QUOTE(garywelsh @ Jul 7 2014, 08:28 AM)
These are all very great points! One more good thing about affiliate marketing is that you don't have to worry about product creation but instead promote online daily and make sales
Agreed. All of these were good points:
Cost
Pay-for-performance with affiliate marketing you only pay if a certain predetermined action is met. This could be a click-through, revenue or market information. No payment without results.
Risk
Low Risk-affiliate marketing is considered very low-risk, because you don�t pay if it doesn�t work. You don�t have to invest capital in a strategy that might not pan out.
Time & Energy
By comparison Social media marketing takes a good deal of time and energy creating new content, replying to comments, and relaying content to different sites.
Diversity
Many Birds, one stone
Affiliate marketing is a great way to utilize other forms of online marketing for a lower cost.
Affiliate will use their own skills to get your brand noticed.
Popularity
In 2011, SEO lead the way in popularity, and far outshone other strategies I the amount spent on it amount spent on it: $20.7 billion according to Forrester.
