Starting a home business in affiliate marketing - Kansas CityInternet Business

Are you one of the thousands of people that want to work from home? With jobs hard to come bythese days, it's only natural that more and more people want to start their own business and workfrom the comfort of their own home. Choosing the right path to do so can be challenging, though.

Affiliate marketing is just one of the many ways you can start building a nice income stream fromhome. What is affiliate marketing? Basically, you're telling people about a product or service andwhen people buy from your recommendation through a special link you give them, you are paid apercentage of that sale.

Some people will tell you how 'easy' it is. They make crazy claims of making millions Online Businessjust buy doing a few easy steps. But it's really not that easy. Don't get me wrong, it can be verylucrative. But just as with any type of business you will still have to put in some time and work to besuccessful at it.

I do a little bit of affiliate marketing, but it isn't my main business. However, my friend Florian is afull time affiliate marketer and makes a very nice income from it. He runs Keyfox.de, a gamingrelated site. No matter what you're interested in, there's probably an affiliate program for it! If youlike basketball, there are a lot of basketball training affiliate programs. If you love music, there areaffiliate programs for guitar, piano, etc...

For digital products (ebooks, membership to sites that offer training, etc...) the biggest place to lookfor an affiliate program is Clickbank. If you'd prefer to be an affiliate for physical goods (everythingfrom flowers to furniture) a big site to find affiliate programs is Commission Junction. You can find alot of good information about affiliate marketing by simply searching Google or going to internetmarketing forums. If you're looking for in-depth training then check here.