What do you think of affiliate marketing?

[Ken]

so heres the thing , im an 18 year old kid looking to make a bit of money on-line.not trying to get rich or anything from this. but just make a decent amount like 2 thousand bucks a month. is affiliate marketing the way to go? im just trying to save up money to get some proper investment started. and how long do you think it would take me to get up and running.

[Nicholas]

I believe affiliate marketing is a very effective way of marketing nowadays.

[Sonu]

Choose the target audience for your affiliate marketing campaign. If you enjoy social networking sites such as Digg, FaceBook and MySpace, then establish yourself as an expert in your field and garner a following of your articles and advice. Add affiliate links to your signatures and ask friends to read and respond to your campaigns.

Publish SEO (Search Engine Optimized) content with affiliate links embedded in as many places as you are allowed. Do not spam message boards, forums or email accounts. Simply write as much information in article form and publish it online. Squidoo and Hubpages are both good places to start.

[Charles H]

It all depends on your business. I know affiliates who make $250,000 to $1,000,000 a month with affiliate marketing but they have a very good business and marketing model. If your business or website sucks and you provide no real value to people, you are not going to make any money, just like any other business.

Good luck with your future endeavors.

[Hexum]

Affiliate marketing can be great and many people make a living this way.

If you plan to go this route, be prepared to spend a lot of time doing social networking, posting in social bookmarking sites, making a blog or multiple blogs, doing keyword research and the list goes on.

Also be prepared to spend money. Yup, if you plan on making any substantial amount of money, even $2000/mo, your going to have to spend money in some aspect of your campaign.

Try to stay away from using Google AdWords to promote your products if your just starting out. You'll lose a lot of money fast if you don't know what your doing.

Good luck.