{"id":5244,"date":"2023-04-19T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T11:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michellewordsmith.com\/?p=5244"},"modified":"2023-04-25T18:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T18:15:31","slug":"is-affiliate-marketing-a-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellewordsmith.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/19\/is-affiliate-marketing-a-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Affiliate Marketing a Scam?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5244\" class=\"elementor elementor-5244\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9bd07d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9bd07d2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64156ce\" data-id=\"64156ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22cc2e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22cc2e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Affiliate Marketing?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a9432b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a9432b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Every product \/ service wants to reach and hopefully sell to more customers so they need to advertise to as many people as possible. Part of their advertising budget is an affiliate program.\u00a0 As an affiliate marketer, products or services are promoted and when someone makes a purchase the affiliate marketer is paid a commission.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a20675d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a20675d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd73062\" data-id=\"cd73062\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1262832 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1262832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does affiliate marketing work?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30aea41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30aea41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To become an affiliate marketer:<\/p><ol><li>\u00a0Find a product or service to promote<\/li><li>\u00a0Join the affiliate program to get a unique link<\/li><li>\u00a0Promote the product\u00a0 or service using the unique link<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9669685 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9669685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When a purchase is made using the unique link, the affiliate marketer gets a commission.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-032f2b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"032f2b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Affiiate-Marketing-2.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5247\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Affiiate-Marketing-2.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Affiiate-Marketing-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Affiiate-Marketing-2.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fee0bdd elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fee0bdd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4de6ab2\" data-id=\"4de6ab2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be08579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be08579\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Two Takeaways from this article:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol><li><strong>IF<\/strong> Affiliate Marketing is a scam<\/li><li>Scams to watch out for related to Affiliate Marketing<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e306c78 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e306c78\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af6c68a\" data-id=\"af6c68a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c99a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c99a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can you Earn Money in Affiliate Marketing?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483cbf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"483cbf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>YES!\u00a0<\/strong> Affiliate Marketing isn&#8217;t a scam. You can earn money in many different ways thru affiliate marketing. The most common way to earn money is by promoting products\/services and earning commissions. This is the &#8216;bread and butter&#8217; of affiliate marketing. If the business is set up correctly, affiliate marketing provides passive recurring income.\u00a0 Another way to earn money in affiliate marketing is by setting up a course to teach methods of affiliate marketing.\u00a0 Other people take the skills they&#8217;ve learned such as\u00a0 SEO (Search Engine Optimization), copywriting, or website creation to work for corporations as part of their affiliate program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92812e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"92812e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Affliate-Marketing-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-5246\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Affliate-Marketing-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Affliate-Marketing-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Affliate-Marketing-1.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Affliate-Marketing-1.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e397d26 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e397d26\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8d377d\" data-id=\"e8d377d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b7be7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b7be7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scams Related to Affiliate Marketing<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3bbb5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3bbb5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Paying to be part of an affiliate program<\/span> &#8211; Becoming part of a affiliate program should be <strong>FREE<\/strong> as you will be promoting a product\/service for a commission. Some programs will have a screening process &#8211; reviewing your website, asking for information about the size of your mailing list, asking how you plan to promote the product\/service, and requiring you to accept the terms and conditions of their affiliate program. A legitimate affiliate program won&#8217;t ask you for payment to join.<\/p>\n<p>2.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Promoting products\/services that don&#8217;t exist or of low quality<\/span> &#8211; RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH.&nbsp; If you decide to promote product\/service research to ensure it exists. Also research to find out the customer satisfaction rating of the product\/service. It is highly recommended that you don&#8217;t promote a product\/service that you don&#8217;t have personal knowledge of or can&#8217;t verify as this will damage your reputation.&nbsp; Becoming part of affiliate marketing means that people will make purchases based on trust and if people can&#8217;t trust you, they won&#8217;t purchase products\/services that you&#8217;re promoting.<\/p>\n<p>3. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It&#8217;s a &#8216;Get-Rich-Quick&#8217; Solution<\/span> &#8211; you can make quick money but if you want to create a business with passive recurring income, you&#8217;ll need to earn the money by working hard.&nbsp; You will be the CEO of your business and need to hold yourself accountable for the health of the business.&nbsp; Being involved in affiliate marketing will require understanding data, marketing, and being the spokesperson of your business.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ba4d69 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ba4d69\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76097e0\" data-id=\"76097e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac6411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fac6411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In Closing<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-082135f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"082135f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Affiliate Marketing isn&#8217;t a scam but a legitimate on-line business.\u00a0 Like any business, being involved with affiliate marketing means treating it like a business.\u00a0 The more work you put in, the more money you will earn. Also like a business,\u00a0 responsible business owners need to be mindful of their reputation and keep up to date on trends and data.\u00a0 To keep a business relevant, keep learning and be willing to adapt to market trends.\u00a0 Being an on-line business it can be run from anywhere with an internet connection and provide <strong>FINANCIAL FREEDOM.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Affiliate Marketing? Every product \/ service wants to reach and hopefully sell to more customers so they need to advertise to as many people as possible. 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