| Yes, there are legitimate ways to make money | | | | utilized one of the many legitimate ways to make |
| online. The trouble these days is knowing what's | | | | money online. |
| legitimate and what's nothing more than pure | | | | John is now an Affiliate Marketer. He is an affiliate |
| hype. By searching Google, or another one of the | | | | of the merchant offering the product for sale. |
| main search engines, literally a ton of results will | | | | John does not have to inventory the product, or |
| appear. Each one more promising than the last. | | | | ship the product, or even take the order himself. |
| But who can be trusted? | | | | He simply provides a link, on his website, allowing |
| The first question a person should ask themselves | | | | his visitors the option to visit the product site and |
| is whether or not they are trying to build a | | | | decide for themselves whether or not to |
| business, one that will provide a legitimate income, | | | | purchase. |
| or is making a few bucks here and there o.k.? In | | | | This is the beauty of Affiliate Marketing. Now, |
| the latter case, nearly anything is possible, if a | | | | with all of that being said there is much more to |
| person just wants to make a few bucks here | | | | the equation. A few of the tools to be mastered |
| and there. But, in the former case one needs to | | | | are SEO (Search Engine Optimization), website |
| look a little deeper, and think about how they can | | | | construction, blogging, social networking, article |
| build a long-term, predictable income stream from | | | | writing, PPC (Pay Per Click) advertising, newsletter |
| the internet. | | | | marketing, list building, and ORM (Online Reputation |
| If the goal is to build an actual business, a great | | | | Management) to name a few. |
| place to start is Internet Marketing. Simply put, | | | | For the aspiring Internet Marketer the choices are |
| Internet Marketing is the marketing of products | | | | endless. And it's hard to know where to turn. |
| or services over the Internet. So what if a | | | | Every product and service seems to promise |
| person has no products or services to market | | | | instant riches. So, in order to distinguish between |
| over the internet? Enter Affiliate Marketing. | | | | the legitimate ways to make money online and |
| Affiliate Marketing is a sub category of Internet | | | | the scammers, do the due diligence. Check out |
| Marketing. In other words, it's one type of | | | | forums where members review products. Do a |
| Internet Marketing, and it is an extremely | | | | search for "Affiliate Program Reviews". Contact |
| attractive way for new marketers to start | | | | the program administrator directly, see what kind |
| building their business. Here's how it works. John | | | | of response they provide. |
| has a website about weight loss. He is very | | | | A newcomer could easily spend a fortune trying |
| interested in weight loss, and provides a ton of | | | | to educate themselves on all aspects of Internet |
| useful information to his readers. If John then | | | | Marketing, and never earn their first dollar. Please, |
| adds a link to a weight loss product on his | | | | do the homework and find out which ones |
| website, and a visitor clicks that link, and makes a | | | | provide legitimate ways to make money online |
| purchase, John gets a commission. John has | | | | and which ones are scams. It really can be done! |