"What is Affiliate Marketing?"

Hello …and congratulations!
You're about to learn about a very popular way to make money on the
Internet…especially for those who are just now coming online… It's called Affiliate
Marketing (AM). The concept Affiliate Marketing is easy to understand and the
"practice" is just as easy to master.
Most people who come online to make money need something to sell, but don't have
anything. That's why being an affiliate is so great, unlimited products to sell for a
commission! And the good news is that there's not a lot involved in being an affiliate.
In order to be successful with Affiliate Marketing, you first need to understand
exactly what it is.

• Defining Terms - What is Affiliate Marketing?

 is a 3-step process for earning income. It begins with signing up to sell somone's
online product or service for a fee, then actually going out and advertising that
product/service with the intention of generating sales, and finally making those sales to
earn an affiliate commission.
To make things crystal clear, let me give you a real world example of the affiliate
process. Meet Bob, an "ace" used car salesman. Bob has applied for a job (for obvious
reasons) at Ace Automotive. Ace offers to pay Bob a 30% of the sticker price of every
car he sells.
This sounds good to Bob, so he agrees. Every time a satisfied Ace customer drives off in
an Ace car he's sold, Bob collects his 30% sales commission. This relationship makes
Bob became an "affiliate" of Ace Automotive…
And it's exactly the same on the Internet! To enter the lucrative world of Affiliate
Marketing online, you sign up to become an affiliate of any person's program or service
in exchange for a commission. You are paid a commission for each "unit" you sell.
But how do you make this concept work for you on the Internet?

• The Missing Link to Success - Your Affiliate Link

Once accepted as an affiliate, you'll receive a special link to use in your advertising called
an affiliate link. The purpose of having an affiliate link is to identify you as the
seller when a sale is made from your link.
When you advertise your affiliate link and someone clicks on it, they are taken to the
website where the product or service is sold. If the consumer makes a purchase, you
receive the commission because that person used your affiliate link to access the site.

• Making the Right Choice - Sorting Out Your Options

There are probably over one million different affiliate programs on the Internet and
they sell a countless number of different products and services. Some are good, some are
bad, and some are well…probably not something an "ethical" business person wants to
get involved with.
This means that you should really put some thought into what you want to promote as
an affiliate. It's also in your best interest to be picky about which affiliate programs you
join.
In your next lesson, you'll learn exactly how to pick the program that's right for you.
That's all for now,

Thanks for reading!