Affiliate Programs-Do They Work?

@muru1950 (963)
India
May 3, 2007 12:08pm CST
When we think of doing some online business,the first thing that comes to our mind is joining an affiliate program.Ofcourse there is a lot of products for affiliate program.But also there are millions of people like you and me,doing this affiliate program. As a result the market is saturated.So if you want a decent income from affiliate program,you must join in hundreds of affiliate programs.Also spend a reasonable amount of money and time in advertising. Even if you join,higly paid affiliate programs,you need to do a lot of marketing works to promote your products. Affiliate programs work only when 1.You choose products with which you are familiar and they are of your interest. 2.You do a lot of advertising for your products.
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gokhale
@gokhale (97)
• United Arab Emirates
23 Jul 11
To successed in Affiliate Programs you must 1) know your audience, 2) Be Trustworthy 3) Be helpful 4) Be Transparent 5) Select programs carefully 6) Try different programs 7) Write timeless content 9) Be patient.Keep in mind that affiliate programs are not get rich plans. They actually provide opportunity to earn passive income in future. If you are really interested in making money online send me mail or check my web page.
tmgenterprises
@tmgenterprises (82)
• United States
3 May 07
Affiliate programs definitely still work. There are many people earning significant incomes from affiliate programs. As long as people buy over the internet (and this number is growing daily), there will be opportunities for producing income for those who want to. You should never join hundreds of programs. All this will do is dilute your efforts and you will rarely make a decent income. You would be better off by joining just a few programs that you truly believe in. Then work on marketing them by whatever method you choose (there are too many to really go into in one post). Yes, you will need to spend some time at it and probably at least some money but you are never going to create an income without spending time, money, or both. As in anything, you get back in proportion to what you put into something.