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As some of you may know, I’m in the midst of moving to a new home. It’s only a couple of buildings over, so we didn’t need to rent a truck or hire movers, but it does mean we are making use of the two-week overlap between homes to move. That is why I didn’t quite get around to posting something last Monday. In fact, as I write this (on a Sunday), I’m sitting in a room that only has my desk and computer in it. All my stuff is already settled into my new office — but the Internet won’t be turned on there until Monday (tomorrow for me, today for you … isn’t WordPress’s scheduling feature handy?).

Anyway, because of the move and because of all the time I spent working on Turbo-Charge Your Marketing last week (www.marketingturbocharge.com/blog, I don’t really have much time to write this week’s post. So, I pulled one out from one of my guest speakers, Alicia M. Forest. I hope you like it.

5 Simple Steps to a Website That Makes Sales

By Alicia Forest

Is your website producing leads for you or is it just sitting out there in cyberpace looking pretty? Obviously, you want your website to work for you to generate leads and make sales, not just be a pretty brochure for your business.

Here are 5 simple ways you can make your website make more sales for you.
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What exactly is affiliate marketing? Affiliate marketing is the single fastest growth industry on the Internet. Why?

Because it is an easy way to add additional streams of income to you current business. And, because it can be an easy way to make money and have a career on the Internet all on its own.

Affiliate marketing is the revenue sharing between online advertisers (and merchants) and online salespeople. Compensation and pay is based on performance measures, normally in the form of clicks, sales, and registrations. Simply put, affiliate marketing is selling products on a commission basis. You advertise and sell products for other companies. You may have a product of your own to begin with or not.

Affiliate marketing has been a contributor to the rise of many companies online, including Amazon.com. Amazon.com was one of the first adopters of affiliate marketing, and now has thousands of affiliate relationships. Those affiliates help drive sales for Amazon in return for a “piece of the action.”

The things that a successful affiliate marketer must have are:
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