A Fresh View of Affiliate Marketing

As an Internet Marketer, we have all at some time tried our hand at
Affiliate Marketing, where we promote someone else's product and we in
turn get a commission for the sale. And sometimes if we promote a
membership site, we will get an ongoing commission each month, while
our referral stays a member of that site.One of the biggest problems
that we have all had with traditional Affiliate Marketing, is when our
prospect sees the product we are promoting is through Clickbank or
perhaps Amazon or one of many other affiliate programs, they sometimes
use their own affiliate ID to complete the sale in an attempt to get
the product at a cheaper price, and in the process stealing our
affiliate commissions.Now another form of Affiliate Marketing is when
you refer someone to a product, and they in turn buy the product and
you get the commission... But it doesn't stop there. The person you
have sold to product to is given the opportunity to also become an
affiliate, and then when they sell the product, not only does he get a
commission, but you also get a commission from his sale. This is often
referred to as 2-Tier Affiliate Marketing.The great thing about 2-Tier
Affiliate Marketing is a prospect must purchase it from a person who
has also purchased the product themselves.Now how about we take that
same concept, and add a few more tiers. This is where it gets
interesting, but unfortunately most Internet Marketers don't do this,
because you are now bordering on what is known as Multi-Level
Marketing (MLM) or Network Marketing.Now, when you think about it
isn't MLM just another form of Affiliate Marketing? You still promote
a product, and when you make the sale you get a commission. You then
have a killer upsell to promote to your client. The opportunity for
him to be able to promote and sell the product and in doing so you get
a commission not only on the MLM registration fee, but also on any
products & memberships that your client manages to sell.Now I know
that over the years MLM has gotten a bad reputation, with some of the
pushy tactics that some companies undertake. However, if you as an
Internet Marketer promoted MLM as you would any other Affiliate
program that would make you stand out on any MLM organisation.And one
of the best things is many Internet Marketers already have a decent
mailing list of trusted followers that they can promote their new
products to. The other great thing is most MLM companies have more
than just one product that you can promote to your list again and
again.And of course the biggest advantage that Internet Marketers have
over the regular Network Marketer is we know how to use the internet.
We know how to get traffic, we know about Article Marketing & Forum
Marketing. We know how to build a blog following, so getting clients
to your new business should be a breeze.So next time you here of a MLM
opportunity, don't simply write it off. Think of it in terms of an
Affiliate Marketing Opportunity.