Affiliating & Affiliate Marketing

Well we're going to talk about affiliate marketing. You can go almost anywhere on the web these days and see an example of affiliate marketing. Do a search and there's an example. The little four line dittys on the right side of the page. Those are Google Adwords ads.

Would you like to own your very own advertising agency?

Google Adwords is the way to go. You won't have a real high overhead for office space because you can do it right from your home office. Don't have a home office? Well, you should set one up, if you want to be in a home business of your own. The tax advantages are really good. But I'm not an authority on taxes so contact your accountant about that.

Getting started is a simple matter of getting a good book on the subject and reading it thoroughly. I would recommend a book named GoogleCash. I bought it, I read it, I'm putting it into practice and I'm making money with it. Don't get me wrong here. I'm not telling you that it doesn't cost anything to get started, but, it isn't anything remotely near the cost of setting up a store front business.

What you'll wind up doing is running little four line ads, like you see in searches, and sitting back to watch what happens. When people click on your ads, they are taken to websites where they will be given the opportunity to make decisions to buy or not. Once they make the click, you will be charge, for their "click through", a small sum of your choosing. You see, you are in charge of how much your ads cost. That is determined when you set up your ads.

After your prospect makes the decision to buy, and they complete the transaction, the money is collected by which ever service you decide to use (Commission Junction, Clickbank or what ever) and your commission is paid to you in a monthly check. So your bookkeeping is not a nightmare either.

Now lets talk about something different. Google also has a program called Adsense. That's where they pay you if someone clicks on a google ad that is on your webpage. Hmmm! That sounds good. You can find out about that in the same place that you go for Google Adwords. Just search for Google Adsense.

Thank you for your interest and that's all we have to say on affiliating.