what are the requirements to become Affiliate?

1. website/blog or social network:

Your first step is to become affiliate is own a website or blog. If you not having any website, use social networks like facebook, classmate, myspace, orkut, hi5 etc., but this will produce low result and some company’s not accept leads/clicks through social networks. The best way to promote affiliate links is through website. Blog is a free service and very useful for beginners. You can create several blogs without any technical knowledge. Google Blogger gives comfortable blogging experience. www.blogger.com

If you had interested to start a website is very good decesion. We will explain you about “the requirements to create a website" in another article. If you have not any experience in website creation you can use microsoft officelive small business. They give you online tools for page design. No software and hardware required to design web, all are online. They give 500mb of free disk space. Initially they give a free fourthlevel domain like yourname.web.officelive.com. you can buy custom domain as you like (www.yourname.com) later. www.officelive.com

2. write articles:
The best way to attract visitors are writing articles. Don’t show just links, creat articles related to your affiliate links. First describe your web/blog which field you have to approach like arts, electronics, technology, automobile, software, hardware, news etc.

3. search engine optimization(SEO):
SEO is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines. More visitors will see your web according to their searches through several search engine’s. Submit your site to the following search engine,s free.
1. Google 2. Ping (MSN) 3. Yahoo

4. finding affiliate programes:
Find affiliate programes to suit your website. Your articles related affiliate links will generate more revenue.
Example: Google Adsense Commission Junction Clink Bank Bidvertiser

5. promote:
Affiliate marketing is a great way to earn some extra money without actually having to "do" anything. You have to place merchant’s add. or links in to website or blog.

6. earn money:
Every time a potential visitor registers at the merchant's website through your affiliate link, a previously determined amount is deposited into the affiliate's account.

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What is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate Marketing is a revenue sharing agreement between a website publisher and an online merchant. Affiliate will also known as Associate, Agent, Business Partner etc., “Affiliate” is an unique word particularly for internet business. The website publisher will place business leads (advertisements) on his websites to sell the merchant's products or to send potential customers to the merchant's website, all in exchange for a share of the revenue.

There are 3 ways to earn money through affiliate marketing or business:
Pay Per Click : Every time a website visitors leaves the affiliate website or blog by "clicking" on the link leading to the merchant's website, affiliate will get paid.
Pay Per Sale : Every time a sale is made by affiliate's website or blog or link, a percentage of amount is deposited into the affiliate's account.
Pay Per Lead : Every time a potential visitor registers at the merchant's website through affiliate website or blog, a previously determined amount is deposited into the affiliate's account.

The affiliate should verify on the merchant products and payment system before agreeing to affiliation. Because some merchant who refuses to pay commission fees or packs up his business and moves on without informing its affiliates. This is rare, however, and most merchants and affiliates have a decent and profitable business arrangement.

If you confuses about selecting true merchants, try to get agreement with third party, that is smooth business provider for both publisher and merchant. Third party mean, solution provider for online business. You don’t get worry about add. links and payments. all are provided by third party and payments carried properly.
Examples for Third Party: Google Adsense, Commission Junction, Clink Bank, Bidvertiser.

Affiliate marketing is a great way to earn some extra money without actually having to "do" anything. You have to place merchant’s add. or links in to website or blog.

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