Affiliate Partners...Start Shopping!!

You probably hear the term affiliate marketing a lot these days; but what exactly is it?  In a nutshell, affiliate marketing is when a business compensates one or more affiliates for each customer brought in  by the affiliates' own marketing efforts. 

The best example that I can give you is  my very first  partner;  Amazon Affiliate Influencer program.  How it works is simple.  I have a unique link created for me by Amazon to give to potential customers to use when they access Amazon.com. The amazon affiliate link is directed to my Amazon referral page where customers will find many items that I have reviewed or recommend. If a customer purchases any of my recommended items, I will receive a commission from Amazon;  and that is pretty much affiliate marketing in a nutshell. There are other models, but all basically end up with the same goal and outcome...matching customers with sellers and advertisers.