what you expect from the freelancer.
Decision Taking
Affiliate marketing generally involves consistent and major decisions in the beginning. For example decision regarding setting up a website or a blog or a forum in my particular case. Some people suggest that website is not required and others suggest that it is a must have for pesonal branding. What research and analysis software would be required in my particular case and investing on those business tools and whether to outsource routine tasks like content writing and animation etc.
Secondly, if you decide to outsource, you first need to put a thinking hat, decide and make a plan of what you want to offer to your targeted visitor in return of which they will part you with your money and accordingly assign work to freelancers. One has to decide beforehand:
1. Do I have resources to invest big time and money?
2. Am I ready learn what it takes to become a successful affiliate marketer?
3. Am I ready to outsource?
4. Am I ready to undertake all the required research and analysis?
Investment
Investment is one of the major hurdles. For example to create a website, you need domain name and hosting, tools for research and analysis as mentioned earlier also if you are really going to compete and make it happen. Here most of the beginners think too long to decide whether or not they are going to invest in business or not. A professional business would certainly require at least minimum investment of money. This investment would be two pronged- investment in acquiring necessary knowledge and skill on the one hand and in software tools etc. on the other.
Be Prepared to Invest in Lot of Time as process of setting up affiliate marketing business, demands learning as well as practically doing the different tasks and would need to budget time accordingly.
Patience
You would see the progress gradually but big time results would take some time until you have integrated the whole process seamlessly. Consistent tracking and testing, promotions, tweaking and refinement would need to be done on a continuous basis. This would require patience and perseverance on your part.
Final Thought
In the end, we can say that one needs to think thoroughly and calmly whether affiliate marketing is for him or not. Make a start with strong determination and you will be among the front row of winners.
Monday, January 26, 2009
How to Earn Money From Google Adsense in Simple Terms
There are plenty of opportunities for webmasters and website publishers to earn on the internet. Anyone can sell product or service or useful information of any kind and earn money. This article is devoted to earning money from adsense. Purposefully this article it is kept brief and crisp to only highlight important points so as to give an overview.
Adsense is a program by which ads are automatically placed by google on the websites of those who have signed up their program and whose websites have been accepted and indexed by google as eligible. After your website has been approved, you are provided with a few html scripts which you are required to place anywhere (strategically) on your website page or several pages. The ads served by google are contextual i.e. matching and relevant to the content or theme of your web page. They are both text based and graphic ads. Each time some visitor of website clicks on the adsense ad on your website, you make money.
Likewise, you can place a search box also on your website. If someone searches the web through your web page and clicks on ads, then also you get paid. You can earn by placing ads even on your blog also which is a very easy way to head start since blogs are available for free.
We can say adsense is some sort of extension of google adwords programme, which is in common parlance called pay-per-click. In adwords program, you purchase advertising from the Google for your keyword i.e. you pay them on per click basis to advertise your keyword rich ad in their search results and in Google adsense, Google pays you to advertise their advertisements.
Since this is a simple program, anyone can participate in Google adsense and Google adwords. No technical knowledge is required beyond cutting and pasting scripts of ad unit given to you by Google.
Rest of the things is optional. You are required to blend ads within your page in such a way that they appear part of your page, and not shout as advertisement. You can change font and border colors of the ads so as to accomplish this work. You are also provided with tools so as to analyze the performance of your marketing campaign which is of course critical to your website success.
Your website should not contain any content that suggest profanity or racial discrimination. It is advisable to read the google policies and be well conversant. They have zero tolerance for fraudulent or deceptive activities in any shape.
Most important thing to note is that the content of your website should be unique, of high quality, informative and keyword rich. You can write your own articles or hire a freelance writer to have the articles written for you on fee basis.Earning from adsense is not difficult but it does require planning, investment and continual work on daily basis.
When you join the adsense program, you can find all possible information explained in simple details on the adsense website of google.
Adsense is a program by which ads are automatically placed by google on the websites of those who have signed up their program and whose websites have been accepted and indexed by google as eligible. After your website has been approved, you are provided with a few html scripts which you are required to place anywhere (strategically) on your website page or several pages. The ads served by google are contextual i.e. matching and relevant to the content or theme of your web page. They are both text based and graphic ads. Each time some visitor of website clicks on the adsense ad on your website, you make money.
