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The Constant Evolution Of Affiliate Marketing

Were you aware that affiliate marketing was in existence even before we really had internet affiliate marketing? Affiliate marketing is income sharing at its best, but to be exactly honest with you this concept has was in existence for many, many years. Revenue sharing is not more than giving other entities a commission for referring people to this business. By no means is this new to the world.

Think about it, how long have firms such as Mary Kay or the many of other similar firms that exist been around? The concept, though minorly different, is essentially the same. They pay their affiliates or consultants as many of them like to be named, a commission to get the word out about their firms.

To be honest with you, these firms were around before I even even knew what the web was all about or even had my first personal computer. Affiliate marketing on the web was first used with the adult industry. Those doing business in the adult industry would pay a commission to marketers as a pay per click type of deal.

online affiliate marketing started outside of the adult industry with the first non-adult website in 1994 with CDNow. With their program, web site owners were able to market various artists and their CD’s linking directly to CDNow and earning a commission on those sales.

The next stage in the Affiliate Evolution came when Amazon entered the scene. By allowing website owners to place text links or banners on their web pages, Amazon could boost profit and pay a commission to the website owners at the same time. Of course, these are the big names, but there were many others who had implemented differing forms of affiliate marketing.

In the following several years, you would find many firms jumping on the affiliate marketing train. Everyone from those with products to adult sites and even to gambling sites began to leverage the power of affiliates. They quickly learned that where others recommended their products or websites, profits were certain to follow.

At the same time, not only were they paying commissions to their old affiliates, but they were finding that other people wanted to join in on the fun as well and wanted to become affiliates themselves. This allowed the affiliate marketing industry to grow at an quick rate.

Today with blogs, communities, and the various technologies available to the world, affiliate marketing is growing and continues to change. To be honest, the Affiliate Evolution will likely continue for a long time, it will continue to growand realize better opportunities and methods. Now, we have the mobile phone which allows for greater exposure and business.

stop any time soon. In fact, look for it to take off in different directions as the world itself continues to change as well. The Affiliate Marketing Evolution continues.

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