Some time back I was forced into a career change and I had no idea what to do.
My partner is a local school teacher, so she earns but I have always been the main provider covering all the bills etc and suddenly I had no job and no income.
I have always and probably will always be an avid saver but my savings wasn't going to last forever.
I tried getting a new job in my industry but quickly decided that due to the recession I didn't want to be the last one in and first out, and if the truth be known I really wanted to start something for myself so that I could spend more time doing what I enjoyed doing, rather than trading time for money! So I decided that the World Wide Web was the way forward, I started surfing the make money online sites / work from home etc (You have seen them all I'm sure).
I started to get familiar with some of the language; everyone seemed to be saying the same thing over and over again...
Affiliate Marketing, Internet Marketing, Network Marketing...
But are they really making an honest living? What Is Affiliate Marketing?   First I had to find out what exactly internet marketing or affiliate marketing was.
What I found is pretty simple really, affiliate marketing is when someone markets / promotes a specific product or service for a company online, when a sale is made you receive a commission (Exciting hey!).
At first I was like everyone else, "I can't do this, I have no online experience etc etc" I'm like everyone else, used to a steady reliable income this was going to be a big change to the norm.
I did so much due-diligence and quickly realised that there are hundreds of thousands of products to promote online, times that by billions of "online surfers" on a daily basis many of which are buying products...
Surely this was going to be a no-brainer? So my next question was, what am I going to market? Can I have a mentor, someone who has been there and done it?   Going back to the beginning...
For me, I quickly learned that I needed a mentor someone who is experienced; someone who has made money online, someone who has made the mistakes so I wouldn't have to.
There are so many websites online that promise you the world, there are programmes, books, but for me I needed a real human being not a robot!   You may be asking if I am making money Internet Marketing, and am I happy?   I have been at it now for quite some time and couldn't be happier! It wasn't easy, and unfortunately there is no such thing as a get rich overnight scenario, but with hard work, plenty of research / due-diligence, setting a strict budget and having a good mentor to coach you through every step then the only way you won't succeed is if you don't generate traffic to your sites.
Too many people give up to early, normally because they have been promised that if they follow these simple steps you will become a millionaire within 6 weeks...
Don't let this be you.
Be patient!   I know there are a lot people in the same position I was in, or maybe you just want a change from the norm.
Whatever the case may be I am here to say you can do it.
You can be making money internet marketing if you really want to.