A lot of people now enter into affiliate marketing without taking their time to know even little about it and they end up wasting time, Money and Resources.
AFFILIATE MARKETING: This is simply promotion of other peoples product digital or physical using a unique affiliate link and getting paid for it whenever any of your referrer make a purchase. Here comes a golden opportunity for people who find it difficult to create a product of their own But want to be a seller.
GETTING STARTED WITH AFFILIATE MARKETING
I will assume you already have an affilaite company you want to partner with, But just do not know how you can generate real income out of it. Well you have come to the right place to acquire the essential principle to success in affiliate marketing. Irrelevant of the company you are partnering with, the product you choose to promote and how you promote the choosen product will determine how much you will make with such company.
CHOOSING PRODUCT TO PROMOTE: Irrespective of the way you intend to promote affiliate product [Your blog, Adwords, Forum, Social Media, or Solo ads], Amount in dollars you make at the end of the day depends on the product you choose to promote. There are four things you should consider while choosing affiliate product to promote.

The product that your prospects will get the most value from and not the one which you think will make you the most money i.e you should put your customers interest above your own to earn the trust of your prospects and they will purchase your recommendations again and again.
Make sure you already use or buy any product you are promoting or Make good research about it and know the pros and cons of the product before recommending it to your customer.
Most of the affiliate company pays within 4%-10% of the products' price to the affilliates, So you should always promote products above $100 and not up to $1000 for beginners so as to always make sales.
The product you promote must be among the best selling product, Most of the affilliate company have a page for best sellers visit the page and choose a product with the above three rules.

PROMOTING YOUR AFFILLIATE PRODUCT: Now that you have the product to promote, You need to reveal to your customers everything to be known about the product. Listing out the pros and cons of the product and let your prospect know the exact reason why they should go for that particular product.

If you are using youtube, Make a video review of the product and direct your viewers to a landing page explaining the product from A-Z in case you do not know how to make a video review visit fiverr and find somebody with lot of positive ratings who can.
If you are using Email Marketing,Facebook ads and adwords, Your landing pages must also list out the pros and cons of the product you are recommending to your prospect.
If you are using Forums, Your personal Social Media Account like facebook,twitter,Google Plus e.t.c. or your Blog Post to promote your Affilliate product, You should also write a good product review listing out the product features and specifications, Comparison with similar product, pros and cons,price and do not promote recipe in a programming niche.

RECEIVING YOUR EARNINGS: It is annoying to heard that after all those hard work, The affilliate company you partner with have no method of payment that accept your country. So to avoid this always inquire about the payment method of an affilliate company before partnering with them.
Do i miss anything, please use the comment box to share your experience/success/failure in affilliate marketing.

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