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What is Affiliate Marketing?

Wiki-pedia Says...

Affiliate Marketing is a popular method of promoting web businesses in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber and/or customer provided through his efforts.

It is a modern variation of the practice of paying finder's-fees for the introduction of new clients to a business. Compensation may be made based on a certain value for each visit (Pay per click), registrant (Pay per lead), or a commission for each customer or sale (Pay per sale), or any combination.

Most attractive aspect of affiliate marketing, from the merchant's viewpoint, is that with this pay for performance model, no payment is due to an affiliate until results are realized. (From Wiki-pedia)

Did You Know Amazon.com Is The World's Largest Affiliate Marketer?

A Brief History Lesson: Amazon's Story
(from Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants by Shawn Collins)

"As the story goes, affiliate marketing all started at a cocktail party. Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon.com (www.amazon.com), was chatting with a party guest who wanted to sell books on her web site.

"This got Bezos thinking. Why not have the woman link her site to Amazon’s and receive a commission on the books that she sold? Soon after, Amazon introduced the "Amazon Associates Program". It was a simple idea. Amazon associates would place banner or text links on their site for individual books or link directly to the Amazon’s home page.

"When visitors clicked from the associate’s site through to Amazon.com and purchased a book, the associate received a commission. With that thought, Bezos created Amazon.com’s affiliate program in July 1996."

Amazon's business model has since expanded so that now they are the affiliate for thousands of other businesses like Toy's R. Us, Office Depot, Target, the NBA, Sears and more. Amazon gets paid 8-12% of the total sale at these stores, because they are within Amazon's network. Simply put, Amazon has evolved into a marketing company for thousands of other businesses -- it's no longer just an online book store.

The Big Business of Affiliate Marketing & Why The Clock Is Ticking On Your Window of Opportunity

As of today, only about 7% of the overall US retail economy currently flows on the internet. Although this is still a billion dollar industry, the best has yet to come.

Forrester Research predicts that by the middle of the next decade, at least 50% of all retail sales will occur online. They are essentially predicting a huge explosion of money moving over the internet -- a powerwave.

Not since the industrial revolution has an opportunity of this magnitude existed -- but this time, the Rockefellers will have nothing to do with it.

Fortune 500 companies are looking to people like you to pull them out of the 'red' and you'll be surprised how easy it is to set up a partnership.

The requirements? An internet connection, ambition and willingness to learn.

"Why Me?"

With the advertising challenges in a world of TIVO™, Satellite Radio, diminishing newspaper circulation, and the DO NOT CALL LIST, among other things - big, medium and small business are looking to people like you to take your shot at replacing the expensive and struggling ad agencies of yesterday.

"What's The Potential & Who's Done It?"

Many have managed to replace their full-time income with a part-time career as an affiliate marketer using Google, Blogs, Press Releases, eBay, Yahoo, Craigslist and other easy to use internet technologies from the comfort of their own home.

"Why Have I Never Heard of This?"

Frankly, there are multiple reasons why affiliate marketing isn't talked about in business schools, or the media. Here are a few:

The internet marketplace is a very dynamic economy and most of the things being taught in business school are based on traditional business principles and hasn't caught up with recent online trends.

Although most major corporations offer affiliate programs, the media refrains from mentioning it because it threatens their revenue model.

When you think about it, how does a television network make it's money?

They make money through advertising. Affiliate marketing diminishes the value of their available commercial time. And frankly, affiliate marketing is much more cost effective.

And most importantly, our system of government, public education & economy is based on the industrial model -- go to school, get an education and get a good job, etc.

Since government receives the majority of their tax revenue from employees, they don't want you to start your own business, because as an online business owner you are disengaging from the industrial model and paying less in taxes.

There simply is no incentive for government, the media and your employer to educate you on being an entrepreneur, much less an internet entrepreneur. It scares the government that opening a business has become so easy and simple via the internet.

There's no conspiracy. It's just business as usual and they want to keep it that way.

"How Do I Get Started?"

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