shareasale.com www.amazon.com ("join affiliates" link at the bottom)

Goto those sites, apply as a publisher, then once you are approved look for companies that fit the particular genre of website or blog that you are running.

EG: If your website or blog is about finances and credit, then goto www.commissionjunction.com and do a search for credit card affiliate programs. Sign up and apply for a few, then if you are approved, cut and paste the special affiliate code link onto your website or blog into a place that you think people would click. Don't make it too obvious, otherwise it will look like SPAM. I

Making money off the Internet today is akin to the Gold Rush days in California in the 1800's. When both eras were in their early stages, the streets were literally and figuratively paved with gold. At Sutter's Mill California, you could literally walk down a stream and pick up gold nuggets lying at the bottom. Back in the early "Dot Com" days, you could have started a website.

After the initial "rush" was over, there were two types of people who were still making money. Guys like George Hearst, who spent millions of dollars buying up small time mines and consolidating them, and companies like Google, who respectively did the same.

The other type of person in both eras that was still able to eek out a living was the savvy individual who knew he could not compete with the "big boys", yet focused his efforts and energies on cornering a particular genre or market and was still highly successful.

Enter affiliate marketing.

With the advent of Adsense from Google and a host of other companies, affiliate marketing has become a multi-BILLION dollar a year business. Companies like www.fatwallet.com and www.slickdeals.net make millions of dollars every year on affiliate marketing.

What is affiliate marketing exactly? Affiliate marketing is simply owning a website or blog, then placing advertisements for another company (like bestbuy.com or amazon.com) in a place where people who visit your website or blog, would likely click on. After the visitor to your website clicks on an affiliate link and then makes a purchase at that website, your account is credited a commission. Usually it is anywhere from 2%-7% of the total purchase, but in some cases can be as high as $28 to $150 dollars.

How does one exactly start an "affiliate website"?

First off and foremost, you need a website or blog. Websites like www.wordpress.com will give you a free blog, and www.godaddy.com will provide you with a domain name and hosting (if you pay for it).

Then you need to add relevant content to your website or blog. Let's say you have a real interest in credit and finances. You would write up a few short articles about finances and credit cards, and design your webpage or blog with information that people would want to read about.

Once your content is in place, you now need to become an affiliate. There are many companies to work with, some of the biggies are:

www.commissionjunction.com www.linkshare.com www.performics.com www.shareasale.com www.amazon.com ("join affiliates" link at the bottom)

Goto those sites, apply as a publisher, then once you are approved look for companies that fit the particular genre of website or blog that you are running.

EG: If your website or blog is about finances and credit, then goto www.commissionjunction.com and do a search for credit card affiliate programs. Sign up and apply for a few, then if you are approved, cut and paste the special affiliate code link onto your website or blog into a place that you think people would click. Don't make it too obvious, otherwise it will look like SPAM. In

pectively did the same.

The other type of person in both eras that was still able to eek out a living was the savvy individual who knew he could not compete with the "big boys", yet focused his efforts and energies on cornering a particular genre or market and was still highly successful.

Enter affiliate marketing.

With the advent of Adsense from Google and a host of other companies, affiliate marketing has become a multi-BILLION dollar a year business. Companies like www.fatwallet.com and www.slickdeals.net make millions of dollars every year on affiliate marketing.

What is affiliate marketing exactly? Affiliate marketing is simply owning a website or blog, then placing advertisements for another company (like bestbuy.com or amazon.com) in a place where people who visit your website or blog, would likely click on. After the visitor to your website clicks on an affiliate link and then makes a purchase at that website, your account is credited a commission. Usually it is anywhere from 2%-7% of the total purchase, but in some cases can be as high as $28 to $150 dollars.

How does one exactly start an "affiliate website"?

First off and foremost, you need a website or blog. Websites like www.wordpress.com will give you a free blog, and www.godaddy.com will provide you with a domain name and hosting (if you pay for it).

