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Affiliate Marketing

At its core, affiliate marketing is nothing new.  A company hands over a percentage of a sale to a freelance, commissioned salesperson–that’s all it is.  But coupled with the power of the Internet, high commissions, rock-bottom low overhead, and a lively marketplace, affiliate marketing has emerged in the last five years as one of the quickest ways to make big sums of money online.

Affiliate marketing is the age-old practice of commissioned selling — but done via the Internet.

Three parties participate in affiliate marketing.  You, the vendor, and the affiliate company.

The vendor has something to sell – e-books, software, physical products.  You have a blog or a website with some traffic running to it.  Or, you might create some traffic with pay per click advertising.  Then you’ve got the affiliate company, which is nothing more than a broker that acts as a go-between.

You place a link on your blog or website.  When a user clicks on that link and a sale results, you get a commission for that sale.  Commissions can range from 5% to 75%.