Why Affiliate Marketing?

I think you answered it in the first sentence. When you first start out the best way to get instant profits is to promote someone else's product.

Many people fail because they spend way too much time creating a product and not marketing.

I had this same question about 2 years back and this is what someone told me.

Why Not?

It was estimated that in the last year, $95 billion was transacted online as a direct result of affiliate marketing. And those affiliates earned over $6.5 billion in commissions.



There are just so many benefits in affiliate marketing.



Its very low cost. Very easy to build a list. Very easy to target people looking for the product your selling.



Just makes more sense.



I tried the whole MLM thing.

Now dont get me wrong MLM works if you have the time and patience.



But wouldnt you rather spend less time and be in profit ten times faster.



Hope i answered what you needed




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Craig

Why not? Exactly. I think a lot of people don't understand the significant percentage of commissions that online marketing can provide. Some products give you 75% or more of the sale for goodness sake!

Making your own product can be great, but if you aren't an experienced marketer, you won't know how to get it off the ground. I think a smart approach is to test markets first, get your feet wet. Once you find a market you can perform well in as an affiliate, then create your own product

Matt

Hi Bean!

The best thing with affiliate marketing is that you can sell the best quality of product in every niche that you chose to promote... Also, you have the ability to sell product that people are searching!

Without being an expert in weight loss, you can sell the best quality product in the domain...
Without being an expert in relationship, you can sell the best quality product in this niche...

Now, I you have the knowledge, I you can plan a big successful launch of a product that 1000's of people will be interesting in, go on... do it... and create an affiliate program, or put it in Clickbank. Many affiliate will be glad to promote it if it worth the effort!

Good luck!

Everyone starts by promoting someone else's products online. As time goes by, people learn and decide to sell their own products too.

Some copy ideas from other websites and create their own and others come up with their own ideas. That is why you see so many program on the internet that are almost the same and sell the same things.

Tal

The answer is simple and obvious...

1. The fact that you may be able to create a fantastic product
doesn't mean you know squat about marketing that product.

2. The fact that you may be an accomplished and skillful marketer
doesn't mean you know squat about creating a fantastic product.

Those who possess both skills are very rare. In my opinion about 90%
of the people creating their own products should just be marketing the
products created by those who have real talent for that process.

Tsnyder

No customer service issues

No product creation worries

Unrestricted promotion possibilities

Product creation leaves you with a few promotion opportunities.. those that you can create a product with.

In short, I only have to focus on the marketing, and I can do that damn well.. if I do say so myself.

I can find a niche this morning, and be turning sales before I eat my evening meal as an affiliate. I collect a list just the same as I do when I create products, only the cross and side-selling is much easier when all I have to do is find affiliate products

Speaking as a product creator and an affiliate, I will never stop affiliate marketing... the cash is just too easy. It has been the sole income provider for my family in the past, and whilst I wouldn't want to go back to that, it certainly helped me reach some major income milestones

Of course, this interwebs thingy was much easier back then...

Peace

Jay

* Low cost
* Simple
* Don't have to worry about producing

However, if you are a great producer as well as a great marketer, you can have the best of both worlds....so, why not?

Much more profit in owning the product and having an army of affiliates sell it for you...

However even as a product owner with an army of affilliates selling it for me, i still do affiliate marketing myself, its not an either or question

Robert

Well,
when promoting anothers product you don't have to worry about payment, hosting, webdesign etc. Just very easy to start with.

And some clickbank products pay you 40$ or so commissions...

So I don't think Affiliate Marketing is so bad....

Regards
Bastian

All the top product creators flood their list with affiliate offers. When you get to a certain level your usually just sending emails where your JV with that vendor so your probably making 100% upfront and at least 50% on the back end. Promoting other peoples products(especially if you promote the right products from the right people)makes you millions but also fills the gap between creating your next info product.

Now I know some people who just went straight into product creation. I teach my coaching clients the importance of having success promoting other people's products first. This allows them to make money fast, helps them appreciate and understand the affiliate mindset. The biggest reason is because it builds solid creditability and brands yourself as an authority on this topic once you do master the art(yes it's an art). The transition to product creation from affiliate is a walk in the park compared to starting with product creation first. Also as an affiliate you build a massive buyers list and build solid relationships with that list so when you promote your own products your conversions will be higher. Don't forget to mention the relationships you have built with many vendors that you can reach out for JV opportunities. Bottom line being an affiliate and product creator go hand and hand. If you leave one out, you leave possibly millions on the table.

Affiliates send leads to product owners

Product owners convert leads into sales

Sales convert visitors into buyers

Product owners collect buyers' email addresses to build a buyer's list

Product owners promote affiliate products or other products to that buyers' list



Oppss...Just revealed my tactics.

I personally am not a people person. What I mean is I don't like handling customer service issues and dealing with the public. I'm more of a behind the scenes person. I like affiliate marketing for that reason....I don't have to deal with people. Also, I don't consider myself educated or ambitious enough in the IM field to be able to create my own product. Right now, I'm not looking to become some millionaire, I just want to be able to make enough money to be able to afford the extra things in life.

If you create your own product and have affiliates promote it for you, you'll still be missing out on half the profits (in some cases more), at least on the front end.

Especially for people just starting out, who may not have the skills required to create and launch a successful product of their own, affiliate marketing can mean the difference between making 50% of something and 100% of nothing. Like was mentioned above, it can provide an opportunity to get paid to practice your marketing skills so that you'll be experienced when you do launch your own product.

No customers. No commitment. Thats why affiliate marketing.

And you can still gather email addresses and sell to the same people over and over again.

There are a lot of affiliate products out there ( no not there ... out there ) that pay 100% commissions .

Our own warrior rap guru has made this an instant process.

That is the only affiliate marketing I will do this year unless someone comes up with a closed program that I just can't turn down.

Simply decide which products you want to sell.... make a freebie bait product that is relevant to it ....give it away for an email address and upsale the affiliate product .

I see where Mr Puddy is coming from. I don't do click bank at all but do have a couple of hundred affiliates through pdc .

Around 50 of them make some sales for me . One lady sells everyday , multiple times a day .

pdc allows me to contact affiliates directly . I give away the profits on one product. The affiliates that are going all out get an invitation to higher end products in my closed affiliate program.

It is smart to capitalize on both aspects if you can.

It keeps you busy, i dont like to do other stuff.
If you create products you have to be good, else they will fail anyway.
Just know where your good at, and stick with it.