How To Work At Home As An Ad Poster
So what exactly is an ad poster? In essence an ad poster is
basically anyone involved in a free affiliate program. An
affiliate program is when a company pays someone like yourself
to spread the word about their website, product or service. This
is done by providing you with a free website that will be
similar to the company's website. The website that they provide
will have information on the product, service, etc that the
company wants you to advertise. This website will also be the
means in which the company will be able to track how much to pay
you. The ads you post should always include the address of your
website. You will then be able to go to the company's website
and track how much money your free affiliate website has
produced.
You can post ads with your affiliate website by using flyers,
cold calling, or my personal favorite placing ads on free
websites on the internet. Usually the parent company will even
give you the ads to use and other marketing material. Either
case the key is to spread the word to as many people as possible
so that you can earn as much money as you can.
So How Do You Earn Money?
Well the company doesn't expect you to advertise their website,
product or service for free. Prior to posting ads for the
company, they set up an agreement with you usually via a form on
their website. The agreement basically states that you advertise
their site, product or service and they will pay you a set
amount of money per sale or lead. They promise to pay you by
check, paypal or direct deposit, every such week, month or day.
Enrolling as an affiliate with a company is totally free. They
want as many people advertising for their company so they will
never charge you for the privilege of helping them make more
money.
What's The Difference Between Sales And Lead Based Affiliate
Programs?
Sale based affiliate programs are a bit harder but pay more. The
expectation for the company on a sales based affiliate program
is that you not only introduce others to a given website,
product or service, but that the person actually buys what is
being offered. If the person visits the website and doesn't
purchase a product you don't get paid. But if they do the
company will give you a percentage of the sale, which can range
from 1% - 80% depending on the company. That can be anywhere
from a few dollars to several thousand dollars.
Lead based affiliate programs are much easier in my experience
but usually pay less. A lead is basically when you've spread the
word about a company's product, service or website and someone
decides to inquire more information and this is usually done via
visiting the companies website and filling out a form. That's
right, companies will pay you for having people just fill out a
form without purchasing anything. Why you may ask? Well it will
be much easier for a company to sell a product or service to
prospects who have actively taken the time to fill out a form
for more information. It gives the company's sales people hot
prospects that they can sell easier to because these people
already have shown an interest. Companies will pay a few cents
per lead up to $25 depending on the type of lead.
The best scenario is a company that allows for both pay per lead
and sale. If not it's good to join some companies that are pay
per lead and others that may be pay for sale. This way you
double the amount of money you can be earning.
How To Get Started
Affiliate programs can be found on most websites at the bottom
of their homepage or anywhere on the page that reads affiliate
or partner with us. Do a search for "affiliate programs" in
google and you'll find several companies.
After you've located a program you like, just sign up as an
affiliate. The company will then give you ads, links and banners
to use. Then just do a search on google for free classifieds,
message boards or forums. Visits these sites and post your ads
for your affiliate programs. You should start seeing some sign
ups relatively soon.
Do this several times a day, every day. You'll soon be on your
way to making a decent living as an ad poster. However if you
really want to see some big money, spend some money on
advertising your affiliate websites on WebPages related towards
your affiliate program. If your affiliate program is about dogs,
then you want to google sites geared towards dogs and pay for
advertising your affiliate website on the top sites you find.
Chances are other people will find these top sites when looking
for dogs and when they visit these sites your ad will be there.
So now put this into practice.