Things To Know About Affiliate Marketing

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The truth behind affiliate marketing is the fact that 90% of affiliates will actually make less than 100$
a month.  Therefore, you shouldn't count on making full time income unless you can get very good at the following:
1.  Building a good web site that converts.
2.  Search engine optimization.  You'll need a
lot of traffic, as maybe 1 out of 200 visitors willbuy your products.  SEO can help you get your site in the search engines so more people will be able tofind you.
3.  The trial and error of picking the rightmerchants and learning the correct ways to promotethem.Too many people out there assume that affiliatemarketing is actually a get rich quick type of program.  These types of people will throw up a couple of banners, then wonder why they never makea single sale or any money at all.
How long you'll need to do it depends on how muchmoney you are wanting to make.  If you are a quicklearner and really good at affiliate marketing, you
may high 2,000 in 2 years.  This is based on the
fact that you are starting at 0 and the fact thatyou have another full time job, not being able to
devote a lot of time working with your affiliate
marketing program.If you decide to give it a try, the hardest challengewill be the first few months.  If you check yourstats and see that you are only making a couple of
bucks, you'll find yourself wondering if all thehard work was worth it.  If you get some sales
going and stay committed with your hard work, the
commissions should start growing.
One of the biggest factors with affiliate marketingis the traffic that goes through your site.  Eventhough you'll get a lot of traffic passing throughyour website, only a fraction of the traffic will
be buyers.The key here is knowing your visitors and then
being able to determine which affiliate programs you can offer to meet their needs.  There is also
the concept of pre sale, which is the abilityto put your visitors in the required open and  mind set that's required for them to actually click
on what you are selling.
By sticking with affiliate marketing, you'll learnmore and more over the years.  You can't expect to
be the best when you first start, it'll take a lotof hard work and dedication.  By putting the time
and effort into your programs, you'll be well on your way to making it in the very profitable and
exciting world of affiliate marketing.