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Being an affiliate or associate marketer is often a difficult enterprise.  There is much more to learn than most of us anticipated when we first started.  And the learning curve can be so steep that many simply give up.

The most frequent difficulty among failed or failing affiliate marketing enterprises is buying magical, secret plans and not putting them into action to see if they actually work.  Some are no more than buyers; they don’t even read the books or watch the videos they buy.  I hope that you are among those who will remain committed over the long haul, constantly improving your knowledge base and actually applying what you learn by taking action.  If not, please just stop reading, because you’ll simply waste money, and your business will fail, regardless.  I’m sorry for being so blunt.

There are two resources for affiliate marketers that I include in my recommendations.  One of those is a new approach to article marketing that automatically forwards your articles to many blogs as well as traditional websites, not just those you run yourself.  This system is a very valuable membership website called My Article Network.  Here I’m going to focus upon one use to which an affiliate marketer can put it, although the previous link will deliver you to a lengthier description of how the entire system works and may benefit you.

If you write an article for distribution via one or more article directories, your link is limited to the author’s resource box, usually placed at the bottom of the content.  With this new system, you can put up to three links directly into the article itself.  Contextual links are much more effective.  Furthermore, the top article directories (those with the most traffic, which are most likely to show up in the search engine directories) will not allow you to place a direct affiliate link into even the resource box.  However, this new, vastly improved approach allow you to use affiliate links that will go directly to the vendor, without having to send your hard-won traffic to your own site first.  You can get a feel for the whole process by visiting the site for this unique article marketing approach that will pre-spin your article so that unique versions are distributed to websites and blogs within your niche from their membership of over 10,000 websites.

The other resource is a complete educational system established exclusively for affiliate marketers who are owners of various size businesses as well as those preparing for a career in affiliate management.  This is a completely revamped reissue of Anik Singal’s famous AffiliateClassroom.  Singal, who was named as one of four Business Week Magazine’s young entrepreneurs of 2008, has spent two years, along with his partner, revamping the critically acclaimed program to make it even more expansive and comprehensive.  I strongly urge you to sign up for the complete information before all the spaces are taken.  No joke, this will fill very quickly.

As I write this, the product has not yet launched, so all you can do is sign up on the squeeze page to be continually updated.  Depending upon when you read this article, it is possible that it will have already sold out.  Check to see if they have established a waiting list.  If so, sign up and hope that a space for you opens.

Anticipating a question that I would ask, yes, both of these have affiliate programs, but you can’t use your own affiliate links to purchase either membership.  You must sign up for both prior to gaining access to the affiliate programs.

Here are beginner pointers on how to earn extra money online:

- One of the most well-known work from home jobs is associate marketing. This is usually done through businesses which offer associate programs that you can interface with. Most famous companies have a host of well-known brands to offer to associate marketers. Selling other peoples’ goods and earning a percentage is the simplest way to get going.

– A straight-forward method of making money on the internet is to sell domain names. You can approach businesses which are already online and present to them a domain-name superior than the one they’ve got. If a business thinks your pertinent name would be useful for them, you can set to bargaining with them. If you’ve a flair for this kind of thing an eight dollar purchase can pay off big-time.

– Don’t just click on every ad you come across to find revenue resources; try to find networked groups of WAHMs (work-at-home moms) who have found success in making cash on the internet or off and ask them for advice. They can offer you some ideas about which programs are actually worth investing in. Investigate message-boards and forums. Some message-boards allow users to post hyperlinks in the body of a message. Be sure you research all the forum policies carefully before trying this, or you may be banned for spamming.

– Web success is easy; it just requires a plan. Most webmasters just try anything and everything, randomly. You can get in touch with a wide range of customers and communicate with anyone in the world, immediately. You can use your email opt-in list to send info about your special offers, products and newsletters; whatever you think your consumers want.

– If you have a site set up, you need to design it. All your site needs to include is a review page about your products with client testimonials declaring that each product works well and is worth buying into.

– Commit time to testing out different strategies in order to discover those that are the most effective. Choose a business type that you find agreeable and that you are keen on. Then get educated. Start your own blog or website. Build a mailing list. Replicated associate sites won’t provide that for you. Start with what you know.

– SEO (search-engine optimization) is the method by which you push your website up Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs). At least 80 per-cent of all internet traffic now begins at a search engine. You can employ an SEO expert, but choose carefully; a dodgy one can harm your rankings and get your website banned. Always read reviews on reputable webmaster forums. A top notch internet marketing company will investigate your server logs, web analytics, and any additional statistics they can get their mitts on. This helps the setting up and optimization of any ad campaign.

– One-way link building is a method to promote your web site. Paid links allow you to get listed in web directories that post high-ranking websites and offer links to your websites for a fee.

– Purchase a web address that’s very similar to to the affiliate marketing product you’re trying to promote. Do not, however, infringe on the copyright of a registered brand. That may annoy the brand owner.

– Blogs are great for accumulating interest, but don’t think you can get one famous in a few minutes. As a way into marketing, they are relatively fast and simple to create. Research web-based tutorials and related discussion boards. Or you can pay someone else to build the blog for you. At the moment a hosting account with Cpanel and Fantastico installed will let you to install a no-frills blog at the touch of a button.

I hope these few basic suggestions will be of some use to you in your marketing enterprise.

About the author: N. Svengali is an author for earn extra money and internet marketing web sites in London, Great Britain.