Making money online with different types of Affiliate Marketing sources

by ZK on November 30, 2009

This article is guest posted by Melvin from MelvinBlog.com

Affiliate Marketing has been in the business since the late 90′s (or some would even early 90′s) and it has just continued to thrive and grow bigger and bigger as of today. For those who don’t know, affiliate marketing, in the simplest way, is a person promoting other people’s product or offer in exchange for an affiliate commission when a sale or lead has been generated.

I would say affiliate marketing is the most hardcore way of making money. Although its probably risky because its easy to lose a ton of money in it, once you get the proper stroke you could start really making big sort of income faster than what you could imagine. But how? Well I believe affiliate marketing is a broad topic and today I am going to give you different types of business models for affiliate marketing. Without further ado, here they are:

PPC Affiliate Marketing – This is what most “behind the scenes” affiliate marketers do. The process is simple. They pick an offer from an affiliate network, do a landing page (or some just direct-link) and then go to major pay per click networks like Google Adwords, MSN AdCenter and Yahoo Search Marketing to purchase traffic. The main challenge here is to do a lot of testing and tweaking. Most people lose big money at first, but then as soon as they find the right keywords, best ad copy and whatever, they start raking in really a big amount of revenue.

“Bloggers-style” Affiliate Marketing - Most of the well known bloggers do well by using this style. Basically this happens when two bloggers have a business relationship and decides to do joint ventures. One blogger would actually write a review of a product of the other blogger and when someone buys under him, the blogger would get compensated. Popular bloggers like Yaro Starak, John Chow and Darren Rowse are the ones that benefit from this the most. Not a lot of people become successful with this because in order for one to make a considerable amount, he/she must first have a huge influence and following

Social Media Based Affiliate Marketing – Have you seen those IQ Quizzes and Tests? How about those free downloads? This is what I call social media marketing. The idea here is to pick an offer that would entice a certain demographic in social media sites like Facebook, MySpace and etc. Since weight loss and male enhancement offers don’t suit that much with the people in these social sites, affiliate marketers opt to run quizzes types of offers and it has proven to really give a good return for them.

Incentivized Affiliate Marketing – If you’ve seen people offering something in exchange for making a purchase under them, thats incentivized marketing. This one can fall into the “bloggers-style” marketing, but I prefer to have them separated because there are huge number of websites (they are not bloggers) doing it . Those get-paid-to sites are usually the ones who are thriving for it because of their huge member’s list.

Note: Most offers don’t allow incentivization so make sure first to confirm this with them before trying to incentivize.

What’s the best method? As like anything, it depends. Depends on what type of business you are, how much start-up loss you could handle, and what can suit you the most. For me, I would say the PPC Affiliate Marketing is the one I like the most simply because it’s the one of the first things I’ve done online.

So what’s your say? Is there still something to add on the list? Or am I missing something important? Let me know what you think by using the contact form below

This guest post is written by Melvin Dichoso. Melvin is a young internet marketer and blogger who’s been doing online business for more than 2 years now. He blogs at MelvinBlog.com where he shares all the good stuffs he has for his readers. You can follow him at Twitter as well.

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Rok Mejak November 30, 2009 at 5:36 am

Thanks for sharing an awesome post, I love affiliate marketing and count it as an income generated business, I also want to busy with this business but have no idea how to start and where to start, Please clear my this problem.

Melvin December 1, 2009 at 4:52 am: You could get started by first reading what aff.marketing is all about (its on wikipedia).. Then clear it for yourself, if you could really take the risk (and initial loses $) in it..

If yes, then just sign to an affiliate network and start playing around..

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Painter Portland November 30, 2009 at 12:26 pm

what’s you say on the newly launched google affiliate networks. Is it worth trying. ?

Melvin December 1, 2009 at 4:53 am: Google affiliate network is formerly known as Double Clicks.. Double clicks is a reputable networks and with Google taking the front seat, it means more growth for them..

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Dean Saliba November 30, 2009 at 3:54 pm

Very good advice.

I have always said “never put all your eggs into one basket.” So when I put ads on my blogs I put them from different networks, not just one.

When I write paid reviews I joined 19 networks, not just one.

This is my first attempt at affiliate marketing and I have joined five networks aimed at my chosen niche.
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Online TV December 14, 2009 at 10:36 pm: Yeah I’d agree, probably best to ‘diversify’ as they call it. But still you may find focusing on one method may make you more than splitting all up across several networks. Experiment – that’s the key.
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sioux city used cars November 30, 2009 at 4:10 pm

There are actually lots of ways to make money online and being an affiliate is just one of them.

Dennis Edell November 30, 2009 at 5:45 pm

“Although its probably risky because its easy to lose a ton of money in it…”

PPC is really the only way to lose your shirt as an affiliate, yes?
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Melvin December 1, 2009 at 5:02 am: Not just shirt, a lot of shirts if you will..

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oes tsetnoc December 1, 2009 at 12:10 am

google launching affiliate networks??

monika@chris hobart December 1, 2009 at 2:42 am

Yes, I agree that affiliate marketing is the great equalizer online. I a have had my ups and downs over the years but all in all it is a great way to make some extra cash.