Likewise, you can place a search box also on your website. If someone searches the web through your web page and clicks on ads, then also you get paid. You can earn by placing ads even on your blog also which is a very easy way to head start since blogs are available for free.
We can say adsense is some sort of extension of google adwords programme, which is in common parlance called pay-per-click. In adwords program, you purchase advertising from the Google for your keyword i.e. you pay them on per click basis to advertise your keyword rich ad in their search results and in Google adsense, Google pays you to advertise their advertisements.
Since this is a simple program, anyone can participate in Google adsense and Google adwords. No technical knowledge is required beyond cutting and pasting scripts of ad unit given to you by Google.
Rest of the things is optional. You are required to blend ads within your page in such a way that they appear part of your page, and not shout as advertisement. You can change font and border colors of the ads so as to accomplish this work. You are also provided with tools so as to analyze the performance of your marketing campaign which is of course critical to your website success.
Your website should not contain any content that suggest profanity or racial discrimination. It is advisable to read the google policies and be well conversant. They have zero tolerance for fraudulent or deceptive activities in any shape.
Most important thing to note is that the content of your website should be unique, of high quality, informative and keyword rich. You can write your own articles or hire a freelance writer to have the articles written for you on fee basis.Earning from adsense is not difficult but it does require planning, investment and continual work on daily basis.
When you join the adsense program, you can find all possible information explained in simple details on the adsense website of google.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Affiliate Marketing is Cost-Effective Ways to Earn Money
When you think of earning money on the internet, the first thing strikes to your mind is promoting affiliate programs to earn money on the internet. Affiliate programs earn you huge commissions with no risk involved. O earn money from these programs, you sign up with few good affiliate programs, advertise on different channels on the internet, drive traffic to the merchants’ website and make money when people purchase product The merchants pays when a sale takes effect. Affiliate just place links or banners on their website, and sends targeted traffic to their own website or merchants’ products. Simply put, it's about receiving commissions by promoting products.
On the plain reading you may find affiliate marketing very easy. Placing links, banners on free blog or website, sending traffic and waiting for the money to come in. But, in reality it is not that easy. Reason is that some, some responsibility is attached in promoting affiliate products.
Affiliate marketing has its ups and downs especially when beginners are concerned. It could be draining your time and money if you are not armed with up-to-date information and the technical how-to. But this article's sole objective is to explain how affiliate marketing works in a nutshell.
Here are some the reasons on why web marketers go gaga over affiliate marketing as an easiest business.
1. No Expenditure
People get scared to go on a home based business because of the capital required. In affiliate marketing, you don't have to spend any money to start raking in cash. Only money you will be spending on your website or advertisement.
2. Inventory and Storage not Involved
Product management could be very stressing. This is totally hands free. No nventory, no storing. The merchant makes all arrangements from product creation to shipment to fulfillment.
3. Unlimited Income
When you have a paid job, monthly income is fixed and limited. It gets a boost over time. In affiliate marketing, you just go on promoting the product. So long you are able to drive good targeted traffic you have unlimited money earning potential. Once you have built your own website and done some hard work, thereafter the income can be on autopilot. People find about your products from search engines and that kind of traffic converts well.
4. Worldwide Business
With affiliate marketing, you are dealing with a global market place. All you have to do is choose a niche product and prepare all the necessary tools for your affiliates to lead traffic from all parts of the world to your website.
5. No Risk Involved
One of the important factors for Internet marketer's enthusiasm with affiliate marketing is its having a low risk factor. Especially for those with low budget set aside for advertising, affiliate marketing is just the way to do it.
6. No Closing Time
Affiliate marketing business works 24 hours a day on the internet. When half of the world is sleeping, the other half is working and vice versa. What could be better than that?
In the conclusion it can be said that affiliate marketing can be rewarding if you choose a right niche for the products and have all important tools to research your market. If you are ready to work for your business, possibilities of making money on the internet are endless.
On the plain reading you may find affiliate marketing very easy. Placing links, banners on free blog or website, sending traffic and waiting for the money to come in. But, in reality it is not that easy. Reason is that some, some responsibility is attached in promoting affiliate products.
Affiliate marketing has its ups and downs especially when beginners are concerned. It could be draining your time and money if you are not armed with up-to-date information and the technical how-to. But this article's sole objective is to explain how affiliate marketing works in a nutshell.
Here are some the reasons on why web marketers go gaga over affiliate marketing as an easiest business.
