How I Made My First Online Dollar

There are lots of ways to make money online including, affiliate marketing. If you're new to this term, then let me tell you a little more about it. It's really all about being an online salesperson for a vendor. In exchange you will earn commission for every item that you sell. It's the way that I made my first online dollar and it can be yours too. In this article I'm going to share with you what you need to know in order to do this.
A basic knowledge of marketing will help. It'll give you an idea of how to find the people who might buy the product that you want to sell. It will also give you an idea of how you can go about this. One of the key actions required in order to make a sale is to spell out the benefits of a product to the buyer. People don't think for themselves very well - so it's essential that you make it as easy as possible for them.
Good headlines are important. They're what attracts attention and you'll need to do a fair bit of writing with affiliate marketing. People are looking for information online, so if you can write a headline that not only attracts attention but also promises to answer a question, then you have hit the nail on the head. You should find out all that you can about the questions that your marketplace are asking in order to write the content that they want to read.
Learning about how the search engines work will help. The internet is all about words and operates mostly through the search engines. People enter the keywords that they are looking for information on and will look through the results that are returned. In effect, it is a big library of information and the search engines provide the index. Your job is to get your content listed in the search engines' first page of results when possible as this will bring you more traffic and you'll be more successful with your affiliate marketing sales.
Hanging out where your clients are will help. Clients can be found in several places including YouTube watching videos, on sites like Squidoo (which can do a lot to get you onto the first page of search engine results) and on social networking sites. With the use of a slide making piece of software such as PowerPoint then you can easily create slides. The trick is to use content that not only informs but it also engages and encourages a person to visit your website.
You can sell products without having your own website. When you use affiliate marketing sites such as ClickBank, you will be issued with an affiliate link. You can use this on your marketing material. For example, if you create a video for YouTube and upload it, then you add your link to the description field. Personally I prefer to take a domain name and either add forwarding to it so that it goes through to the sales page of the product, or you can create a website that not only sells the items but also makes an income from selling advertising space.  As you can see there are many ways to make money on the internet.  Click on my name and let us show you how we do it.  "Enjoy Your Coffee"
Michael Stanley