Now back in 2002 when I was first starting out that headline was true just like it is today. However there is 1 thing this no product, list or product headline doesn't tell you marketing affiliate sales pages and not knowing this 1 thing is why most people using only free affiliate sales and free business opportunity web pages fail.
And the 1 thing is...
To use your free affiliate sales marketing web page or your free business opportunity web page and be successful you must:
* Know how to effectively use and have enough money to use the pay-per-click advertising services that allow free affiliate sales marketing and free business opportunity pages or
* Know how to use free social networking sites like blogs, MySpace or Squidoo effectively or
* Know how get traffic through forums or large classified ad sites or
* Know how to write effective articles and submit them to article directories or
* Know how to get others to drive traffic to your affiliate sales or opportunity page using partnerships or list building services.
And why do you need to know how to do 1 or more of these things effectively?
Because you need to get traffic to your free affiliate or business opportunity page just like those who own their own websites.
The only differences are that you have fewer choices on how to get that traffic and less bargaining power when it comes to making partnerships. (There is 1 other difference and that is you'll have a smaller success rate from the traffic you do get because you didn't have a chance to do any pre-selling.)
Now most people fall for the "No..." headline because it makes it sound like making money online is free and easy. But it's not.
If it's free - It's not easy!
If it's easy - It's not free!
And since you may not have the money to make it easy, you may want to try the free way.
Now there's nothing wrong with going the "free" way. It just takes more time and work and less anonymity.
And while you may be willing to put in the time and work you may want to remain anonymous. You become a nameless person offering a fantastic affiliate product or business opportunity that no one can refuse. You spend hours submitting free classifieds and surfing the traffic exchange programs and may even spend a few dollars on ezine ads to get traffic to your affiliate sales marketing page.
And what do you get for all this work?
Since that's how I started I can speak from experience and I say, you'll get very little or nothing.
To be successful online you need a name. And you need your name to be recognized by others as someone who is knowledgeable and trustworthy.
Spending all your time writing and sending anonymous ads for generic free affiliate sales marketing and business opportunity pages won't make you successful. You need to join into the global web community by offering good information with your name on it. Post to your community pages, submit articles, participate in forums, comment on blogs, anything! But get your name out in front of as many people as you can, as often as you can so it's recognized as someone who should be listened to.
Yes, it's true. To be successful at affiliate sales marketing you do not need a website. You do not need a list. And you definitely don't need to have your own product. But you do need a name. It's after your name is recognized and you are trusted as a person who knows what they're talking about and offers good advice that your business will start becoming successful.
To Your Success,
Susan
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Susan Carroll has been offering online marketing tips for more than 4 years and has created a free membership site where she gives many free online resources and tools at http://www.friendswhocare.us/join
If you would like to read more of her online marketing tips you can find them at http://internet-marketing-tip.blogspot.com/
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