Affiliate Marketing is a practice in which a business pays an “affiliate” commission based on the number of sales generated by the work of the affiliates. Websites, emails, blogs, and articles containing links to a vendor’s webpage are some of the most effective means of affiliate marketing. Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace have made this practice even more practical.   The origins of revenue sharing for referred e-commerce began with companies like PC Flowers and Gifts and Amazon.com in the early 1990’s. Many more companies have joined in since then to … [Read more...]