Today's challenging economy has many of us looking for additional income streams.
One easy way to make money is through affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing has really come into its own in recent years.
Affiliate marketers promote other people's products online and thereby get "a piece of the action".
For example, if you write an e-book for $40, you need to find people who will want to buy it.
If someone else has a website, you can convince him to add a link to the landing page for your e-book.
If people click on the link and ultimately buy the book, the website owner gets a percentage of the sales price.
Unlike commissions in the "real world", affiliate marketing commissions can add up to serious money.
Many commissions range from 50% to 75 % of the sale price.
The theory is that the affiliate marketing helps the author by finding customers for the book.
Finding those customers can be tricky.
While creating websites and blogs is easy, driving traffic to them can be challenging.
Affiliate marketers often maintain email address lists to help the find customers for other products.
If a customer bought one product from a certain marketer, the chances are good he or she will buy a similar product later.
Affiliate marketers can sell more than just e-books.
They can promote just about every type of product or service imaginable.
Affiliate marketing is a great deal for everyone.
The buyer gets the product or information he or she is looking for, the writer or product producer sells more of the product and the affiliate marketer is amply rewarded for his or her work to bring buyer and producer together.
Affiliate marketing is an intriguing way to find online riches.
If internet marketing interests you, consider affiliate marketing as one of your most promising tools.