Affiliate marketing like i have always say is a good if not the best way to make money online, as it does not require much to start up and you can start up even from scratch without breaking the bank or out of pocket money.
I have written some previous articles on this blog so if you still don't understand affiliate marketing then scroll down to read my previous explanatory posts on affiliate marketing.
Moving on from here we all know what affiliate marketing is all about and what types of affiliate programs or merchant is best for us to join and start earning good commissions, so now we are getting ready to start joining and getting all our tools ready to start promoting.
So now here are the next steps ...
=> After finding the write affiliate programs that meets the criteria
discussed here then sign up with them for free and remember you are not required to pay to become an affiliate so join and complete your details and payment information.
=> After joining make sure to login and start getting familiar with all the features of your affiliate page like
Stats : This is where you see all your activity reports like commissions earned,no of clicks that came to the product site from you,payment history and some others
Marketing Tools : This is where you get all the promotion or marketing materials you can use to start promoting the product.
Forum : Some affiliate merchant or programs have forums where Affiliates can hang out and discuss about their experiences, success stories, problems and challenges and Affiliate to Affiliate support where affiliates gets helps on how to get started. so if you are a member of a network that has a forum then make it a duty to always check out the forum.
There are other features you will see on the page so the next thing to do is to plan Your marketing strategies, you will see available marketing materials on the page like banners,email links, Text ads, review ads, blog ads, Ezine ads, Forums and Email signature ads and some provide keywords you can use for your pay per click promotions, If you need additional helps you can contact the affiliate manager and request for more promotional materials.
All this done now its time to start sending traffic to the merchant Site so expect my next post which will be talking on how to start promoting your links and getting good targeted traffics that will earn you good incomes.
Delords.