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What Is Affiliate Marketing

So What Is Affiliate Marketing?

How Affiliate Marketing Works

Here is a graphic that shows how affiliate marketing works.

The diagram below is a visual rendition of the process that unfolds when you sign up with a merchant to sell his or her product/service. It takes you through the various steps that occur and lead to your receiving a commission.

It was commissioned by Sugarrae, aka Rae Hoffman Dolan, a professional online marketer – ( I’m really tired of the term super affiliate since I’ve been taken by a few) – who is happy to see it propagate far and wide.

It’s a great short explanation of the essence of affiliate marketing.

Sugarrae is the real deal and you should read what she has to say. You’ll learn more in one paragraph from her than in some 80 or 100 page ebooks. Her site can be found at http://www.sugarrae.com/

This graphic is one sample of that.

Enjoy

Click here to view a larger version.

[Image provided courtesy of the Sugarrae affiliate marketing blog.]

Affiliate Marketing For Beginners

Affiliate Marketing Newbies

AffiliateStartingLine was started as a site for those of us who are affiliate marketing beginners.

Affiliate Marketing

The way it works is that you select a product or service, send someone to buy that product or service and get paid a commission. Sounds easy, but it isn’t.

You have to check out the product or service by reading the terms and conditions. You have to set up the process to collect your commissions. You have to set up the process of running a business. That means you have to do your homework upfront. Eventually, you will have to set up a corporation or LLC from which you operate.

All this takes time, money and planning. So you have to go into this with a serious business frame of mind.

You have to realize that there are plenty of people who are willing to take your money to teach you how to do all this. That is where you have to be careful.

There are many systems, tools, ebooks, gurus, membership sites ready and willing to get your attention and your money.

Just be aware that what works for one person in one set of circumstances may not work for the next person in the same situation. Like all business creation, it takes time and trial and error to find out what works for you. To do that you will need to do a lot of reading and testing.

Information on this site is designed to give you some idea of what you can do to set up a plan.

So take a look. Check out the videos as well. Then set up a plan and go for it.

May Your Travels Be Properous