WHAT IS AFFILIATE MARKETING?

Affiliate marketing or Referral Marketing is a form of marketing that is performance based where a business will reward it's affiliates by means of commission for referring visitors via a weblink who then purchase or sign up to that business.

Affiliate marketing as we know it is often overlooked by many advertisers as other forms of marketing and advertising such as social media marketing, online marketing, search engine advertising and e-mail marketing take centre stage. However affiliates still play a significant role in the world of e-commerce.

Affiliate marketing is now favoured by many merchants and retailers worldwide as a cost effective method to drive sales for their business as it a pay by performance method of advertising meaning that the retailer or merchant does not incur any upfront marketing costs unless a successful transaction has been acquired.

There are many types of affiliate programme websites that can be used by merchants and retailers. Here are a few examples: Pay per click, loyalty programmes, price comparison websites, charity websites, niche markets, personal websites, multi level marketing websites such as Herbalife, Amway and Nu Skin and finally online retail websites such as Amazon, Etsy and E-Bay.

Another type of affiliate programme website is one that uses it's platform for the sole means of referring and generating leads for any of the types of websites mentioned above. A typical example of this is a company called 5 Billion Sales. Here is a quick overview of them.

5 Billion Sales was launched just over 2 months ago and is a UK based affiliate marketing company. It was founded on the basis that 5 Billion web users worldwide are not being paid for the time they spend browsing or for their data. It is a FREE to JOIN affiliate program and it has 3 main areas where affiliates can earn commission.

The first commission program is SELL YOUR DATA. This is where you are paid a passive income just for browsing the internet. 

The second is a REFER AND EARN Programme. This is where you are paid a referral commision for introducing others to the programme as SELL YOUR DATA clients as well as receiving overrides from anyone that they introduce too.

The third one is the GUARANTEED SALES Programme. This is where you are paid commissions and overrides for any individual or business that you refer to this programme. The programme guarantees the prospective business client extra sales and sign ups on a commission based advertising network. You will also be paid commissions on any adverts that a business takes out on the 5 Billion Sales Network. The  GUARANTEED SALES Programme is ideal for any individual or business who is involved in e-commerce or MLM businesses.

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