1. No Expenditure
People get scared to go on a home based business because of the capital required. In affiliate marketing, you don't have to spend any money to start raking in cash. Only money you will be spending on your website or advertisement.
2. Inventory and Storage not Involved
Product management could be very stressing. This is totally hands free. No nventory, no storing. The merchant makes all arrangements from product creation to shipment to fulfillment.
3. Unlimited Income
When you have a paid job, monthly income is fixed and limited. It gets a boost over time. In affiliate marketing, you just go on promoting the product. So long you are able to drive good targeted traffic you have unlimited money earning potential. Once you have built your own website and done some hard work, thereafter the income can be on autopilot. People find about your products from search engines and that kind of traffic converts well.
4. Worldwide Business
With affiliate marketing, you are dealing with a global market place. All you have to do is choose a niche product and prepare all the necessary tools for your affiliates to lead traffic from all parts of the world to your website.
5. No Risk Involved
One of the important factors for Internet marketer's enthusiasm with affiliate marketing is its having a low risk factor. Especially for those with low budget set aside for advertising, affiliate marketing is just the way to do it.
6. No Closing Time
Affiliate marketing business works 24 hours a day on the internet. When half of the world is sleeping, the other half is working and vice versa. What could be better than that?
In the conclusion it can be said that affiliate marketing can be rewarding if you choose a right niche for the products and have all important tools to research your market. If you are ready to work for your business, possibilities of making money on the internet are endless.
Monday, January 5, 2009
You Can Create Multiple Streams of Income Promoting Affiliate Programs
Affiliate programs have become very popular now-a-days because they are very easy to promote and zero risk. Thousands of webmasters and individuals are earning regular income promoting popular affiliate programs. This is an important home based business from which anyone can earn money just operating from home with a computer and internet connection.
What is an affiliate program
In an affiliate program, a company (merchant) has an agreement whereby they pay you (the affiliate, who promotes their product or service). a percentage of the sale for every customer you refer to their website through your website or blog or other promotional methods when the visitor purchases from that company or even if signs up a form (CPA- cost per action or CPL - cost per lead) programs. The merchants pay lucrative commission varying from 15% up to 60% on per sale basis. Apart from residual commissions, many merchants offer two-tier and even three-tier programs, which builds a regular stream of income.
The reason of popularity of affiliate programs is the ease and convenience of transaction online. Millions of people all over world buy and sell products online. The merchants and buyers deal with each other with trust. According to recent researches, the volume of global business is likely to increase manifold in the coming years.
Researches suggest that since developing countries have jumped in the internet marketing arena to tap its potential. This has presented fair opportunity even to average persons like you and me to start home based business of selling useful and in-demand information on the internet and make money. No specific qualification required for affiliate marketing and anyone can earn money on the internet selling affiliate products of other merchants on part-time or full time basis from the comfort of home with a computer and internet connection.
Another reason is that demand of information products pertaining to specialized niche markets is increasing day by day. Information products are nothing but e-books or special reports, in digital form. Digital products are cost effective compared to paperback or hard cover boks because no printing, handling or shipping is involved. These are instantly downloadable products, upon payment by credit card or other methods.
It is not that only info products are being sold online, even hard goods from electronics items to books to cars, almost everything is sold and purchased online 27/7. You can join and promote select group of 5 to 10 strong, in-demand and reputed affiliate programs with no or little upfront cost and start earning money right away.
The commissions paid on digital products are quite high and a little less on electronic products or hard goods. Affiliate programs mostly are free to join. An important thing to consider is you join only reputed and strong programs that have online presence for a long time and pay commissions to affiliates timely. To be continued in the next Post…
What is an affiliate program
In an affiliate program, a company (merchant) has an agreement whereby they pay you (the affiliate, who promotes their product or service). a percentage of the sale for every customer you refer to their website through your website or blog or other promotional methods when the visitor purchases from that company or even if signs up a form (CPA- cost per action or CPL - cost per lead) programs. The merchants pay lucrative commission varying from 15% up to 60% on per sale basis. Apart from residual commissions, many merchants offer two-tier and even three-tier programs, which builds a regular stream of income.
The reason of popularity of affiliate programs is the ease and convenience of transaction online. Millions of people all over world buy and sell products online. The merchants and buyers deal with each other with trust. According to recent researches, the volume of global business is likely to increase manifold in the coming years.
