What is Affiliate Marketing?
Wikipedia defines affiliate marketing as; “A method of promoting web businesses where an affiliate is rewarded for every sale through their efforts.”
The good news is that you can become an affiliate for just about anything that interests you, and the rewards can be very high. 
As a Travel Agent I worked for just a 10% share of the holiday price. With affiliate marketing you can forget low margins like this, normally you can find products 
that give you 50% or even more. So affiliate marketing is very profitable. It is also very interesting…..
You can promote affiliate products on absolutely anything that interests you, so the best place to start is with your hobbies. I collect American superhero comics for example, and you can even earn affiliate income from a specialised niche like this.
The best place to find affiliate products is at Clickbank. This is a massive marketplace of downloadable products that give you guaranteed affiliate income once you have registered with them (which is free).
When you have registered with Clickbank, go to their homepage and click “Marketplace” at the top.
When you are at the marketplace page, simply enter your interest in the search box. When I put comic collecting here, there are two products that will pay me 50% and 60% of the purchase price for any sales.
Now we have found some profitable products, the next step is to promote them. I will cover this in my next post.
Marathon Runner, Drinker and Artist, Blogging for Pleasure and Profit.
Dear John,
I am so glad to be an affiliate of yours.
Not that we are affiliated, but you know what I mean.
Hopefully my comment doesn’t harm our affiliation.
Aye…Phil? He ate.
Later, friend.
Barry
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John McNally
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July 2nd, 2010 at 5:27 am
Barry, you always seem to be arresting and ‘appy so I’m sure our affiliation will last.
John
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Hi John, great post, I’m looking forward to your next! In the last 2 weeks I started to promote Clickbank products on twitter and I’ve been getting a lot of clicks, so maybe with some persistence and consistence I can turn those clicks into conversions. All the best, Steve D.
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John McNally
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July 2nd, 2010 at 5:30 am
Well done Steve. I have been ignoring my Twitter account, but I may start using it again as I have entered the “30 Day Challenge” and they seem keen on it.
Keep up the good work.
John
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Hi John,
Great introduction to the basics of affiliate marketing!
There is so much to learn in this industry. I feel like a never ending student!
Looking forward to the next post.
See you back here soon!
Cheers
Jacinta
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John McNally
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July 2nd, 2010 at 5:33 am
That’s what I like about Internet Marketing Jacinta, there’s ALWAYS something new to learn. My only regret is having to leave full-time education at 16 to work, but playing on this computer is the next best thing to school.
John
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I am happy! It is great to see that you are passionate about your site. Looking forward to future posts. Thanks!
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John McNally
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July 15th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
I’m happy as well Duncan, always pleased to get a new reader.
John
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Hey friend can i publish some paragraph of your article on my small blog of university.I have to publish a good pages out there and i do think your post Fits best into it.I will be happy to provide you an source link as well.I have two blogs one my own and the other which is my college blog.I will publish some part in the university blog.Hope you do not mind.Greetings
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John McNally
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July 20th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Use whatever you like Shayari. It’s original content so no problem.
John
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John McNally
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July 22nd, 2010 at 6:17 am
Buying traffic is tempting Samantha, but I have my rule: I want to MAKE money out of blogging, not spend it.
Thanks for visiting.
John
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been following your blog for 3 days now and i should say i am starting to like your post. and now how do i subscribe to your blog?
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John McNally
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October 21st, 2010 at 6:28 am
I haven’t got a subscription list at the moment Matthew, but I post something new every 3 days, so it’s worth checking back.
John
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