Making Money with Articles: Becoming an Affiliate

If you can either write articles or have the promotion and
marketing knowledge to publicize articles that others write,
becoming an affiliate for several companies may be a great way
for you to generate a good income right from your own home.

You can do this by receiving part of the revenue off of sales that
the company gets from people who “click through” from your
website via the company’s links that are placed on your pages.

Since you will be promoting a product or service, you will need
a killer sales pitch and website content to get your readers
interested in the product, convince them that they cannot live
without the product, and to keep them coming back to your
website time and time again for more recommendations and
your useful content, which will get them clicking on your links
once again.

Although many affiliate companies only give you money off of
the first sale you make from each customer, you have the option
of promoting a good range of companies so that you can still
make a profit off of your returning customers.

If you cannot write this kind of content of your own, there are
many ways to pick up free or paid content to place on your
affiliate website. There are many reasons why paying for such
articles would be to your advantage.

First, you will be able to tell the writer exactly what you want,
what product you are trying to sell, and what direction they can
go in to keep your readers interested and informed.

On the other hand, when you search for free content, you are
limited to what is already out there. Secondly, you will own the
copyright to this content.

That means that no one else can reuse it without your consent.
If you opt for free content, you will be sharing that content with
an unknown amount of other affiliate websites, plus the original
author will be able to place their byline at the bottom of the article
which could result in them stealing your traffic.

There are many products that have nice affiliate commission
rates for those who know how to pre-sale their product and
deliver click through customers who are ready to buy.

As long as you choose to promote a product or service that can be
very useful to a wide variety of people, then pre-selling your
chosen company may not be that hard at all.

The key in this situation may likely be getting those customers
to your website so that they have a chance to see your
recommendations and click on your affiliate links.

Brian Ankner has been writing articles and website content for
quite some time now and has created a site dedicated to helping
aspiring artists blossom into great writiers. For the resources
that he uses, go to Professional Article Writing and pick up the
tools to start your publishing career.