Researches suggest that since developing countries have jumped in the internet marketing arena to tap its potential. This has presented fair opportunity even to average persons like you and me to start home based business of selling useful and in-demand information on the internet and make money. No specific qualification required for affiliate marketing and anyone can earn money on the internet selling affiliate products of other merchants on part-time or full time basis from the comfort of home with a computer and internet connection.
Another reason is that demand of information products pertaining to specialized niche markets is increasing day by day. Information products are nothing but e-books or special reports, in digital form. Digital products are cost effective compared to paperback or hard cover boks because no printing, handling or shipping is involved. These are instantly downloadable products, upon payment by credit card or other methods.
It is not that only info products are being sold online, even hard goods from electronics items to books to cars, almost everything is sold and purchased online 27/7. You can join and promote select group of 5 to 10 strong, in-demand and reputed affiliate programs with no or little upfront cost and start earning money right away.
The commissions paid on digital products are quite high and a little less on electronic products or hard goods. Affiliate programs mostly are free to join. An important thing to consider is you join only reputed and strong programs that have online presence for a long time and pay commissions to affiliates timely. To be continued in the next Post…
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Different Ways to Make Legitimate Money Online
Hundreds of ways are available on the internet to make money. There are legitimate ways to earn money ad there are illegal and immoral ways too where cone artists build fly by night schemes collect money and disappear.
For people who are new to online money making business, let it be clear that earning money on the internet is easy but requires continuous, regular hard work till the online business tarts giving money and becomes self perpetuating.
When your online business has started giving returns, it is this point onward that you work only for an hour a day and make merry still earning money round the clock. Glamorous homes, cars and vacations are all thought of at this auspicious point when you are able to kick the boss.
Depending upon how hard you work, online business will take 2-3 months minimum in pipeline when you can start seeing money in your bank account. You need to exercise patience and keep working till such time you start receiving payment notifications.
Another myth on the internet floating is anyone can earn money on the internet withy zero investment. This is all hype. Spread by vested interests. I can earn money only when I have something to give to my customers in return for money.
Setting up a website, useful products, participating in forums, seo, article writing etc are ingredients of a successful nine business.
There is so much for a marketer to do in a day so as to to baffle you and create headaches. Sometimes a marketer is just confused what to do.
Still there is hope and easy way. There is a smart way you can set skip all the above headaches if you can invest a lot. Invest money on every single task to outsource it, integrate everything in the website, start making promotions and this way you can start receiving payment notifications early. This way you can make things easier, earlier and buy peace of mind.
A reading of this article will empower you to think minutely whether internet marketing career is a fit choice for you. Have a look inside what it takes to become successful internet marketer, whether it is easy or tough, possible or impossible analyzing your strengths and weaknesses. You can take a considered view if you want to make money on the internet legitimately. Nett101.com is determined to help
For people who are new to online money making business, let it be clear that earning money on the internet is easy but requires continuous, regular hard work till the online business tarts giving money and becomes self perpetuating.
When your online business has started giving returns, it is this point onward that you work only for an hour a day and make merry still earning money round the clock. Glamorous homes, cars and vacations are all thought of at this auspicious point when you are able to kick the boss.
Depending upon how hard you work, online business will take 2-3 months minimum in pipeline when you can start seeing money in your bank account. You need to exercise patience and keep working till such time you start receiving payment notifications.
Another myth on the internet floating is anyone can earn money on the internet withy zero investment. This is all hype. Spread by vested interests. I can earn money only when I have something to give to my customers in return for money.
Setting up a website, useful products, participating in forums, seo, article writing etc are ingredients of a successful nine business.
There is so much for a marketer to do in a day so as to to baffle you and create headaches. Sometimes a marketer is just confused what to do.
Still there is hope and easy way. There is a smart way you can set skip all the above headaches if you can invest a lot. Invest money on every single task to outsource it, integrate everything in the website, start making promotions and this way you can start receiving payment notifications early. This way you can make things easier, earlier and buy peace of mind.
A reading of this article will empower you to think minutely whether internet marketing career is a fit choice for you. Have a look inside what it takes to become successful internet marketer, whether it is easy or tough, possible or impossible analyzing your strengths and weaknesses. You can take a considered view if you want to make money on the internet legitimately. Nett101.com is determined to help
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