If you're like me - you probably get a lot of these emails every day or you see them as you surf around the web - so I finally decided to check a few of them out and here's what happened:
For $39.95, I received a book about.....(drum roll,please!) AFFILIATE MARKETING!
I know, I know, I can hear you asking what affiliate marketing has to do with processing rebates........and in fact.......it's a very creative concept that is used by a number of very successful affiliate marketers that I know, so the CONCEPT can work -
BUT the way it's being marketed is pretty deceptive as far as I am concerned, and that's a shame, because it doesn't need to be marketed in this way.
Here's how it works: you sign up for an affiliate program, and advertise the product through the usual online marketing methods (pay per click, article marketing, forums etc) and offer the buyer a 'rebate' - out of your commission - if they buy the product through your affiliate link. You just tell them to send you their receipt and you will send the 'rebate' to their PayPal address.
Now the truth is - this IS a very effective marketing tool, but you also need to very careful with this approach because if you refund the customer money before the product guarantee period is up - you could wind up losing money. You want to make sure that if you rebate any money, that you only do so AFTER the refund period has passed and that the customer clearly understands that they do NOT get the refund immediately.
And of course, you need to know something about affiliate marketing.
So, while the description used to market this method is somewhat less than truthful as far as I am concerned - the actual method is used by many, many successful affiliate marketers - and in fact, COULD make you a decent income - but it does require more knowledge and more effort than the ads would lead you to believe......but then that is pretty much the case with just about any worthwhile business venture!
If you are interested in making money with Affiliate Marketing - there are some excellent products on the market - one of the newest ones is Secret Affiliate Code - which I really love because a) it doesn't require you to spend a bunch of money to follow the methods recommended b) I have personally had very good results with the methods c) you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to follow the method.
While it doesn't focus on the 'rebate processing' method - it will give you a better education in the fundamentals of Affiliate Marketing and driving traffic to your offers - which is the most important thing to learn if you want to be successful in Affilate Marketing.
Once you have the basics of choosing a good product and getting traffic - THEN you can tackle the different methods such as 'rebate processing' - safely and without losing your shirt!!
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