{"id":8771,"date":"2024-10-01T13:01:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T12:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/?p=8771"},"modified":"2024-10-05T17:55:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T16:55:07","slug":"whats-this-affiliate-marketing-all-about-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/whats-this-affiliate-marketing-all-about-then\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s This \u201cAffiliate Marketing\u201d All About Then?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are looking for a way to make some extra money over and above what you earn from the \u201cJOB\u201d, then you are by no means alone. Many jobs, such as in retail for instance, are day-to-day repeats: you do pretty much today what you did yesterday and will do again tomorrow. Do it for 40 or 45 years and you can retire.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-8847\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-canvastudio-3194523-scaled.jpg?resize=285%2C190&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-canvastudio-3194523-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-canvastudio-3194523-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-canvastudio-3194523-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-canvastudio-3194523-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-canvastudio-3194523-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-canvastudio-3194523-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it doesn\u2019t produce the sort of money that you can earn if you work for yourself. I know, because I worked in retail for three or four years &#8211; at Selfridges in Oxford Street &#8211; and rose to the dizzy height of Assistant Buyer and Staff Trainer. However, I have been self-employed since the age of 24. Without going into too much detail, I worked for three or four companies as a salesman on a commission-only basis. But by the age of 27 \/ 28, I was earning \u00a34,000 a year. That was in 1968. That is the equivalent of just short of \u00a3100,000 a year today!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, I had to pay all my expenses. Buy and run my car, fuel, etc. So, it wasn\u2019t all pocket money. Nonetheless, a great income. I made a sale and earned really good commission. The company is happy, and so am I.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that, in short, is what affiliate marketing is all about. You become an \u201caffiliate\u201d \u2013 i.e. self-employed salesperson \u2013 for a business, and that business pays you nothing until you make a sale. When you do, you get a very good commission. Today, working as an affiliate, you can earn 50%, 75%, and sometimes even 100% of the sale price!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">True, some commissions are small because the initial sale price is small. But you can also earn, say, 50% on a sale value of $997! Not only that, but there are many offerings where you can earn ongoing commissions because the customer pays a recurring fee every month or every year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think about this: if you have 100 customers paying \u2013 let\u2019s say $47 a month for a product or service, of which you get 50% \u2013 that\u2019s \u00a32,350 a month for doing <\/span><b>absolutely nothing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! Yes, you had to get that customer in the first place, but once you have done that you do nothing. \u00a328,200 a year while you sit in the sun on the beach!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It gets better, because you can multiply that by any number you wish, just by bringing in more customers or selling different products! It can be a fabulous life!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NO Expenses!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only that, but today you can do this with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NO<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> expenses! Yes, because everything is online there are no overheads. No visiting people. No costs for phone calls. Sure, you can buy advertising space, and that is a cost. But that is something to look at later if you want to attract even more customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, just for a moment, let\u2019s look at the downside. You see dozens \u2013 hundreds \u2013 of offers from companies or individuals online offering wonderful products that will earn you $500, $1,000 or more \u2013 starting tomorrow &#8211; they will tell you! Certainly, it may be possible, but it is very unlikely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? Because while you may find people who are interested in the product, they may not buy it the first time they see it. They may not even buy it the second or third time they see it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? Because they don\u2019t know you from Adam. Why should they believe what you tell them about this \u201cfabulous\u201d product? The answer is that you need to build a list. What\u2019s a list? A list of people who have given you their email. That means that you can send them emails about the product. After a bit they begin to get to know you. They start to like you. They begin to trust you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And<\/span><b> that<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is when they will trust you enough to buy the product that you are recommending. Bear those words in mind: Know, like, and trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>It Takes A Little Time<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why you may not start to get those fantastic sales that so many of these product\/service providers are telling you that you will get tomorrow. It takes a little time. However, once those people <\/span><b><i>do<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">know, like, and trust you, you can sell other products to them as well \u2013 over time. So, building a list is crucial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But how do you do that? The answer is that there are several ways to do it, most of which can be done without spending any money. Instead, it will take you some time. Not a huge amount of time. Perhaps a few weeks. Maybe a month or six weeks. You may get a handful of sales in the meantime, but then they will start to trickle in on a regular basis. As you build your list, the more sales you make.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why I am a big fan of John Thornhill\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?vendor=ambsador&amp;affiliate=paul8651&amp;cbpage=superfunnel-reg&amp;additionalinfo=YYYY&amp;cbm=2jdus8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>Ambassador Program<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Clickbank Super Funnel. Unlike many of these program producers who couldn\u2019t care less whether <\/span><b><i>you<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make sales or not, as long as they have sufficient coming in, John actually cares about every member. He <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WANTS<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you to succeed. And he goes to extreme lengths to ensure that you do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He provides videos and tutorials that go into great detail about <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you build your list and how you get those people to know, like, and trust you. He doesn\u2019t promise you will become a millionaire next week. You <\/span><b><i>DO <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have to put in a little effort, but it\u2019s only perhaps 5 \u2013 6 hours a week. Split over seven days, perhaps half an hour or an hour here and there. And you can fit that in whenever it suits you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out more by clicking<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?vendor=ambsador&amp;affiliate=paul8651&amp;cbpage=superfunnel-reg&amp;additionalinfo=YYYY&amp;cbm=2jdus8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>HERE<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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