Thursday, September 03, 2009

Why I Love Affiliate Marketing - Part 5

NOTE: The following is a guest post from one of my favorite internet marketing mentors.

Why I Love Affiliate Marketing - Part 5
By Jimmy D. Brown of "Affiliatenaire"

The word "overhead" is not a favorite among those who run businesses of any kind. Nobody likes the expenses of operating a business. And nobody really talks about them much when it comes to promoting all of the "money-making"products and services online.

But, don't kid yourself, there's a lot of overhead.

That brings me to the fifth reason why I love affiliate marketing...

** You don't need a big budget to make it work **

Do you have any idea how much money is spent running an internet business? There are monthly fees for...

* Autoresponders
* Hosting
* Management
* Advertising
* Scripts
* Much more

There are regular fees for...

* Licensing
* Outsourcing
* Support
* Customer Service
* Maintenance
* Development
* Recruting
* Much more

It's not uncommon to spend tens of thousands (even hundreds of thousands) of dollars in operational costs -- which is fine if you've been in business a while and are making the bucks. However, if you're a newcomer, it can be taxing on your budget!

SIDEBAR: I paid one girl over $30,000 last year just to oversee one small part of my business. No one talks much about it, but there ARE a lot of expenses involved before you get to the "bottom line" of profit.

BUT, with affiliate marketing, you don't need a big budget to make it work! You can simply use a variety of free and low-cost marketing methods to generate clicks to your affiliate link.

That's why I love affiliate marketing.

You don't need a big budget to make it work.
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Jimmy D. Brown is the author of "Affiliatenaire", teaching you how to create big-time affiliate commission checks in only 1-3 hours each week. Discover how you can get cash in the bank without a website, experience or even an idea! Visit http://affiliateprofitboost.info/affiliatenaire
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Affiliate Marketing Forums

Here's a short list of my favorite affiliate marketing forums.


WickedFire
http://www.wickedfire.com/

Warrior Forum
http://warriorforum.com/

AssociatePrograms.com
http://www.associateprograms.com/discus/index.php

5 Star Affiliate Forum
http://affiliate-marketing-forums.5staraffiliateprograms.com/

SEO Affiliate Marketing Forum
http://forums.seochat.com/affiliate-marketing-58/

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Quick Tip: Get Organized

Chances are that you'll want to work on more than one affiliate program at a time after you get the hang of it. Once you begin your affiliate marketing career you'll need to have easy access to lots of information (ad campaigns, email addresses, website info, partner info, etc.) You can easily get overwhelmed with all of the information if you don't get organized.

Set up a system that will allow you to store the information, you can use folders, spreadsheets, reports or anything else that will help you quickly access the information when it’s needed.