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The Ideal Sales Option for Small Businesses, Especially Small Manufacturers

By John Aberle | affiliate marketing , Internet Marketing

Here’s a number to make any small manufacturer or small business take note: Clickbank has paid affiliates over $1,294,388,522 in the company’s ten years in business. I captured this figure Friday, June 26, 2009, 11:08 PM PDT. Marketing Sherpa reported in their Affiliate Summit 2006 Wrap-Up Report that commissions would reach $6.5 billion in 2006. Those figures demonstrate the huge impact this form of Internet marketing has.

This is a way to add a sales organization of commission-only salespeople! Affiliate marketing offers a solution that small manufacturers are looking for. How do you get sales help when your average sale is so small that you can’t attract an independent rep, and you’re too small to afford a sales team of your own? Turn to Internet marketing and specifically to affiliate marketing.

Initially, I thought of affiliate marketing was only for digital products. After all, Clickbank specializes in digital product sales. Also, the first money I earned on the Internet came as a result of promoting First Step Internet Marketing to my friends and business associates. However, as I thought about it, I saw that the system to do affiliate marketing applies wonderfully to any manufacturer and to any small business.

As I looked deeper, I found Continue reading