Yusuf Chowdhury

210-316-3123www.SAOnlineMarketing.com

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Affiliate Marketing 101 For Bloggers

NOTE: Please read the FTC Guidelines for affiliate disclosures.

http://1.usa.gov/1m93XhI

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What is an Affiliate Marketing?

An Internet-based system where you as an affiliate get paid commissions for referring products and services to customers.

Why Affiliate Marketing Is Important for bloggers?

• You can earn commissions 24 hours a day.• No setup fees no hassle.• You can earn from 4% to 75% commissions.• More products and services with little risk involved.• You do this on part time, spare time or full time basis.

How an affiliate marketing program works?

- Sign up for Merchant’s affiliate program. - Get a link with an affiliate code.- Send traffic to your affiliate links.- Customer clicks your affiliate link to visit merchant's website- Customer purchase products.- Merchant tracks your affiliate code.- Merchant sends payments.- Merchant will generate report of traffic to your affiliate links.

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Types Of Affiliate Commissions

• Commissions Per Sale• Commissions Per Lead• Commissions Per Click• Commissions can be a flat fee• Commissions can be a percentage of sale

Affiliate Networks!

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Advertiser (Merchant) vs.

Publisher

Keyword Research Tools

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Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of influencing the visibility of a web page in a search engine's organic search results.

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Affiliate Marketing Tips For Bloggers

• Research your target market. • Chose the right affiliate network. • Sign up with an affiliate program.• Promote within your blog posts.• Optimize your posts with On-Site SEO• Stay consistent because it will take time.• Keep learning news tools and strategies.• Test, track and keep trying.