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Affiliate marketing has become a popular method for making money online. By signing on to a company as an affiliate, you can sell their products and services without having to create any of your own. It usually requires little or no investment, and the overall risk is very small. You job is basically to promote and sell.

You can find affiliate programs easily. Go to Google and type in affiliate programs and you'll find pages of them. Check a few of them out. Be sure to look at some affiliate networks like Commission Junction or Clickbank. Most networks are free to join and provide a wide assortment of products to sell.

I think the best way to start is to promote a product that you actually own or use. If you've ever bought anything online you can check the product website to see if there is an affiliate program. If you're comfortable recommending this product to a friend of yours, you'll have little trouble selling it online.

In a typical affiliate setup, the merchant provides his or her affiliates with the tools and resources required to sell the product. The resources are usually some text, graphics, banners, instructions, and all kinds of things you can put on a website or into a blog. The merchant stands to gain from your success. They will usually help you in any way they can.

It's best to add a little bit of yourself into your sales literature. Tell your customers how you feel about using the product. What did it do for you? What will it do for them? Tell a story. Give examples. Let it come from your heart. If you put up a website or blog with the same sales letter as a thousand other websites, you're going to get lost in space. You need to tell your story.

Once you make a sale, you'll get a commission. Keep in mind that most merchants require a certain amount of commissions to be made before they cut you a check. They're not going to be sending you checks for $10. Be sure you find out the minimum so you avoid any disappointment.

Becoming an affiliate marketer is easy. To be a successful one is a bit harder. There is a lot of competition online, but that shouldn't scare you. Start small. You'll need to put up a small website or start with a blog. You can get a free one at blogger or wordpress. Learn about internet marketing as you go. You can start with the materials the merchant gives you. Keep in mind that there are millions of people using the internet. They can stop at your site just as easily as they stop anywhere else.

So there you have it. How simple was that? I'll leave you with one last thought. Even though you haven't started yet, think ahead. What does that mean? You want to be able to put yourself in a position to add more products and drop the ones that don't sell. This may mean developing a good content based website. It may mean several small mini-sites, or many blogs. Think about products that give you commissions every single month. Selling memberships to a subscription based website could give you ongoing commissions even though you made only one sale. Keep thinking and keep moving forward.

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