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		<title>Affiliate Marketing &#8211; Do You Like Easy Stuff?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journey To Online Success Weekly Bits Newsletter (WBN) &#8211; 28 Jul 09 Topics for this week: &#8211; Affiliate Marketing &#8211; Do You Like Easy Stuff? &#8211; Focus Thoughts &#38; Forward Momentum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Affiliate Marketing &#8211; Do You Like Easy Stuff? When first getting started online it can be overwhelming. There are so many different ways [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Journey To Online Success Weekly Bits Newsletter (WBN) &#8211; 28 Jul 09</strong></p>
<p>Topics for this week:</p>
<p>&#8211; Affiliate Marketing &#8211; Do You Like Easy Stuff?</p>
<p>&#8211; Focus Thoughts &amp; Forward Momentum</p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<strong><em>Affiliate Marketing &#8211; Do You Like Easy Stuff?</em></strong></p>
<p>When first getting started online it can be<br />
overwhelming. There are so many different ways<br />
to get your business going and it can be difficult<br />
to know which way to go.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve found that one of the easiest ways to get<br />
started with an online business is through<br />
affiliate marketing. I&#8217;ve included some of the<br />
reasons why I believe it&#8217;s a good choice below.</p>
<p>There are thousands of products to choose from.<br />
So no matter what niche you are in you should<br />
be able to find products to market. A quick way<br />
to start finding products is to do an Internet<br />
search including the word(s) of your niche along<br />
with either &#8216;affiliate products&#8217; or &#8216;affiliate<br />
programs&#8217;. For example, if your niche is dog<br />
grooming you could enter &#8216;dog grooming affiliate<br />
products&#8217; and see what is available.</p>
<p>Another reason for getting started with affiliate<br />
marketing is that start up costs are very low.<br />
Normally it is free to join an affiliate program,<br />
and all the product set-up and shipping costs will<br />
be taken care of by the merchant whose products you<br />
are selling.</p>
<p>The merchant will be responsible for handling the<br />
product payments, delivery, complaints and returns.<br />
So there is no need to worry about customer service<br />
issues or setting up an account to receive payment.<br />
Having to manage these on your own can be time<br />
consuming and take additional setup on your website<br />
as well as for contact services. But as an affiliate<br />
marketer you won&#8217;t need to handle these type issues.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to keep any products on hand since<br />
customers buy directly from the merchant. So even if<br />
you live in a one bedroom apartment, you can still<br />
sell the biggest products available as an affiliate.</p>
<p>Generally, there are no long term contracts which<br />
bind you to selling one particular product. If the<br />
product you chose isn&#8217;t bringing in any revenue,<br />
you can stop marketing it and move on to another<br />
product to promote.</p>
<p>For these reasons I firmly believe that affiliate<br />
marketing is the easiest way to start your online<br />
business. It&#8217;s a great way to help keep your initial<br />
costs down and it just seems to make sense.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I&#8217;m always on the lookout<br />
for easy ways to get things done! Why not give<br />
affiliate marketing a good look for your biz startup?</p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<strong><em>Focus Thoughts &amp; Forward Momentum</em></strong></p>
<p>“The act of taking the first step is what separates the<br />
winners from the losers.”<br />
- Brian Tracy</p>
<p>What’s the most important step you can take this week<br />
to start or grow your business?</p>
<p>Remember, your business is waiting on YOU! <img src='http://www.donnaragland.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>
<p>To Your Success,</p>
<p><em>Donna</em></p>
<p>P.S. Do you have any topic suggestions for this<br />
newsletter? I&#8217;d love to hear your suggestions!<br />
Just visit and take the short survey at&#8230;</p>
<p>==&gt; <a href="http://bit.ly/TopicSurvey">http://bit.ly/TopicSurvey</a></p>
<p>P.P.S. Check out these great resources for<br />
getting started&#8230;</p>
<p>==&gt;  <a href="http://JourneyToOnlineSuccess.smmsite.com/14613">http://JourneyToOnlineSuccess.smmsite.com/14613</a></p>
<p>Comments or questions about this week&#8217;s topics?</p>
<p>Please post below&#8230;</p>
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