... ad-copy, banners, and sometimesdatafeeds of their entire inventory. They also tell you whattheir best sellers are and give you exclusive coupons to offeryour customers. How do you find an affiliate program? Three of the biggest "brokers" for these affiliate programsinclude cj.com, linkshare.com and clickbank.com. It's easy toapply, get approved, and get started. You don't have to dealwith customers, inventory, shipping, or returns. All you do isrefer a customer to the compan...

...y and they in turn reward you witha referral fee or commission when a sale is made. Many companiesalso offer residual income opportunities where you will earnmonth after month. This is common with membership sites such asemail autoresponders or dating sites. How do I choose a program? Think about the things that you are best at, things you enjoy.Start writing them down, sharing them with your friends andfamily. You should research the popularity of some of yourinterests. Try to determine if people are buying that product orservice online. Look through the affiliate directory. They arecategorized by the most popular subjects. In cj.com, all youneed to do is type in a keyword like "cars" and a list ofaffiliates with products and services related to cars will bepresented to you. Start Marketing Your Campaign. The reason affiliate programs are so great is that you only needto focus on marketing. Many affiliate programs have informationon how to market and give you tools such as banners, productfeeds and more. You can also look for other information onmarketing including writing articles, creating pay-per-clickcampaigns, commenting in online forums etc. Here is a short list of what you will need to get started on theright foot. Visa or MasterCard To start and advertise your business, you will need a creditcard to open up advertising accounts with google and yahoo. Ifyou don't have a credit card, you can get a prepaid visa. All you do is fill out the online application, thenthey will mail a real visa or mastercard to you. Take the cardto a local dealer where you give them cash and that will be yourline of credit. $11.95/ month - A domain name and hosting account. A domain name is the name of your website i.e.www.yourdomain.com. Try to get a domain name that will representwhat you will be selling. If you are not sure about that at thispoint, you can pick a more generic domain name, but keep itshort and easy to remember. Something like "Smith-Enterprises"will do. Hosting is where your website will stored and seen online. Yahoo has a small business center where you can get both yourhosting and domain name in one place. They also have sitebuilding and design tools to help the beginner make greatlooking websites. $300 - Advertising expenses for Pay Per Click Search EngineMarketing After you have your website setup, you will need to advertisethe products and services that you have chosen to sell. Pay PerClick is basically the fastest way to generate instant targettedtraffic to your website. Setup accounts with google.com adwordsand yahoosearch marketing. They will display your ads on their searchpage based on the information people are looking for. Forexample, if someone types in "dating online" and you have an adtargeted for dating, then google will show your ad usually onthe right side of their search results. You've probably seen these ads many times while you were doingyour own research. Before spending any money on advertising, youneed to read PerryMarshalls free Adwords course. In this course, he gives youtips on how to write ads, research keywords, and lower youradvertising costs. Also review Google's terms of servicecarefully. Generally speaking, you are not allowed to advertiseanything illegal, gambling or prescriptions. Google alsoprovides you with a wealth of information and tools to get youstarted. Now all you need to do is design your short text ad that willdisplay in Google and your "landing page". The text ad consistsof 3 lines and a link to your landing page. The landing page isa page on your website that Google will send your potentialcustomers identified by the link in your ad. Here is a simple example of a text ad in Google. New Widgets On Sale!Incredible savings on a hugeselection. Free shipping available.www.yoursite.com/landingpage.htm On your landing page, you will have a description of theproduct, banners and/or coupons, and other information that willhelp pre-sell the item with links to the affiliates productpage. You need to do your best here at selling the customerbefore he/she goes to the affiliate. Do an in-depth review,showing why this product or service is better than it'scompetitors. If you use the product yourself, give examples ofhow it improved your quality of life or helped you finish aproject faster. Testimonials from satisfied customers are alsovery powerful. As you gain experience marketing you will make adjustments andyou will be on your way to a fabulous income! For more information about becomming a "Super Affiliate" youshould read the "Super Affiliate Handbook". An amazing true story of how onewoman, with no previous business experience, earns $435,000+ peryear.