As crises strike around the globe, everyone gets affected. Everybody

is thinking about a way to survive and even be victorious over all the

bad things happening around, especially on finances. On the other

hand, there are times when no matter how diligent somebody is, money

seems to be just running away. Since it is one of the basic things

most people need, there must also be a way to let the finances run

back to the people.

It is also not easy to put up one's own business since a certain cost

for capital is surely at stake. Not to mention the time to be spent on

building a hopefully successful venture. But, no matter how difficult

it seems, there must be a way to earn. There must be a way to make

money run to people instead of people running after money most of the

time.

The World Wide Web, more known as the Internet has been touching lives

worldwide since 1994. Introducing products, services, or whatever type

of business is best done through it. Most people are inclined with the

post modernized community where the Internet is the central medium of

communication; especially because a lot of information can be accessed

just right at home. This sounds so good for a business venture.

In a typical business, there is an idea about revenue sharing, where

commissions await every referred business. In an internet business,

there is also something very similar to this. It is more popularly

known as Affiliate Marketing. Furthermore, Affiliate Marketing is

about rewarding "affiliates" for every guest, client, or customer led

by that "affiliate's" efforts in marketing. Initially, an affiliate in

e-commerce involves a website that links back to a site catering to e

-commerce. For every sale that originated from a website link, a

certain amount of referral fee or commission will be given.

As e-commerce develops, bloggers and members of forums on different

online communities can also be affiliates aside from the website

owners, and webmasters. In addition, Publishers can also be called to

as affiliates. The affiliate marketers do not really need to be

affiliate marketers per se. They could simply be an e-commerce website

that sells products and services.

Affiliate Marketing also refers to the industry involving diverse

individuals and companies who are in to Internet Marketing. This

consists of different affiliates or publishers promoting products and

services of the partners. Affiliate Marketing uses various advertising

methods such as Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing,

Display Advertising, and Email Marketing. To add, reviews of products

and services being offered are also being published as part of

promotion.

Affiliates have a very important role in this Internet Marketing

strategy. They are the ones directing traffic from one website to

another. This is mostly overlooked by advertisers but this does a lot

for businesses, especially online. Basically, being an affiliate could

mean working at home as a publisher, blogger, or a webmaster. The

links directing the traffic serves as the referrals to gain

commissions. The more a website serves as the referral link, the more

income comes through the commissions. So, it is not impossible to make

money run after people.