Affiliate Marketing: Make Money

For those who work remotely, affiliate marketing is a popular source of income. Affiliate marketing is a performance-based model of marketing that pays affiliates for visitors it sends.

Affiliate marketing is a form of internet marketing with many similarities to other marketing methods. Affiliate marketing combines SEO (search engine optimization), PPC (pay per Click) and display advertising. There are many companies offering affiliate programmes. So there’s plenty of work.

Payment Models

Affiliates can be paid in many ways. CPS, or Cost Per Sale, is the most popular. This payment model pays an affiliate a percentage of any sale they make for the merchant. This payment model is used by 80% of affiliates. Amazon affiliate program is one of the most popular and successful programs.

CPA, or cost per action, is another form of payment. CPA is when someone registers on the merchant’s site, thus generating a lead. These can be paid a lot depending on the niche. This niche is very popular for affiliate marketing, specifically payday loans.

Affiliate Tracking Codes

Signing up for an affiliate program gives you a tracking code that you can use on your links. This will enable the merchant to track the traffic source and pay the right affiliate. This is done using affiliate tracking software.

How to Find an Affiliate Program

There are many ways to search for affiliate programs to sign up for. OfferVault.com is the best way to do this. Type in the keyword you want to advertise for, and you’ll see many programs. You will be taken to the merchant’s site, where you can apply to become an affiliate.

Building affiliate sites

Affiliate marketers almost always have their websites on which to advertise. It is not necessary. As we have already mentioned, you can use PPC to market your products and services. This could be done through Google or other media such as Facebook.

There are many ways to make money if you have a website focused on affiliate marketing.

Review sites

You have likely seen this before but didn’t realize they were affiliates. These sites review products and offer readers the option to buy whatever product they advertise. This model is called the CPS model, and Amazon is the most well-known merchant.

Coupon sites

These websites are focused on selling promotions. These websites search the internet for deals and share them with visitors.

Price Comparison Sites

These sites are very similar to review sites except that they don’t give a thorough review of a site but compare prices for various products. These are often part of the Amazon affiliate program.