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Beginner's guide to affiliate marketing

Today, affiliate marketing programs is seen as one of the most important methods by online companies and merchants to market their products and services because implementing an affiliate program doesn't cost much money and it helps generate a consistent stream of online profit. On the other hand, the affiliates see affiliate marketing as a feasible and low cost method to make online online by promoting other people products using a website or without a website (using Google AdWords PPC advertising program). There are many affiliate programs on the Internet and not all of them are similar. The most basic affiliate programs fall into 3 categories: * Pay Per Performance * Pay Per click * Residual Income Affiliate Marketing Programs Pay Per Performance Pay per performance (PPP) affiliate programs are what most companies and online merchants likes to use. The companies only need to pay when an affiliate referral translates into an action. The action can be a purchase or a lead. Th