If you want to find out all about affiliate marketing there is no better place than the net. The only problem is how to sift through all the garbage in order to find the hidden gem that will lead you to your millions. I can tell you one thing, it’s not an easy task and if you come across any site that tells you it is and promises to show you how to make it big time in affiliate marketing, give it a wide berth because it’s total BS.

That is your first lesson, nothing in life is easy when it comes to making money and that includes affiliate marketing so DON’T get sucked in.

You will get as much out of Affiliate marketing as you put into it so the more effort on your part the better the results.

Do not make the mistake of signing up for every single affiliate you come across as this will only diminish the amount of effort that you can focus on each individually.

Pick ones that you are passionate about as you will find those easier to promote.

Check the landing pages of your affiliate links because if they don’t ‘grab’ your attention how do you expect them to encourage those you send there to actually make a purchase or to sign up to whatever they are offering. After all, you can do all the hard work to get people to your site and click on a link but if the landing page absolutely sucks you have just wasted all that effort. So, before you begin promoting any affiliate check to see exactly where you are sending your prospective customers.

Don’t always join the biggest affiliates thinking they will lead to greater profits. Sometimes the smaller affiliates provide better customer service with a higher level of affiliate paraphernalia.

Don’t bullshit your prospective customers. Be honest with them and you will have a greater chance of converting their visit to a prospective click.

Truth be told, I can by no means be called an affiliate marketer. I am a simple Aussie blogger who’s main aim is to blog for fame and fortune. However, I have in my travels stumbled upon a blog that does seem to have a handle on affiliate marketing and this particular post, JR’s Internet Marketing Strategies, is a good place for those who want to get started in this facet of internet marketing.

Just the other day I was reading a post titled 50 Social Bookmarking Sites. What Are The Top 5-10 Most Popular? The intention of the post was to get the commentators opinion on the subject, so that the author could make up his mind as to which ones to include when he installs his latest social bookmarking plugin.

I was the only one that mentioned Blog Engage and I find that quite surprising. You see, there is one thing that sets Blog Engage apart from most of the other bookmarking sites. Let me quote you an important portion of the Blog Engage FAQ.

Blog Engage, allows you to submit your Blog Article(s) that will be reviewed by all and will be promoted, based on popularity, to the main page. When a user submits a new Blog Article(s) it will be placed in the “upcoming blog ” area until it gains sufficient votes to be promoted to the main page.

The ideal of Blog Engage is to promote interaction between bloggers by “Engaging” with each other’s blogs. Interaction that builds up quality comments and interactive discussions!

Can you see the main difference? Most of the other popular sites actually frown on you submitting your own post! Some will even penalize you or cancel your account, I know because I had it done to me. Not Blog Engage as Brian, the owner, wants you to submit those posts that you think are worthy to be appraised by your blogging peers. Naturally you can also submit posts from other bloggers that you want to share with the rest of the blogosphere.

Out of all the sites that I am a member of I can honestly say that Blog Engage is my favorite and the one that I use over and above all the others put together. I have even installed the WordPress plugin so that I can display it’s voting button on all my posts.

Another important point is that Brian is constantly scrutinizing the site to make sure that all submitted content is of of good quality and that no-one spams the site. Don’t be surprised if he actually votes on your post either or if he actually visits your blog and leaves a comment as he is well known for leaving his personal touch.

Not a member yet? It’s really easy to join, just vote on this post.

I reckon that there aren’t too many people out there who haven’t heard of Derek Gehl. This is the man who is recognized as being one of the top Internet marketers on the planet. He knows when he has a good product and he knows how to market it. It seems that Derek is on a mission to get people to come by his

blog and tell me what their #1 barrier to making money on the Internet is. In exchange, I’ve offered to help them overcome it, with a TON of FREE training.

He actually sent me an email so that I can notify all my friends of his offer, but I thought I would take it one step further and post it on some of my blogs, as this would give the message maximum exposure. I have adapted parts of the message, in red,  so that I could post it on the blog.

Hi You Lucky Gun You,

The other day, I sent you an email offering you FREE help
overcoming your #1 barrier to making money online. (Oops Sorry, the idea of posting it only just came to me)

To get it, all you need to do is visit Internet marketing
guru Derek Gehl’s live survey, and share your BIGGEST challenge.

Since I sent that last email, Derek’s been FLOODED with 1,000s
of submissions! Was yours one of them? (Damn, I knew I should have posted this earlier)

If not, why not?!

This is your opportunity to have Derek help you overcome your #1
success-killing obstacle for free! He’s going to review all the
submissions, and then provide a TON of FREE training and help to
as many people as *possible*.

Heck, he’s even going to bribe you with a free gift to get you
to participate!

So if you haven’t responded yet, you’re either…

*Already* massively successful and don’t NEED any help.
(If so, well done, and keep up the good work!)

Or you’re afraid to face your challenge head-on, and will
continue to struggle with poor results.

*Whatever* the reason, if you still want Derek to help you
succeed — for FREE — just go to his survey, at:

http://blog.internetmarketing.com/tellderek/872529

When you get there, spend a few minutes reading the other
submissions.

I bet you’ll be shocked to see how many OTHER people are facing
the SAME challenges you are! You’re not alone…

All the best,

Peter

P.S. Last I heard, Derek was thinking about shutting down the
live survey in the next couple of hours, due to the overwhelming
number of submissions he’s getting. So if you want his help,
you need to submit your #1 barrier to success right away:

http://blog.internetmarketing.com/tellderek/872529

Well, that’s it. The rest is up to you.