Affiliate Marketing For Dummies And Smart Newbies

Affiliate Marketing For Dummies And Smart Newbies

( Take Dummy Comments All In Good Fun I Know Your Smart)



Your probably strolling along the Internet looking for a legitimate way to earn some extra money from home. You have also probably heard about the affiliate marketing business model, and how it could make you a few bucks to pay off some bills? All this is true and more. Online affiliate marketing is a multi - billion dollar yearly business. Want to get in on the action? Let me walk you through the basics of affiliate marketing, Clickbank, and how to turn your free time into some cold hard cash. Buckle up, sit tight, and prepare for the coolest ride of your life.

What is affiliate marketing exactly? A form of marketing where individuals promote a business in exchange for either a percentage of the sales they generate or a specified amount for each lead generated.


In Dummy Terms Translation: Promote an affiliate product. Customer buys that product through your affiliate link, or banner. You earn a commission. You can also get paid just for directing traffic to a vendors website if you choose this option this is called cost per lead. Its your life the choice is yours! You can generate affiliate sales in any number of ways.

Through Classified Ads You Place. Think Craigslist, and Backpage these are 2 great places for dummies to start. If you have not read the bum marketing method by Travis Sago Google it fast. The bum marketing method is free and its a great place for dummies to start learning the basics of affiliate marketing.

Through Your Blog, Or Website: Once you get past the initial dummy phase of affiliate marketing you are definitely gonna want to start your own affiliate marketing blog, or website. It is not mandatory but highly recommended. This way you can control your content and your affiliate income will increase with proper ground work on your part.
I recommend a self hosted WordPress blog for various reasons for affiliates if you are planning on making this your one and only money site. If your a dummy you use free hosted platforms like Blogger for your money site. Why wouldn't you? Only a dummy would let Google control there blog, all there hard work, and can delete your blog for any reason they seem fit. A smart affiliate wouldn't do that would they? I think not!


( Authors Note ) Affiliate marketing is not a get rich quick scheme it is a proven business model that is gonna take some work on your part. If your lazy and think that money grows on tree's go back to playing your Xbox and stop reading this blog post. Affiliate marketing is not for you! Only the strong survive, if your lazy and weak minded you will get chewed up and spit out in the long run. That Xbox is probably sounding better and better to you ha? Lol...


Affiliate marketing is not that hard in fact it is one of the cheapest start up businesses you can run from home. In fact you can actually run it for free in the beginning if you choose too. Once you get better at it and start making a few sales then you can pay for webhosting etc... very cheap only $5 to $10 dollars a month for you dummies, and cheapskates out there. Remember affiliate marketing is a legitimate online business treat it as such. There will be some costs down the road if you want to make the real big money one day, be prepared.

Ok So What The Heck Is Clickbank? And How Can Clickbank Make A Dummy Like Me Some Big Fat Affiliate Commission Checks?


Clickbank is an online affiliate marketplace where you can sign up for free to be an affiliate. Clickbank has over 10,000 digital products for you to find something to promote and earn some money. They have so many products even a dummy like you should be able to find something to put your new found Internet marketing skills to the test. If you sign up for a free Clickbank account your no dummy your a smart affiliate.

Why Should I Sign Up For A Free Clickbank Account? Its simple, Clickbank can fill your affiliate account with some big money. But you must be motivated, willing to learn affiliate marketing, and willing to work hard to get your share of the big Clickbank pie. Clickbank only deals with digital products. Did I mention you can make up to 75% commissions on a ton of products in the Clickbank marketplace?

What Are Digital Products For Dummies? What is the Internet based around? If you guessed information, than give yourself a big fat pat on the back, you earned it your no dummy. People are willing to pay big money for quality information that solves a problem. Content is king online and quality information is what people want. Maybe they are looking for some information on how to earn money online? How to get an ex girlfriend back? How to drive more traffic to your website, or blog? Self help information, Software, Language software or info, Green energy products, Sports. You name it Clickbank has it.
Digital products can be instantly delivered over the Internet after payment is successfully made. This is great for your customer. No waiting on shipment by mail, they get a quick fix instantly. After the product is ordered its delivered in literally nano seconds to your customer. Everyones happy!

How Does This Benefit You As A Clickbank Affiliate Marketer? You get your affiliate commission instantly and the vendor or owner of that product can pay his or her affiliates a lot more money. In fact up to an astounding 75% commission on the successful sale of an affiliate program. Why? After the initial program is created most of the revenue, or affiliate income generated by successful sales is pure profit. No shipping costs, overhead etc.... With digital products you can earn a lot more cash on each sale over physical products like Amazon for example. This savings is then passed on to you the online affiliate marketer.
Now You Dummies know the basics of affiliate marketing and Clickbank. Your next step is to go sign up for your free Clickbank account and start making some cash. After you do this I promise to stop calling you a dummy! Just kidding everyone, good luck with your new found affiliate marketing career.