What Is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is a way for online publishers to make money by promoting businesses. For example, if you have a blog about online gambling, just about everyone who visits it is going to be interested in that topic. Since the members of this audience are exactly who online casinos and poker sites want as customers, they’re willing to pay a premium for each new member you successfully refer to them.
An affiliate program is the most common way for businesses to attract great publishers. This program provides publishers with links and other tools that already have tracking built into them. The tracking technology makes it easy for the business running an affiliate program to see how many members a publisher has referred and compensate them accordingly. Depending on the program, affiliate payments can be made on a bi-weekly or monthly basis.
