You started your e-commerce venture to make money right? Chances are you have a product or service you offer and this is how to plan to make your fortune. What if you could diversify your revenue stream? Add additional cash flow?

The whole point of this course is to learn Internet Marketing, with a focus on little or no marketing expenses. Just because you are saving a fortune on marketing fees doesn't mean you can't take advantage of some of the people with large budgets who are literally spending millions to accomplish what you are the way to accomplishing...

To get started making money with your website fast click here, otherwise continue reading to learn more.

What is Affiliate Marketing anyways? According to Dictionary.com the definition is given as "To become closely connected or associated". In this case you are associating or partnering with one or more companies, products or services which will share their revenue with you. The idea is that you promote something on your site and every time someone clicks on the link you receive a certain amount or if they make a purchase you receive a commission.

Pay structures are variable and you are strongly encouraged to read the fine print being becoming associated. Look for something that offers at least 25% commission. You want to be rewarded for your efforts right? Residual (repeat, i.e. services purchased monthly) are an added bonus.

There are many companies on the internet that offer Affiliate programs. They are rapidly growing in popularity. Look for programs that tie in with your site. If you have a site on shoes, you have less chance of visitors clicking on a NASA banner than on a banner promoting shoe polish right?

If you are just getting started we can set you up with one of the easiest affiliate programs available. All you have to do is add a special link onto your website and get paid for offering your visitors a service. Click here to learn more.  

Another great place to look for Affiliate programs is Shareasale.com. Simply sign up for free and you are then ready to start making money. You can browse through the merchant lists and add links to your site to start getting paid!

It is that simple! 

For other examples and more details on effectively choosing and marketing your affiliate programs visit the Affiliate Launch Pad

It is best to focus on a few quality programs to ensure you get paid rather than many quantity programs with little return. Your visitors are more likely to participate as well as they sense these links have value rather than a bunch of little banners posted everywhere that overwhelm, confuse and scare people away. Some sites look like a Vegas slot machine with all the flashing banners. These sites usually have a poor click through ratio and wonder why they aren't making any money.

You can sprinkle these links throughout your site. Try not to put more than one to a page as it will interfere with the download time in case of image ads and overwhelm your visitors in the case of text links. A popular technique is to group several on one "Affiliate page" and to spend some time (and sometimes money, see the next step) on advertising that one page. Personally I feel you will benefit more from promoting your site overall and allowing the high traffic you generate to boost your affiliate dollars.

Summary:

• Start with the Surf22 Affiliate Program to see how easy it is to make money from your website

• Diversify your revenue stream by finding other reliable partners through companies like Shareasale.com

• Do some research if necessary

• Get paid!

Proceed to Step Ten:

Buying Traffic?