1. Clickbank.com
• One of the largest & Most Popular Affiliate Networks
• Sells digital goods only (e-books, software)
• Payments are sent out every two-weeks (by check ONLY)

2. CJ.com
• Reputable Established Affiliate Network
• Sells Tangible Items (as well as services which are digital, such as web hosting)
• Payments are sent by Check or by Direct Deposit

3. LinkShare.com
• Largest Pay-Per-Performance Affiliate Network online
• More than 600 merchants selling name-brand items
• Sells Tangible items, such as: computers, clothing, books, etc.

4. PayDotCom.com
• Another popular Affiliate Network
• Sells digital goods only (e-books, software)
• Differs from Clickbank in several ways:
  • Payments are accepted and sent out through Paypal (rather than by check)
  • Affiliates receive their commissions monthly (rather than bi-monthly)
  • Merchants have the ability to e-mail all affiliates individually or by
    mass mail (Clickbank does not have that feature)

More Affiliate Networks

ShareASale.com
LinkConnector.com
AffiliateFuture.com
Performics.com
Kolimbo.com
Azoogle.com

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There are pros and cons to signing up with Affiliate Networks vs. Independent Affiliate
Programs. The chart below describes several major differences between the two types.

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Researching Affiliate Programs

When researching affiliate programs, it is important to consider several factors:
1. Is the affiliate program pay-per-lead or pay-per-sale?
2. What is the dollar amount or percentage of the payouts?
3. How often are commissions sent out?
4. Are the commissions released through paypal, direct deposit, check or other methods?
5. How long are tracking cookies in place for? (For example, if someone clicks through your unique affiliate link and then decides to wait six weeks before purchasing, will you still get paid for that sale)?

When business owners decide to create an affiliate program for their product or service, they can choose to do so through variant means. Software programs can be purchased online; uploaded and installed so that the company has their own affiliate program setup. Their company would personally manage their affiliate program and they would be responsible for sending out checks or payments to the affiliates promoting for them. That type of affiliate program could be classified as an Independent affiliate program.

For business owners who do not want to deal with the tracking, payments and workload involved with having an Independent affiliate program, they may choose to signup with an Affiliate Network. Affiliate Networks do the work for the businesses and manage an array of affiliate programs in one place. For people who work online and promote many different products, it can be difficult to keep track of all of them. If you sign up with only Independent affiliate programs you may be receiving checks all at different times, you must keep track of each one in order to manage all the statistics (which is important to do in order to pay taxes).

Affiliate Networks differ because once you sign up to be a part of the Affiliate Network, then you may browse different affiliate programs based on criteria such as: Health and Fitness, Home and Family, Internet, Money and Employment, etc. You can also usually search for an affiliate program based on a keyword or search term/phrase. With an Affiliate Network, all of your earnings are managed through your account control panel and payments are consolidated so that you receive your check or direct deposit with all profits at once (rather than multiple checks from different companies).

Helpful Affiliate Marketing Sites for Beginners

Here are three websites which are really helpful for newcomers to affiliate marketing:
• AffiliateManager.net – This website’s goal is to assist those who are just getting started with affiliate programs as well as affiliate marketing gurus.
• AffiliateTip.com – This website offers free resources to help affiliates with programs while providing “How-To”s on affiliate promotion and help with which affiliate programs to promote.
• AffiliateBoards.com – This is a forum dedicated to affiliate marketing. [currently this site is no longer an active forum.]

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For the rest of us, let’s assume, you do not have your own product to sell but would like to enjoy the independence of making your own hours, working online as you please and have full financial stability. Affiliate Marketing offers the benefits of having your own business and products without having to deal with the risks involved.

Affiliate Marketing encompasses tactics used to gain exposure for a company or business online through allowing other webmasters or Internet Marketers to promote company products and earn commissions on sales. Most businesses online have what is called an Affiliate Program. Affiliate programs are free to join and allow you the ability to promote that company’s product or service and earn an income through doing so. The person promoting the products is the affiliate and the company with the products is the merchant. Once you sign up to join an Affiliate Program, you will be given a unique ID and a unique website address that you can use to drive traffic to that company’s website. You can promote that company through online forums, through e-mail or on a website.

Although most affiliate programs are free to join, some do require that you purchase the product before promoting it as an affiliate. It’s a logical requisite because you should know the product prior to advocating it to others! When interested readers click through your unique affiliate link and decide to make a purchase from the merchant, then you will be given a percentage of the profits or certain amount of money per sale or per-lead. Affiliate programs use advanced tracking techniques and cookies to ensure that the affiliate is paid for their efforts.

Affiliate Marketing is my key to financial success online. But it does not stand-alone. Making top dollars month after month requires more than just knowledge of how to place a link on a website or in a forum. Anyone can signup to become an affiliate, but a true affiliate marketer must equip himself/herself with the tools, knowledge and techniques to create an automated, profitable income stream. “Honest Riches” provides you with all of the methods needed to do so. It will teach you how to research to know what’s popular and what is not, to be aware of what keywords and key phrases people are typing in Google and other search engines daily, how to find niches, knowing how to promote a product with or without a website, how to create a free website quickly and easily, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how to bring all of the methods together.

Businesses create affiliate programs because it helps drive targeted traffic to their website without having to pay for extremely high advertising costs. It’s traffic which the website may not otherwise have had. Understanding the difference between Affiliate Networks vs. individual affiliate programs will save you time and aid you in finding the affiliate program, which will best suit your online endeavor.

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Honest Riches 2nd edition

Welcome to the world of Internet Marketing! Whether you are a novice, moderately experienced or already established online – “Honest Riches” will teach you how to create a solid foundation and long-term income utilizing the Internet.

Understanding Internet Marketing, through the use of research, advertising, promotion and web development – will allow you to create multiple income streams from the comfort of your home. Internet Marketing comprises of online advertising methods, search engine optimization, e-mail marketing, research and niche-development, website creation and Affiliate Marketing & Promotion.

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing is extremely profitable because when applied in correlation with my other techniques, you can create an income (or several income streams), which will require no selling, no inventory and no customer support – profits on autopilot!

If the Internet Marketing terms used in the above paragraphs sound like a foreign language to you – do not be alarmed. Definitions of terms will be provided throughout the e-book. I also suggest you do additional research if necessary.

For those readers with little or no experience working online, be reassured that you do not need to know HTML, be a web designer or have any other lavish computer-related skills to be successful with the techniques. It’s important to have an open-mind, a willingness to learn and expand your knowledge, be focused and driven to succeed. People learn at different rates and through different means, so throughout the e-book I offer a variety of techniques to suit a range of preferences. Although most of the techniques are free, I also offer additional ways to achieve the same result, which may require a small investment. It’s important that I cover all options in order to guide all of the different readers. Some people have less time and don’t mind spending a few dollars to pay someone to complete their task, as others prefer to do everything on their own.

Relax. Grab a beverage or snack and prepare to open up your eyes and mind to the realm of Internet Marketing. Two years ago I knew nothing of what is described in the following chapters. I sincerely hope that the knowledge gained from reading the e-book will change your income, your life and allow you the financial security that you are striving for. When I began working online I did not have a guide to follow. I began drinking coffee, staying up late night after night experimenting, learning and discovering. I’ve created this e-book to provide you with the most profitable, up-to-date, useful ways to create income stream(s) online in the least amount of time, through a range of methods.

To Your Success & Knowledge…

Stay tuned. . .

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