it’s a good way to starting an internet marketing business promoting other people’s products through reliable affiliate programs. If your capital outlay is limited and you are new to this line of business, you can test the profitability of your marketplace by applying various techniques readily available on the virtual marketplace by promoting affiliate programs. Reselling is as simple as referring customers. This is what affiliate programs are all about. All you have to do is introduce clients and the relevant company takes over, doing all the work, including billing and support, as well as sending you your commission check.

There are many trusted businesses, product owners and companies offering affiliate programs to interested parties over the internet today and you should always choose the products to promote wisely in order to maximize your profits. You can easily sign up for these affiliate programs through a couple of major companies or centers that act as your agents to perform support, billing, payment, and creative advertising and other support services. There are also products, especially the popular ones, that are offered directly by the owners or companies and these require registering directly with them. The market is huge and by carefully selecting the right niche to promote you can easily start earning online.

A great way to find programs and products to promote is to visit Clickbank. It’s a massive directory of affiliate programs, and the great thing about it is that it takes care of all the back-end process, ie, you pay the merchant, you pay the affiliate (you!), and it’s reliable. They have been around for years and there will be no worries of them not getting paid or going under. The downside is that they pay by check and charge a commission. However, for your peace of mind, it’s worth it.

SIGN UP FOR YOUR AFFILIATE PROGRAMS

First, visit ClickBank and Paydotcom and sign up for their affiliate program and get your personally identifiable IDs. Get familiar with your various campaign tools within your site and decide what you want to do next.

A great way to QUICK START your business is to embed these programs on your website, that is if you already have one. Use tools like banners, text links, and widgets to link them in the right way to ensure you get paid your fair share of commissions. Make sure your ID IDs are perfectly placed on the links you just subscribed to.

Search the Market Place and find multiple products to promote in a single niche. Make sure it’s a niche you know something about and are interested in, at least for the first time. It makes your life easier and means you have less work because you already have some knowledge of the market. At a later stage, insert money-making elements such as Google AdSense, eBay auction ads or commission pooling on all pages of your site. Fill your pages with techniques and gadgets to steal money.

SETTING UP YOUR WEBSITE

Normally, it’s ideal to do this before signing up for any Affiliate program, but think of it this way. What good is it if your store is empty? You have to know what you need to sell or promote first, right? Whatever the problem, it still boils down to the same need.

YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.

So next you need to set up your storefront, that is if you don’t already have one. Get your own domain name and website from a trusted web host to host it for you. This is your real estate. Since you are an entrepreneur and you are going to make money online, we highly recommend a reseller account. Personally, we recommend HostGator as they are very reliable, have excellent 24/7 support, allow you to host as many domains as you want, and have tools like Fantastico and CPanel, which you will love! Go to your basic reseller account and you’ll be set for ages to come. Don’t worry about running out of space, you can easily level up in the hosting program. The basic reseller account gets you 10 Gb of disk space and 150 Gb of bandwidth per month for just $19.95, which will be enough for a while.

Next, you need to create web pages and upload them to your website. If you have Microsoft Frontpage on your computer, you can use that or you can buy a copy of Dreamweaver if you really want to go pro, but it will cost you money and it’s not the easiest tool to use.

UPLOAD YOUR WEBSITE TO YOUR SERVER

Next, you’ll need some software to upload your web pages to your domain. To do this, you need some FTP software. FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. This is just a fancy term for moving your site files from your computer to your server so the rest of the world can see your website. Free and cheap is Filezilla. You can find many other FTP programs available for download using your preferred search engine.

YOUR SQUEEZE PAGES

Now you need to use your HTML editor and create what is known as a squeeze page. It is a page designed to capture the names and email addresses of people who visit your website. You will need to experiment with the format of your capture page, as what works best varies from niche to niche. Try a few different squeeze pages and keep track of the results you get to see what works best for you. You can purchase squeeze page templates or design your own. It is up to you which way to go. On the capture page, you want to persuade them to sign up for your eCourse so that you can market products to them.

As you develop your skills, you’ll learn about other methods of generating traffic, how to optimize your website for search engines, and many other tips and techniques. Our advice is to focus on your business and your bottom line and don’t allow yourself to be distracted.