Affiliate Marketing:
- An agreement between two sites in which the affiliate agrees to feature content or an ad designed to drive traffic to another site. In return, the affiliate earns a commission for referring clicks, leads, or sales to a merchant.
Funny…it sounds so simple when put this way! Remember this very basic definition while getting your stuff ready for Affiliate Summit! For all the datafeeds, dynamic content, widgets, blogs, niche sites, and everything else that’s wrapped up into affiliate marketing – this is the meat and potatoes definition.
The rest is just jargon 😉
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Glossary Definition From ABC’s of Online Marketing by Alexandra Wharton, Issue 22, Revenue Magazine
