Category: 2. Why should you join

You can get banned from both individual affiliate programs and affiliate networks, and the impact on your earnings can be devastating. Sometimes the penalty is that they stop paying you. Sometimes you get banned completely and your account is closed. A ban can result from both a sin of omission and a sin of commission.…

Affiliate networks – the subject of this section – bring together thousands of different merchants and affiliate offers into a single marketplace. They are the middleman between you, the affiliate marketer, and the merchant — the person or company providing the goods or services. They often provide affiliate programs and support for smaller companies that…

Different affiliate programs have different application processes. For some it’s as simple as filling out an online form. At a minimum, in addition to submitting general information, you need to provide the IRS with a W-9 form so they can pay you, as we described earlier in this chapter. Most affiliate programs prefer to have…

Thousands of separate companies offer you the opportunity to earn affiliate income. With all these choices before you, how do you choose? How do you separate the good opportunities from the not-so-good? In this section we look at some of the factors you should consider, such as reputation, payment requirements, and affiliate tools. It is…

One of the advantages of affiliate programs versus affiliate networks is that you are only working with one company. It could be a company as large as Amazon, which allows you to earn commissions on thousands of products, or it could be a small company that only markets products targeted at your niche market. Appeal…

Go to virtually every web page on the Internet today, and either at the top or bottom, you’ll usually see the words “Join our affiliate program,” “Make money with us,” “Become an affiliate” or Something similar. Companies want you to promote their products using affiliate marketing. Why? The answer is very simple. If an affiliate…

Although you may not be aware of it, every company on the Internet today offers an affiliate program that allows you, as an affiliate marketer, to make money with them. Also, affiliate networks aggregate multiple affiliate programs from different companies. So by joining an affiliate network, depending on its size, you may have access to…

In the previous section, you divide tasks into two groups: things that are important and things that are not. But it still sounds like you have a mountain of affiliate marketing tasks to accomplish – more than can fit into a 24-hour day. Now you have to prioritize these tasks, and the clearest and easiest…

You may not realize it, but you’ve already made a great start toward your affiliate marketing success. If you bring your passion to your affiliate marketing business, put in the work, and stick to it, it will take three to six months to see success. No hobby, you say? What about your interests? Do you…

Affiliate marketing requires a wide range of different skills. The skill set you need varies depending on your specific promotion method. However, you need a basic toolkit of skills to become a successful affiliate marketer. Like a three-legged stool, you need three legs for your affiliate business to stand on: The first leg you need…