What is affiliate marketing?

[genuwine4532]

As others have said, Affiliate Marketing takes a knowledge of specific techniques and tools, BUT the most important thing is the motivation and dedication of believing in yourself and the hard work that it takes to reach success.

To accept the failures, and learn from them, and basically just DOING IT, and not letting anything deter you from your goals.

[Tired of Being Tired]

thankyou for your werds of wisdom. now , aside from a computer , what tangible things do I need to get started in this business??

[genuwine4532]

Originally Posted by Tired of Being Tired

thankyou for your werds of wisdom. now , aside from a computer , what tangible things do I need to get started in this business??

Well you need to start learning what it's about and most important HOW TO DO IT!, start with niche and niche research and then learn the relevance of keywords, that is a good start.

[diamonddollars77]

You will not be owning your own business unless you invest money into it. By means of a start up cost, or buying products yourself and re selling them, announcement or something along those lines. Owning a business is not free. I wrote some things down that might help you to see for yourself if this is a good business to get involved in, using my business as an example. If on the list it checks out (you may have to do some research) but if it all checks out, then you can chose to do it. IF it's a business, don't just try it. You need to devote time and effort into it and build it. If your going to just try a business, you will most likely fail!