Affiliate marketing is signing up to promote someone elses product or service for a commission. The best part of earning affiliate income as an affiliate marketer, especially for newbies, is that generally you don’t need any special training or start-up funding.

To earn affiliate income as an affiliate marketer you mainly need to direct traffic to the product owner’s pitch page, allowing them to convert the prospect into a buyer.  The more targeted you are with your traffic promotions, the higher your conversion rate will be.

There are many things you can promote as an affiliate. On Amazon, for instance, you can promote anything tangible (and a few digital download to boot).  If you want to be in the paintball niche, you can include links using your Amazon associate (affiliate) ID to sell specific paintball guns, paintballs, and attire.

As I have mentioned before you can go to affiliate network sites like ClickBank or PayDotCom and get a unique affiliate ID to promote an endless supply of information products.

With affiliate marketing, you don’t have to worry about developing ideas and creating products.  You don’t have to deal with customer service follow-ups or continually process more products for the marketplace.

Alot of product owners provide a toolbox to help you sell their product.  The toolbox usually includes readymade emails, web reviews, and banner ads you can use with your own link embedded in them for instant success.

Most Internet marketers will eventually blur the lines of product owner and affiliate marketer.  Product owners continually use their list of buyers to promote affiliate items, and affiliates often build such a good reputation in a niche that they’re urged to come out with a product of their own.

There are really no limits to the amount of income you can earn as an affiliate marketer. You can market any number of niches and work as much or as little as you want.  Some affiliates earn six figures or more, but even a beginner affiliate can earn enough to pay the bills each month – and even have enough left over to take a vacation or buy a new pool.