The easiest way to understand affiliate marketing is to start doing it. This is the first in a series of posts aimed at helping you select and set up your first affiliate link.
Commission Junction is one of the largest and best known affiliate networks. You can sign up free to become a publisher. Commission Junction has advertisers: the people with products/services to sell who will pay you a commission, and publishers: people who get paid to recommend/refer selected products/services for a commission — that’s you.
Signing up as a publisher is a quick and relatively easy way to begin your affiliate marketing business. Once that is done,k you will find a large array of advertisers in a variety of product categories. You will also have a wealth of information and assistance to begin managing your business.
Your first step is to go to cj.com and sign up as a publisher. You can do this on your own or download Commission Junction: Sign Up as a Partner, which gives you step by step instructions, along with hints and screenshots. You can download the document here for free.
Next we will look at the information Commission Junction provides to help you select an advertiser.
