Category: 2. Why should you join

  • Setting expectations

    Despite what you may have read on the Internet from certified gurus selling their latest magic money making course, becoming an affiliate marketer is not a get-rich-quick scheme. This is a solid plan to get rich slowly. We’re not talking glacially slow, like building a traditional business, which can take years. We’re talking about three…

  • You don’t need to be a technical genius.

    You say you can’t become an affiliate marketer because you don’t know computer coding, HTML, and all the other computer geek speak? Well, the good news is that you don’t have to. When I (author Ted) first started on the Internet, knowing CMS, coding, HTML and other technical things was a necessity. But that is…

  • You don’t have product development and fulfillment.

    Have you ever worked fulfilling orders for a product? You have to pick it off the shelf, find a box that fits, pack it so it won’t get damaged, print the label, and take it to the post office. But don’t spend the money yet! You have to wait until the customer has received the…

  • You can offer a variety of products.

    A major advantage of affiliate marketing is that since you can choose from a wide array of both physical and digital products, you can offer many different products through your affiliate links. You can track results with your affiliate program to see what’s working and what’s not. Since the affiliate program provides banners and links…

  • You can choose your own path and lifestyle.

    Most of us have spent our entire lives with someone else telling us what to do and determining our actions. We go to school for jobs from our parents. Frankly, most jobs are repetitive and boring. In most companies, telling your boss that he’s going in the wrong direction and that you have a better…

  • You can start your business immediately.

    Affiliate marketing can be an instant business on your smartphone. Because you’re earning an affiliate commission by promoting someone else’s product or service, you don’t have the headaches of a traditional business startup, as detailed earlier in this chapter. . You have millions of physical products and thousands of digital products and services to choose…

  • Assessing the Benefits of Affiliate Marketing

    A traditional business usually requires a large investment of both time and money, as you saw in the previous section. Since you’re making this substantial investment, it’s not something you’d normally work on on a part-time basis. On the other hand, affiliate marketing can offer many advantages over starting a traditional business for someone who…

  • Surveying the needs of starting a traditional business

    Starting a traditional business is hard enough. It takes a lot of money and a lot of time. Some people invest their life savings in trying to start a business. Starting a business involves many time-consuming steps like product development, prototyping, marketing, etc. There are many legal complications and regulations. Starting a traditional business can…

  • Why should you join?

    Although there were private affiliate programs before, Amazon was the first to offer affiliate marketing to the public in 1996 with its associate program. Through this affiliate program, Amazon offered associates coded links to thousands of products. The Associate will place one of these links on their website, and when a purchase is made, the…