Then you need to add relevant content to your website or blog. Let's say you have a real interest in credit and finances. You would write up a few short articles about finances and credit cards, and design your webpage or blog with information that people would want to read about.

Once your content is in place, you now need to become an affiliate. There are many companies to work with, some of the biggies are:

www.commissionjunction.com www.linkshare.com www.performics.com www.shareasale.com www.amazon.com ("join affiliates" link at the bottom)

Goto those sites, apply as a publisher, then once you are approved look for companies that fit the particular genre of website or blog that you are running.

EG: If your website or blog is about finances and credit, then goto www.commissionjunction.com and do a search for credit card affiliate programs. Sign up and apply for a few, then if you are approved, cut and paste the special affiliate code link onto your website or blog into a place that you think people would click. Don't make it too obvious, otherwise it will look like SPAM. I

xactly? Affiliate marketing is simply owning a website or blog, then placing advertisements for another company (like bestbuy.com or amazon.com) in a place where people who visit your website or blog, would likely click on. After the visitor to your website clicks on an affiliate link and then makes a purchase at that website, your account is credited a commission. Usually it is anywhere from 2%-7% of the total purchase, but in some cases can be as high as $28 to $150 dollars.

How does one exactly start an "affiliate website"?

First off and foremost, you need a website or blog. Websites like www.wordpress.com will give you a free blog, and www.godaddy.com will provide you with a domain name and hosting (if you pay for it).

Then you need to add relevant content to your website or blog. Let's say you have a real interest in credit and finances. You would write up a few short articles about finances and credit cards, and design your webpage or blog with information that people would want to read about.

Once your content is in place, you now need to become an affiliate. There are many companies to work with, some of the biggies are:

www.commissionjunction.com www.linkshare.com www.performics.com www.shareasale.com www.amazon.com ("join affiliates" link at the bottom)

Goto those sites, apply as a publisher, then once you are approved look for companies that fit the particular genre of website or blog that you are running.

EG: If your website or blog is about finances and credit, then goto www.commissionjunction.com and do a search for credit card affiliate programs. Sign up and apply for a few, then if you are approved, cut and paste the special affiliate code link onto your website or blog into a place that you think people would click. Don't make it too obvious, otherwise it will look like SPAM. I

s.com will give you a free blog, and www.godaddy.com will provide you with a domain name and hosting (if you pay for it).

Then you need to add relevant content to your website or blog. Let's say you have a real interest in credit and finances. You would write up a few short articles about finances and credit cards, and design your webpage or blog with information that people would want to read about.

Once your content is in place, you now need to become an affiliate. There are many companies to work with, some of the biggies are:

www.commissionjunction.com www.linkshare.com www.performics.com www.shareasale.com www.amazon.com ("join affiliates" link at the bottom)

Goto those sites, apply as a publisher, then once you are approved look for companies that fit the particular genre of website or blog that you are running.

EG: If your website or blog is about finances and credit, then goto www.commissionjunction.com and do a search for credit card affiliate programs. Sign up and apply for a few, then if you are approved, cut and paste the special affiliate code link onto your website or blog into a place that you think people would click. Don't make it too obvious, otherwise it will look like SPAM. I

shareasale.com www.amazon.com ("join affiliates" link at the bottom)

Goto those sites, apply as a publisher, then once you are approved look for companies that fit the particular genre of website or blog that you are running.

EG: If your website or blog is about finances and credit, then goto www.commissionjunction.com and do a search for credit card affiliate programs. Sign up and apply for a few, then if you are approved, cut and paste the special affiliate code link onto your website or blog into a place that you think people would click. Don't make it too obvious, otherwise it will look like SPAM. Instead, try to integrate the affiliate links seamlessly so that it becomes one with the website.

Then submit your website to the search engines, and market your website in the best way you see fit.

You probably won't strike gold for a while, but after 4-5 months you should be making enough to at least pay for gas money for the month. With an hour or two per day and about five days per week you can reasonably see your site continue to grow and pave the road to lead you to the opportunity to quit your day job and live the life of leisure.