September 25, 2009

Affiliate Marketing – Cost Per Action Programs 411

These days, more and more people are looking for ways to earn extra money. I suppose I can assume that you are among these people since you are reading this article. Well, I’ll make it worth your time and let you in on something that just might give you that extra source of income that you need. When it comes to making money online, there are plenty of choices. However, there is one that’ slowly climbing up the ladder and proving itself to be one of the easiest and fastest ways to make a profit online. What am I talking about? Well, I’m talking about the various affiliate marketing programs that are part of the cost per action network which you’ll be able to find online. Affiliate marketing, as I’m sure you are already aware of is one of the most popular ways of generating an income online but not many people know about cost per action programs. Cost per action is basically a vehicle for advertising by which a business can create simple offers which only require very little from the user or the person reading it. This could be anything from something as simple as submitting their email addresses in exchange for a discount or providing answers to a survey in exchange for a free sample and so on. How does this relate to affiliate marketing? Well, affiliates would make a commission for every lead or sign up that they get from a user.


Still don’t get it? Here’s a scenario to help you understand better. Imagine that you are an advertiser and you want to generate quick and efficient leads for your business. You can achieve this by hiring a CPA or cost per action network that would then do all the work for you. This network would then pay various affiliates to generate the leads that you want. Your business receives the leads and you basically pay the network to do that. Of course, you only pay whenever someone submits their email, fills out a simple form or basically does whatever it is that you require. What makes this a great way to make money online is the fact that you need not convince a person to purchase anything which is significantly harder than getting them to submit their email or fill out a form. This is exactly like your typical affiliate marketing program sans the need for people to actually buy something before you make a commission.


As for the pay out, this can range from $1-$25 depending on the advertiser’s requirements. There are plenty of CPA networks out there which you can join. Their offers can be anything from free ring tones, credit cards, health related products, government grants and so on. These companies could either pay by visitor or for every unique lead that you generate for them. Of course, for you to make any money from it, the person you have led to their main site must provide all the necessary information otherwise your efforts would prove to be pointless. So if you’re looking to try something new and perhaps earn some money along the way, do give this a go.

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