AFFILIATE MARKETING RESOURCES FOR MERCHANTS & AFFILIATES

Affiliate marketing is an exciting home business that you can run from your personal computer, or notebook. I have participated in affiliate marketing since back in 1998, before the term "affiliate marketing" even existed. I started out marketing different online services utilizing free classifieds, and eventually I graduated to marketing for companies with free affiliate programs. I have my own sites within several niche markets, such as Sports, Online Shopping (several targeted niches), Natural Health (emphasis on natural herbal remedies) and other general business categories related to affiliate marketing. I highly recommend the Premium Advertiser Deal at USFreeAds.

Where can a person learn this business of Affiliate Marketing? Courses abound and ebooks are never ending, but one stands out to me. Super Affiliate Handbook is written by Rosalind Gardner, and it is the most complete guide I have ever seen, and I own a copy myself. It's a complete "how to" guide for this business. Why not take a look at the video presentation she has prepared to show the course and all it offers? There is another page where I have more information about this course, and The Video is Featured There.

Affiliate Programs & Affiliate Networks are free to participate in for affiliates. To sign up all you have to do is go to the site and go through the signup forms, and wait for approval. Some affiliate programs have no approval process, while some very definately do require a review of your websites and personal information. Affiliate marketing has changed a lot in recent years, and many of the simple ways to make money have dried up. Now you have to develop a website domain, or even several domains on which to advertise the products offered by merchants or B to B service providers.

I recommend that you sign up for a top notch affiliate network like SHAREASALE. If you are a merchant or an affiliate this is an amazing network. I have written a more extensive review of Shareasale with the reasons why I love the network right here.

In this wonderful business, there are many different ways to make money. I use my core domain here for many of my niche product stores, informational pages and core affiliate presentations, but I also have other resources. My affiliate marketing blog is set up through Wordpress and the Socrates Theme. I also have a very high traffic blog on another 3rd party platform (free of course), and I own another domain for outdoor gear using Wordpress. The key to all affiliate activities is good content, professional and ethical ads and articles and being creative. Don't be afraid to try new markets, new ideas, new social media platforms or whatever comes along. If you keep creating and working on your affiliate business, it will make money. I read and research quite a bit as I go along, and I seek new small bits of knowledge in everything I do or try.