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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

An Explanation of Affiliate Marketing




Millions of individuals are searching the internet daily, searching for a legitimate home business. During their search, they get hounded with web sites stating how easy it is to make money with a home business. These sites are usually selling affiliate programs.

For those individuals, unfamiliar with affiliate
marketing
, it can seem like the "old pyramid" system. While there are some similarities, there are also major differences.

The pyramid system was based on one individual, at the top selling to others below them. Those people in turn sold to people below them. So on and so on. The person at the top of the pyramid capitalized on the money made from those at the base of the pyramid. Very few pyamid systems worked and very few were profitable. Pyramid systems, usually involved selling door to door, to family or friends. During the sale, part of the pitch was to recruit the purchaser to also start selling.

With the invention of the computer and the advent of the internet, selling door to door became obsolete. Now, an individual or a corporation can sell or buy over the World Wide Web. As computers became more accessible and the use of the internet became more common place, the use of these tools by marketers also became more prevalent.

As the internet grows, affiliate marketers are on the front lines of this growth. As technology grows and trends change, so does the affiliate marketer. If an individual wants to earn any kind of income, he has to be on the cutting edge of technology.

So, while affiliate marketers may seem like the "Amway Man" or the "Fuller Brush Man", there is a huge difference. Affiliate marketers, may work from home but there are working on a global scale. Affiliate marketing is not a pyramid system, but a teamwork solution to making money on line.

Instead of driving door to door and selling, affiliate marketers are utilizing online marketing to drive traffic or customers to other websites. This type of marketing plays a huge role in e-commerce.

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