This post is for my brothers and sisters at Wealthy Affiliate. There is a misconception out there in the triple w that affiliate marketing is easy or any marketing online is easy.I am here to tell you that it is not. It takes hard work. Through out this post I will be giving you examples of what I am talking about. When I give you an example it will be in quotation marks. That means it is not from me it is what I receive daily.There are a lot of marketers out there that will try to deceive you.

So what gives? Which is better offline or online? Well it is a matter of perspective. I have been in business offline for over twenty years and I like both. I learned two lessons from my mentor in business who is my Dad. Number 1 is that if you don't have an inventory to sell your out of business. Number 2 is you have to build relationships with your customers. We have had the same customers for over 30 years.The concept of Affiliate Marketing is that of an outside sales rep. except that it is

Being in the affiliate marketing business is not that hard. It's a process . There are certain things that have to be done. Learn the process and you are way ahead of your competition.You know you need to have a well-designed site so it can increase sign ups from visitors. It can also help your conversion rates.WA works great for this.Once your site is solid it's time to start promoting. Just remember that there are over a billion users on the internet.You have to let them know where you are an