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4 Golden Rules Of Affiliate Marketing

Written by: Janet Beckers

Article Overview: If you can provide solutions to people's pressing problems then you've got yourself the basis of a great business. Easier said than done right? Follow the 4 Golden Rules of Affiliate Marketing and your customers will love you (read: you make great money).

4 Golden Rules Of Affiliate Marketing

If you can provide solutions to people's pressing problems then you've got yourself the basis of a great business. Easier said than done right?

You don't have to do it all yourself

One of the biggest traps we all fall into is thinking that we have to do everything ourselves. Yes, you do need to find the solution to your potential customers' problems if you want to make money but you don't have to create the product yourself.

Selling your own product will make you great money but if there is already a great product out there then why reinvent the wheel? If someone else is better qualified to create that product you will serve your customer better by referring them to an expert.

So how do you make money then?

You make money by becoming a referring partner with the person whose product you recommend. For every sale you recommend, they send you a percentage of the sale.

Oh great, I hear you say. How do I talk people into doing that? Easy. It's called an affiliate program and there are thousands of them on the internet. In fact, my business is built on affiliate programs and it is the easiest and quickest way to make money on the internet. Let me share with you a free resource that explains all about affiliate programs.

4 Golden rules of affiliate marketing

Follow these rules and your customers will love you (read: you make great money);

1. It is your job to look for solutions to people's problems

2. Only ever recommend a product that you think is great

3. If you think a product is good but has one or 2 flaws, tell your customers the truth and let them decide

4. Always tell the truth

That's it. Basically, if you are honest and have high integrity when recommending products, your customers will love you and continue to buy on your recommendation. I don't know about you, but these are principles I strive for in my business and personal life. It is satisfying to know that being good is actually the best way to make money!

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Re: Affiliate Marketing - Open for Discussion - Carol, Mary and David - thanks for your great input and insight on Affiliate Marketing! This is the kind of discussion I was hoping for in this thread. There are pros and cons to Affiliate Marketing, just as there are to any business. As has been suggested, he best policy is to proceed with caution and do some research before jumping in. As Carol has recommended, this topic thread in the EvanCarmichael.com forum is the ideal place to ask questions and seek further input on available Affiliate Marketing programs. If a person is serious about building an online business and is interested in Affiliate Marketing plans, they should approach the process as they would any other form of business. Research, ask questions, compare opportunities, participate in forums on online business and Affiliate Marketing. GT :-]
Re: Affiliate Marketing - Open for Discussion - Hi GT Affiliate Marketing is one of the easier ways to get started making money online, but it does take quite a bit of work before you see any great results as you have to keep promoting constantly. It does teach you one hell of a lot about all aspects of Internet Marketing though as you will need to learn how to write and submit articles, create and maintain a blog, social networking is a great help to affiliates too..the list goes on and on. In fact from what you learn from Affiliate Marketing you can apply to any niche and be sure to succeed, take care, Carol
Re: Affiliate Marketing - Open for Discussion - You made some very good points here Jeff and I agree with you, Affiliate Marketing should not be something that you concentrate all your efforts into. As i said earlier I have learned a lot with Affiliate Marketing and continue to do so, and it has helped me tremendously to understand what I am going to have to do in my chosen niche(s). I am also being coached by the same group of mentors as GT and we are all moving forward daily to achieve our ultimate goals. Take care, Carol
Re: Should Evan add a "Social Media Marketing" category to the f - Hi, Online Marketing would be a great title, and having sub categories would make it even better, there would plenty of categories to choose from, Social Media, SEO, Article Marketing and yes even Affiliate Marketing to name just a few, great looking site btw Jeff, take care, Carol
Re: Internet Marketing is the best business in the world - No problem. I am also interested in creating an ebook one day and am glad that I can finally contribute to someone who is, maybe not so up to date in an area that I have some knowlege of. Also I forgot to mention Affiliate Marketing from my previous post. Getting others to sell WhyNot's ebooks for him is a great way of promoting as well.


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