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By Joe Stewart
Affiliate internet marketing on the web has become more and more popular in the past few years. Many people jump online expecting to throw up a website and make instant internet riches. Unfortunately, as in any other type of business, affiliate marketing is real work, actually, really hard work, and if you don't know what you're doing from the beginning, there's a very good chance that you'll join the other 95% of the individuals that tried and failed.
It's a fact that of everyone that tries to start affiliate internet marketing on the web that only 5% will ever make any money and of those 5%, only 2% will make enough money to quit their regular jobs. So how do you really make money as an affiliate online? Let's take a look at a few ideas.
#1. The first thing that you really need to do is find a profitable market. This is where a lot of people get tripped up. Most new affiliates believe that they have to find some hot, new product to promote in order to make money, when in fact, you need to find a market of buyers before you ever commit to a product. Make certain that there are plenty of people looking for multiple products in the niche and that there is an adequate amount of competition too. Established competition means that people are already buying the types of goods you have to offer.
#2. You could sell physical products. There are many merchants that sell what are known as "hard" goods or physical products. You simply set up a page that gives an honest review of a product and send traffic to that review page. Place links to the merchant within the review page and recommend that your visitor click on them and visit the merchant website for more information. This allows you to remain somewhat neutral and let's the merchant do the selling for you. The only problem with hard goods is that they don't pay very high commissions. This won't matter though if you find a market that has a swarm of buyers.
#3. You can sell downloadable products. These are products like ebooks and software. Your customer gets instant gratification by being able to immediately download whatever they buy. The commissions on these tend to be much higher than those of physical products.
Affiliate internet marketing on the web offers many different opportunities to make a living. However, there are many dangerous pitfalls involved. Make sure that you find someone that is already doing what you want to do and get them to mentor you. This way your odds of success are much higher. Good luck!
Has learning affiliate marketing been a challenge for you? Are you wasting time and money and not getting any good results? Download my free report called "Top 10 Affiliate Mistakes" and get on the right track. Visit MakeAffiliateCash.com right now or click on Affiliate Internet Marketing Web. Joe Stewart is an affiliate marketer that enjoys helping others.
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