What is an affiliate marketer? guide to success

• By john

Firstly, I must say that I'm very excited about the future of affiliate marketing! As of 2011, the online ad industry has become a $26 billion dollar industry according to IAB( Interactive advertising bureau). There was a 15% growth from 2010 and experts predict this will increase greatly over the next 5 years. The world economy is a fragile place right now in many industries. However, the world of affiliate marketing is flourishing and companies are constantly needing more publishers to promote their services and products.

 The world of affiliate marketing is rapidly evolving and changing. I have created this site for both beginners and advanced marketers to inform you about the latest trends and niches. This website will hopefully set you down the right path, and lead you to great success. However, even with the select affiliate programs I recommend, don't expect to make hundreds of dollars a day for several months.

Affiliate marketing is a simple concept of promoting products and services for companies. The tough part is learning how to create an effective website that has lots of unique visitors each month. Traffic equals money. There are numerous ways to create an effective affiliate campaign. There are ten programs that  I will review and suggest you download to gain a solid foundatioin for success. Two programs that I highly recommend are the rich affiliate dream and Affiliate blogger Pro.

The rich affiliate dream is written by Rosalind Gardner who has been an affilate marketer since 1998. She has succesfully created several dating websites promoting their services. This book is considered the holy grail by many expert affiliate marketers and thus she is very well respected. She is very helpful and you can email her questions on her blog called rosalind gardner.com. She actually has helped me get to where I am today. Furthermore, she has also recently created a blogging guide called Affilate blogger pro which gives great insight how to monetize a blog and make money from them. Her simple but unique methods in the book advise readers to have several different blogs. One of her big secrets is that she advises readers to have blogs relating to current events.

I have been very successful for my first year in affiliate marketing. I have made over $90,000 in my first 11 months and am doing very well currently promoting several large websites such as eharmony and netflix. I hope this website will help guide you to the best resources I thought were useful when I first started out. I am very excited about life right now since I'm only 23 and quietly earning respectable income.