Web Design December 1, 2009 at 3:17 am

What interests me the most is social media based affiliate marketing. Facebook has over 300 million active users, so just imagine the possibilities if you get social media affiliate marketing right.

Treadmills equipment December 1, 2009 at 7:11 am

Of course, a multiple choice exists at Internet for earning money. Affiliate marketing is also one of the most famous ways of earning.

Paul@diabetis December 1, 2009 at 8:05 am

You forgot to mention about article marketing.
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Lee Ka Hoong@How To Make Money Online December 1, 2009 at 10:27 am

I’ve seen many people had successful story about their affiliate marketing and they made a huge income just from affiliate program. I’ve been blogging part time for almost 2 years but I’m not familiar with affiliate marketing though.

Also, I’m following blogger like TylerCruz, JonathanVolk, ZacJohnson and etc, they are great affiliate marketer and I’m trying to learn something new from them.

Great post you here Melvin!

Cheers,
Lee
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Melvin December 2, 2009 at 7:15 am

Yep.. But more than learning from those top guys is just simply learning from experience that would benefit you more..

Lee Ka Hoong@How To Make Money Online December 2, 2009 at 9:01 am: Yeap, I’ve been trying to do what they shared from time to time and see how much I could learn. Trial and error would be better than keep learning and never action.

You have very good point of views though Melvin.

Cheers,
Lee
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how to articles December 1, 2009 at 3:49 pm

Thanks for touching on all of the different methods.

Ajith@Make Money Online Free December 1, 2009 at 11:58 pm

Nice post buddy… Having wasted a lot of time concentrating on AdSense etc, I was a bit too late getting into the affiliate scene… It’s paying off well now
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compound bows December 2, 2009 at 5:48 am

I admit that there are many methods of earning online but what is the best one? It totally depends on individual’s interest and his kind of business.

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Affiliate markeitng has been a great resouce for making money online since 90s and it is growing well too nowadays. Its playing good role in the comparison of other sources.

Fresher Jobs December 2, 2009 at 11:35 pm

Yeap, I’ve been trying to do what they shared from time to time and see how much I could learn. Trial and error would be better than keep learning and never action.Of course, a multiple choice exists at Internet for earning money. Affiliate marketing is also one of the most famous ways of earning.

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There are actually lots of ways to make money online and being an affiliate is just one of them.
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Mike Portson December 7, 2009 at 2:01 am

There is something strange about those social marketing sites. I know that this is a way of increasing traffic on site but at first those supposed to be something totally different. And now we have huge web marketing machines for people who don’t want to meet other people but those who want to earn money from other people.

Fresher Jobs December 7, 2009 at 9:31 am

I am following few of these affiliate marketing but i did not get any income,adbrite will give chq for 10$ but google will give only after 100 $ very bad
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Davits December 7, 2009 at 11:52 pm

Good information about affiliate marketing sources. I have basic idea about affiliate marketing. Thanks for share good ideas.

reviewsgoldmine December 8, 2009 at 4:33 am

Sounds interesting on how on could make money online through affiliate marketing. but what i would like to know is which way is easiest

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I figure out there are tons and tons of way s one can make money online and i imagine more will come.
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Thanks for elaborating on the various forms of affiliate marketing. i always knew there’s online marketing but with no real knowledge on the types of online marketing. IF I HAVE TO SIT FOR AN EXAM ON THAT NOW? I WOULD NOT SCORE A ZERO
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This is an interesting post ZK. I love your choices of making money online

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it’s good to find out what really needs visitors, providing the best information, of course, which will benefit from the increasing popularity of your blog. give first and you will receive the following benefits. with a lot of visitors will surely increase sales. be prepared to get a flood of visitors from SE, especially google with all excess

free beats December 9, 2009 at 6:26 am

There are actually lots of ways to make money online

swarnaw December 9, 2009 at 10:24 am

Thanks for your information. i think Google Adsense is easy way to make money blogging. i also try another affiliate network but this is very hard.

Essay Writing December 9, 2009 at 3:39 pm

Are all affiliation programs are good, no scams? For example, if any visitor purchase something through my website, they can hide this kinda data.

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I agree that affiliate marketing is the great equalizer online. I a have had my ups and downs over the years but all in all it is a great way to make some extra cash.

Mike Standing@Banner Design December 10, 2009 at 8:45 am

Using the PPC solutions and advertising programs is really great, if done wisely and with insight. Even the top Google ranking business websites are already using their AdWords accounts to push fresh traffic streams towards their homepages and as mentioned, selection of the best terms is still the key.

Bidet December 14, 2009 at 4:04 pm

This is a really interesting guest post. Affiliation is always scary to get into because you can lose a lot of money. But if you take the time to learn its worth it in the end.

monika@web promotion uk December 16, 2009 at 1:12 am

People are now really into making money online. They are now using this as an additional income generating source. And that is why I do agree with your post.

Web Design December 16, 2009 at 3:16 am

i want to know the personal experiences of people of affiliate programs.

samuel mowe December 25, 2009 at 9:38 am

hi great info keep up the good work here is something that put to work in what I do from day to day! There are several ways to market your network marketing business. Some of the most frequently chosen methods to market online are through online forums, blogging and article writing. Often, the reason why people choose network marketing is because finances are limited.
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