An overview on Affiliate Marketing

This kind of marketing involves the marketing of goods and services owned by  another or company. You [ the affiliate marketer ] register or sign up with the company as an affiliate , you then go- ahead to advertise the company’s products using your website or a sub site given you by the company. When  customers buy any product through you [ the affiliate marketer ] , you get a commission on the sales made. The more customers or visitors you are able to advertise to , the more the chances of sales and the more your commission.

In some affiliate programs you will need to have a personal website to display the adverts of the company you are marketing for. The company normally will give you link to use in your advert so that when a visitor or customer clicks the link from your website the company’s website will be opened , and through the link the company will be able to know you are the one that directed the customer to the site. If the customer purchases any product you will be paid the agreed commission.

On the other hand , you will be given a sub site in the company’s website and the link to that sub site  will be given to you. Your customers can have access to the company’s products through the sub site [ a site inside a main website with the same look ].

You can sign up with Google and other advertising sites in order to direct high traffic of visitors and customers to your site. As you know you pay to advertise.

With affiliate marketing , you don’t bother yourself on what product to market. You just go ahead to market as many products the company has. You can register with as many websites that have affiliate programs. You can as well do much offline advertisement by the use of Handbills, Postals , Newspaper/Magazines, Television, Radio ,etc.

One of the best places [ websites] where you can affiliate programs is the CLICKBANK .Log on to www.clickbank.com. Sign up with them and go to their ‘’market place ‘’,  here you will get thousands of affiliate websites. With click bank , your account is secure. Click bank pays you into your ckick bank’s account when you make sales with any of the affiliate websites. When your account gets to a withdrawable level , you can cash it .

Below is a list of some websites that offer affiliate programs :

·         www.sitesell.com/excellite.html

·         www.clickbank.com

·         www.888.com

·         www.forex.affiliate.com

·         www.doublingstocks.com

·         www.eurobingo.com

·         www.waverevenue.com

·         www.coprosper.com,etc

Most affiliate programs are free to join since you are needed to help them to make more sales.

How to make use of a Credit/Debit card

The credit card is the technological brain behind the payment for goods and services without out the use of physical cash. It is a plastic payment instrument that is controlled by a software linked with Banks and other financial institutions. I see it as an online currency since it is a legal tender.

The credit card is supposed to be for worldwide use , but there are some restrictions to its use in some countries. Some of the reasons are :

·         Fraud

·         Technological incapabilities

·         Maintenance

·         Underdevelopment

                                                         

                                                              Credit Card VS Nigeria

Plastic payment system has recently entered Nigeria due to our progress in technological development and standardization of our Banking system in the recent years. We have now got ATMs in our Banks for cashing money with the use of ATM cards.

Some Banks in Nigeria now have MasterCard one of the best credit card worldwide commonly used in the U.S. You can use this card to order for goods and services via the internet from any part of the world where MasterCard is available.

MasterCard and Visa Card are considered as the best and trusted Credit/Debit cards in the world. Some other credit card-issuing companies work in collaboration with either of these card’s companies to process payments.

Here in Nigeria, ECO Bank was the first bank to run the issuance of MASTERCARD , after which some other Banks started,like Zenith bank, GT bank ,etc. B       y information from the papers, Zenith Bank has been licensed to run branches in the UK. By this , ther won’t be any more fears in the use of MasterCard from the Bank to shop internationally.

Nigerian Banks have been considered the fastest growing in Africa. I think all kudos go to Prof Charles Soludo.

Note that it is not cheap to acquire MasterCard here in Nigeria. Most Banks that issue that card will need you to have up to #45,000 to #50,000 in your account to qualify for applying for the card. But in countries like U.S, CANADA, in EUROPE, etc. you can get the card with $100.00 and even less. Well not to worry, you know we are still growing up.

                                        Getting  a  U.S Credit Card

There are possible ways you can get a U.S Credit/Debit card here in Nigeria that will not cost you morethan the $60.00 not by fraud as some do, but legally.

The benefit of Internet to Education

In this world of rapid growth , through high technological advancement  , the internet has been able to help the educational aspect of life. One can fully go through schooling processes online . There are so many programs [ Educational ] you can study online , You enroll online , study online after which you graduate as a real graduate. Your certificates are shipped to you in your country.

In the aspect of studying , there are a thousand and one tutorials you can access online to study any course or subject you desire. The internet has linked the spacious gab between all nations and continents. You can study abroad without leaving your country.

I see the internet as a worldwide library where you can get books or materials on any subject to study. There is no longer excuse of ‘ I don’t have textbook to study’. You don’t have textbook, go online.

To get free materials or free books to study online , just use one of the search engines to search. Google is used by most students. In google search box, just type the topic you want to study on and click search. Google will display so many links to websites where you can study on that topic. Assuming you want to study on ‘’ BACTERIA ‘’ , you can use this topic to search : Type ‘’free tuitorials on bacteria ‘’ . This  topic is very targeted. Google will in no time display links for you to choose from

Mind you , even if you have the textbooks  still make sure you study online to have wider view on the particular subject.

The various Navigation/keyboard shortcuts you should know

Navigation is one of the major tasks involved in browsing. It involves the movements you make  from one place to another within a webpage , from one web page to another in the same website or  from one website to another. Below are some of the keyboard shortcuts :

ACTIONS [ On keyboard ]                                         FUNCTIONS

F5                                                                                To refresh or reload the current webpage        

F6  [ long press ]                                                         To activate the address in the address bar to load                                                                                      faster.

ALT + Tab                                                                   To quickly move to the next application  or next                                                                                      explorer window.

Ctrl + H                                                                       To view the browser’s history; showing all the                                                                                      sites that have been visited from the  current                                                                                            day back to previous week if not deleted from                                                                                         history.

Ctrl + W                                                                       To close the current browser window .

Ctrl + A                                                                        To highlight all texts or object on a page.

Ctrl + P                                                                         To print a document .

Ctrl + F                                                                         To find an existing word on the current page.

Ctrl + T                                                                         To open another browser window on the same                                                                                         page [ mostly for Mozilla browser and some                                                                                             version of Explorer ].

Ctrl + Enter                                                                   To add ‘ www. ‘ and ‘.com ‘ at the beginning                                                                                            and ending of a word [ a domain name ].                                                                          

Ctrl + Z                                                                         To undo an action.

Ctrl + Y                                                                         To redo an action.

Alt + F                                                                           To open the file menu.

Alt + E                                                                           To open the edit menu.

Ctrl + X                                                                          To cut highlighted text or objects.

Ctrl + C                                                                          To copy an object or text

Ctrl + V                                                                          To paste a copied or cut text or object

Ctrl + B                                                                          To bolden a typed  and highlighted text

Ctrl + U                                                                          To Underline a typed an highlighted text.

Ctrl + I                                                                            To Itilize a typed and highlighted text.

Delete                                                                             (1) To erase a highlighted text or object at   once.                                                                                                               (2) To erase texts one after the other when the                                                                                                                      cursor is placed at the front of the texts.

Backspace                                                                           (1) To erase texts one after the other when the                                                                                                    cursor appears at the back of thetexts.                                                                                             (2) Press once to move topreviouslyvisited web