Should Newbies Start Out with Affiliate Marketing?

I have seen this question come up hundreds of times in my time as an internet marketer. There is actually quite a debate going around about whether or not newbies should start out doing affiliate marketing of not.  In my opinion, newbies SHOULD start out with affiliate marketing.  Internet marketing has quite the learning curve, and I believe that if they start out learning the basics through affiliate marketing, and not getting bogged down with it’s complexity from the start, there is a higher chance that they won’t give up as well as a higher chance that they will make some money in the beginning (which is very motivating for sure).

Ofcourse, just like anything that has to do with making money online, there are pros and cons.  The pros of affiliate marketing are that you don’t need a product of your own, there are thousands of products to promote in hundreds of different niches, and in most cases you don’t have to deal with any customer service issues! Also, many products nowadays (especially info products / IM products) give 75% to 100% commission!

The cons ofcourse, atleast the main one, is that you are building someone elses business.  You are actualy pointing dozens of links from all your hard work to some other persons sales page.  Not to mention, you have no control over the product.  You never know if they will decide to take it off of the market.  When this happens, all your effort is wasted (except for the sales you made previously)

Now don’t get me wrong, I do believe that at some point, everyone should create their own in demand products to a hungry market.  (Including recruiting affiliates to sell your product for you), but as far as newbies are concerned, I think that affiliate marketing is a great way to learn the basics of internet marketing.   The learning curve is a lot smaller, and theres a good chance they will make some money to invest in future internet marketing ventures.

If anyone is interested, I actually wrote a free report on how I do affiliate marketing in my spare time.  It’s really short and to the point, but its a great resource for newbies to get started.  you can avoid any opt-in pages and download it directly at the following link.

www.freemarketingecourse.com/stuff/affiliatemarketingreport.pdf

Please save it to your hard drive and share it with others.  Most importantly, take action!