Well, you’re sick of your 9-5 and your boss. You are ready to be your own boss and make your own decisions. You have an internet business idea and you are thinking that it is time to start your own internet business.

You’ve heard of Internet marketing; but you really think of it as tons of online scams. You’ve heard success stories but don’t know where to start. You have heard stories of people who have been scammed out of thousands of dollars. And you have “internet marketing gurus” telling you that you can make thousands and thousands of dollars tomorrow if you buy their product.

Well, I can see how confused you are before you even start. But, I am going to tell you the easiest way to start making money online.

Affiliate Marketing.

Affiliate marketing is about becoming an affiliate of someone else’s product and selling it.

In my opinion, this is the easiest way to get started because you don’t have to spend time or money to create your own product and you can get started today. If you know of a product that your friends or family can use, simply sign up for that product’s affiliate program and ask them to purchase it through your affiliate link.

That’s a great way to start. Once you have some success with family and friends. You can start getting people online you don’t know to buy through your links. Some great ways to start this are;

Create a product review page. You can invest in your own website and create your review page. But, if you’re not willing to put up the funds right now, you can create your review page on a free blogging website. There are so many you can use:

• blog
• wordpress
• Tumblr
• calamardo
• hubpages

Those are just a few. After creating your website explaining what your affiliate product does and how it can help your potential customers, you need to start promoting your site.

Here are some ways to promote your site.

1. Forums- Find forums that are in your affiliate product niche and add a link to their website in your forum signature box. You can also find a discussion forum in your niche and add a link to your site.

two . Article directories- You can write articles and submit them to article directories like EzineArticles. If the affiliate product you are promoting is about weight loss, you should write tons of articles on weight loss and add a link to your website in your author box. I would recommend writing at least 1 article a day and submitting it. But if you can do more than 1, go for it. You will not regret.

3. Video- This is really simple. You can turn your articles into a PowerPoint presentation and make a video out of them. You can add images about your product to the presentation to make it more interesting. In the video description, be sure to add a link to your site or directly to your affiliate link.

Four. Pay Per Click Advertising- You can pay for advertising from Google, Yahoo or MSN/Bing to drive targeted customers to your site. I really don’t recommend this way for new internet marketing beginners, but it can potentially attract customers quickly. If you really do your homework and know what you’re doing, this could work in your favor. As a warning, just know what you’re getting into because you don’t want to end up with a loss.

I hope this has motivated you to start your online business. Just remember, there is no magic button you can press that will make you money tomorrow. You have to put up with.

Stick with one thing at a time and work with it until you are successful. Once you’ve built your site, promote it for at least a month before starting something new. If you promote your site daily, you will definitely get results. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t see immediate success. And don’t make it too complicated. Start simple and once you see success you can start adding more ways to promote your website.