Different Ways To Promote Products

If you are interested in affiliate marketing, you are likely interested in the different ways to promote the products that you have chosen. There are several popular ways. They can all generate commissions for you, in other words, make money for you.

The most popular is probably pay per click marketing. Pay per click is when you place an ad on one of the major search engines. Every time someone clicks on the ad, you pay a predetermined price. If that person then purchases the advertised product, you earn a commission. It’s a great way to advertise, as long as you keep a close eye on your budget and don’t spend more then you earn. You can certainly make money with pay per click advertising.

Another popular way to affiliate market is by writing articles. You can write an article with information relating to the product you are marketing. There has to be good information contained in the article and the article cannot be simply a sales page for the product. Then you submit the article to one of the many article submission sites. At the bottom of each article, you are allowed to put a link to your website. This cannot be an affiliate link. This is a great way to get advertising for your website because your article can wind up all over the internet. People can copy your article for their ezines as long as they leave the author resource box intact. You will make money with article marketing, but it may take you longer.

Safelist advertising is basically email advertising, but you are assured of being spam free. To send email to a safemail list, you need to join and agree to receive other peoples advertisement. You are then allowed to send them ads. Its an okay way to advertise, although I’m not sure how effective. People can get so many emails, they may just delete them automatically. I’m not sure if you will make money with this type of advertising. Some people swear by it, but it doesn’t seem like it works for me.

Placing classified ads is another way to advertise. This is low cost to no cost and can get you some great exposure.

There are many different ways to market products as an affiliate. The above are just a couple. If you are looking to start affiliate marketing, it’s a good idea to become familiar with all of the marketing methods. Its also a good idea to use more then just one method to get the best results form your affiliate marketing efforts. This is how you will make money.

Affiliate marketing is a great way to make money on the internet.

About the Author:
Jennie Crawford is the stay at home mom of two small children. For more information go to http://www.jenniecrawford.com/workingsthome or http://work-from-home-affiliate-marketing.com
Article Submitted On: November 30, 2006
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