Internet marketing involves three types of people...
1. The owner of a product...
2. The consumer of that product...
3. And the person that gets the consumer to buy that product - the Internet Marketer.
It really is as simple as that.
There are websites that sell products that offer "Affiliate Programs." These are usually free to join. Upon signing up to this site, they give you an Affiliate Link. This is the website link where you send potential customers. It places what is called a "cookie" on that user's computer. This tracks whether or not the customer purchases something. If that customer does buy something from your affiliate link, you are given a percentage of the purchase or a set amount of money for each purchase.
The concept is very simple, but getting people to buy at your site can be extremely difficult. This is where Wealthy Affiliate steps in. Wealthy Affiliate teaches you exactly how to market products like these to customers - how to get people to your site that will be interested in the products there.
Note that not all items sold are physical products. A large number of Internet marketers use Clickbank.com, which sells eBooks (electronic books). These products generally offer a higher commision per item sold.
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So, now that you know what Internet Marketing is...
Why Internet Marketing?
There are several ways to earn money online. Here is a brief overview of some of several different methods you can use:
You can join something in the GPT (Get-Paid-to) industry. You can do paid-to-read-emails (PTRE), paid-to-click (PTC), paid-to-autosurf, and paid surveys. PTRE and PTC offer very low money for a high investment of time. Autosurfs are risky, and you have to be very targeted in surveys to earn a decent amount. An explanation of these types of ways to earn online is too overwhelming for a site like this. Just take my word for it: these types of money-making methods don't bring in very much money (not enough for your time).
There are also ways to blog for money. People generally put Adwords up on their blog site (Google ads) and get paid when someone clicks on them. It is often very hard to get traffic to your blog, though. If you DO get a lot of traffic to your blog, Affiliate Marketing is a much better money-making method than Google Adwords.
Forex is an option. This is the foreign currency exchange. People do make a good bit of money from this, but it is high-risk and has a very steep learning curve.
Ebay is a good idea. You can sell your own junk and then find wholesale sources to buy new stuff at cheaper prices to sale. However, I find that it consumes a lot of time. I don't believe the money is worth the time you spend making one page. Once you sell a product, the effort that you took to create the listing is gone forever, unless you have duplicates of that product to sell. Even then, you have to package it, ship it, handle customer support, etc. It is a heavy chore. Ebook sale prices have also plummeted on Ebay. Not many people make a decent profit from selling eBooks on Ebay.
Many people also make a habit of buying the newest and greatest eBook. PLEASE BEWARE: THERE ARE SO MANY SCAMS OUT THERE! If you want to buy an eBook to make money, let me give you advice... use the money instead to join Wealthy Affiliate. You will get so much more out of it, with the support, information, and bonuses included with it. You will gain a lot more out of Wealthy Affiliate than you ever will with any other eBook.
So what about affiliate marketing?
You don't have to own your own product. You also don't have to worry as much about customer support, and there is no shipping. All you do is advertise it and receive a share of the profits. You receive a nice profit for one sale, and you also earn a steady income from one big effort.
While affiliate marketing is very nice, once learned, learning how to advertise this website can be very difficult. There are several ways to do it.
Wealthy Affiliate specializes in three areas: bum marketing (article marketing), blogging/Squidoo (with SEO - search engine optimization), and Pay-Per-Click. Don't worry... the first two are free! So you can make money without having to invest money in advertising.
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