Affiliate Marketing Strategies

A great way to increase the income you make from the internet is to participate in affiliate marketing programs. Sales that you generate online is not too different from offline sales. For example, it's a numbers game. The more people who visit your website, the more money you will earn from the sales you generate.

There are different affiliate marketing programs. Some will pay you for the amount of clicks they receive from visitors you send their way, while some will pay you based on how much income you generate for their site. Usually the income you can generate can be as high as 50% of what the merchant earns from visitors you refer to their site.

Research shows that most visitors to a website do not purchase anything on their first visit. That is where cookies come in. Most affiliate programs have cookie durations of anywhere from 30-90 days. You're probably wondering, "ok, what the heck is that?" Well, basically, this means that as long as the visitor you sent to their site still has the cookie in their cache, you will still be the one who will get the credit for them and commissions.

There are so many affiliate programs out there that can make you a lot of money. However, you meed to research them and see which ones will fit you best. There will be a lot of time that you spend working on your site and making sure that all these affiliate programs are working for you and earning you the most money possible.

Keep in mind that if you have too many products being promoted on your site it can distract some of your visitors or even make them unsubscribe to your list.

When tracking all your affiliate earnings, this can be a little confusing, time consuming and even frustrating to some people. It is simple if you're only participating in a couple programs. But what if you're participating in 10? Merchants will supply you with your personalized link or code. Make sure you add that code directly into your page. Whether it's inserted in an email or on your website. Making any errors with this link or code can result in you receiving NO profit at all from your visitors. These codes are your unique ID so that the merchant can identify which purchase was made by which affiliate. Be sure to check over your work over and over again. I know it can be time consuming, but it will pay off for you.