Things You'll Need:
- A computer with Internet
- Time hard work and patience
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Step 1
For digital products such as software and e-books, ClickBank.com and PayDotcom.com are good affiliate networks to join. Again these are free and Clickbank has paid out over $1 billion in commissions over the past 10 years. That's right with a "B." You want to look for a product that has a gravity of at least 50 or above. This is the number of product sales that have been made in the past 30 days. You will generally get 50-75% of the list price of the product in commission. If it is a product that is a subscription then you will earn money on the lifetime of the customer month after month.
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Step 2
There are also CPA or cost per action networks that pay you for leads rather than for actual sales. All the person has to do is enter their name and e-mail address and you get paid. Sometimes these pay as much as $10 or more per lead. Many of these are products that offer free trials on things such as green tea, weight loss products or tooth paste. All that you are responsible for doing is pushing traffic toward the various websites. Http://www.CPAPark.com is a good place to find CPA offers.
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Step 3
Finding a good niche is crucial to your success, but there thousands to choose from. Pick something that is interesting to you and something that you would enjoy writing or talking about as that is a big part of the business. Popular niches include things like how to make money, gardening, sports, pets, acne, and health and fitness. The beauty about this business is that it is so flexible that you can change your niche if it doesn't suit you.
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Step 4
Keyword research is perhaps the most important aspect of this business. Pick a word that is too popular and you'll never make it to the front page of Google. Pick a word that nobody searches on and you won't make any money. Use the Google Keywords tool at https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal to find useful words to use. Ideally you should find something that gets at least 300-500 searches or more a month and a Google Results number of less than 10,000. This will make it easier for you to get your marketing efforts on Google's all important front page.
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Step 5
How to market. Article marketing is one of the most effective ways to market and it is also completely free. You simply write a 300-500 word article and post it to any of thousands of directories. EzineArticles.com is probably the most important. If you phrase your keywords correctly you could end up on the first page of Google, which will result in a lot of traffic. Put a link from your article to a site with your affiliate link and you'll start to see money rolling in. Be aware that it will take hundreds even a thousand or more articles before you start to see substantial money.
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Step 6
Other ways to market. There are a number of other ways to think about marketing online. Some of these include, facebook, twitter, blogs, videos, and web 2.0 sites like Squidoo and HubPages. Try out everything and pick the ones that you like the best.
