Affiliate marketing programs…are they just scams?

affiliate-marketingThey’re existing since decades but these days, with the help of the internet, affiliate marketing programs are almost everywhere. From the smallest company who whish the find new clients to the largest corporation that wishes to strengthen her trademark, a lot of business are willing to pay to spread the word about their product and services.

Since it cost nothing to join these programs and because there is no need for any office and schedule, a growing number of individuals are taking an active part in this home based kind of online business. Some people will spread the news by starting a blog about the subject while others will target more on social medias like; Facebook, Yuwie, Twitter, Linkedin, MySpace and much more…

Will these individuals get paid? Most of the time, yes! In fact the portion of the amount that the affiliate company is paying is usually part of they’re advertisment budget, so if they find new customers they are in fact using these funds wisely. In reality thought what tend to happen is that most of the people who are trying to make some money with these programs don’t have enough knowledge or skills about making money online and don’t know how to market these programs. They end up making very little money, or no money at all because they are not able to reach the minimum payout required to receive they’re check. They end up giving up on the affiliate programs they’re promoting and leave the money on the plate… in which cases the affiliate company wins. But can we call this a scam for real?

Other type of internet businesses are also using affiliate marketing strategies to encourage people to spread the word about their activities. It’s in fact the case of a forum about making an income online with freebies. This website is Calistyle101 this forum is the first of is kind to offer affiliate earnings to it’s members in the freebie industry.

The freebie industry, also called IFW (Incentive Freebie Website) have been one of the greatest way to earn money online in the last years. All related to the affiliate marketing industry, there is no need to advertise the businesses who are partaking into these programs in order to make money. The only thing you need to achieve is to complete some easy requirements and find other people to do the same, then you will receive a commission paid by the freebie network. If you wish to find more about the process you can read more about it at: Calistyle101

My daily routine…

freebietraderblog2 All right so what exactly am I doing everyday…

Like I said I’m still doing this part time, so I work a few minutes in the morning and a few hours at night (after the kids goes to bed).

In the morning I check my emails and I answer any messages that I received during the night time (because not everyone are living at the same time than me…), then I write a few posts on different forums such as thefreelunchroom.com , www.affiliate-talk.com , I check out any completed trades and send payments to the traders that went green for me. I also cashout on my completed freebie sites… like CashRewards.Git-R-Free.com or cash.zipnadazilch.com for example.

These tasks might take roughtly a half an hour to complete depending on the amount of messages that I’ve received. At night time I also perform the morning tasks again but I will also take more time to write some articles on some Blogs that I’m a member of… like on one my friends Leslie’s Blog: thefreebieguy.net .

Then I’m checking my messages on some social networks groups (Facebook, Yuwie, Twitter, Squidoo) as well as trying to find new friends to chat with. I will also take some time to learn even more about my internet marketing business. How can I help more people to earn some money online… I usualy take more time to perform these tasks but it always depends how much time I have to allow because quality time with my family is the most important task of my day.

Be good… work smart!