PTC And Affiliate Marketing: Two-In-One Way To Make Money From Home

PTC or Pay-To-Click is a business model where site owners pay a PTC site (we’ll refer to this as SITE from hereon) to advertise for them. The SITE then gets people to join up and pays them a certain amount to view the ads. This is a very setup because the advertisers get their page views, the SITES get paid to advertise, and the SITE’s members (let’s refer to them as CLICKERS) get paid as well just to click on those ads. In other words, it’s profitable for all the parties involved.

PTC vs PPC
What is the difference between PTC and PPC? Just to make it clear, PTC refers to the act of clicking on ads to earn money. PPC (or Pay Per Click) refers to paying sites a certain amount when someone clicks on an ad. PPC is what a webpage owner does to drive traffic to his page. Let’s use an example for better understanding: Carlos has a web site about electronics and he wants to get traffic so he can make sales. He will then start up a PPC campaign with Yahoo. When a person clicks on the ad, he then gets charged for that click. I hope that makes sense.

So How Is Affiliate Marketing Tied Up With PTC?
When doing pay-to-click, you have the option of going at it alone. Of course, you shouldn’t expect to make much money overnight. Sincerely, it will take upwards of two(2) months before you can even ask for a payout from SITES that you are a member of. The smart thing to do is to recruit people to join under you as your downline. This is where affiliate marketing (let’s refer to this as AM) comes in. When you join in a SITE, you will be given your very own affiliate link. Advertise this link whenever you can. You may choose to utilize social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. You may e-mail your friends, relatives, etc. and include the link. Be creative, you need all the downlines you can recruit.

Why Do I Need Downlines?
Simple, once you have recruits, you make money from their clicks too! Some SITES may offer up to the third (3rd) level. Make certain you read the terms of agreement. What’s certain is, you will benefit a lot from having as many downlines as you can. Another option is to rent referrals, which means that you allot some of your earnings to pay for them.

So there you have it, how to make money at home just clicking on ads. And it introduces you to AM as well. It’s a affordable way to start in online marketing, and you don’t even need to really spend money at all to get started.

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