If you are like me two weeks ago, you have never even heard of affiliate marketing. (Maybe I was living under a rock?) Anyway, affiliate marketing is a method to make money online. Anyone can participate in this. You get people on the internet to read an article you have written (like this one) or a web page that you have. Once there, you try to get them to buy something via a link to the product you are trying to sell. If you are lucky, and they are in fact looking for what you are selling then they may indeed buy the product and then you make a small commission. (woo-hoo!)

Well! You could get started for no money at all. You can sign up with a merchant like clickbank for free and try to get people to read the articles you write and buy via your web links in your articles. But I recommend making a very small investment in educating yourself first. This will fast-track your progress and for a good education I recommend Wealthy Affiliates.

Wealthy Affiliates is a web site dedicated to teaching new and old affiliate marketers the ropes of the game. They have a huge array of tools to help you on your way (all free once you join). There is also a massive online forum there, with literally thousands of people learning together and helping each other. It's an amazing one-stop-shop resource. If you are new and need to learn to make some money online and would love to work from home for some extra cash then this is the place to start. I think it's worth every cent.

I am a newbie internet marketer. I decided less than two weeks ago to have a go at affiliate marketing. I quickly discovered the Wealthy Affiliates web site and signed up. I thought to myself that I am serious about giving this a shot so I figured I would "risk" my money to go somewhere where I can quickly learn. So far I am very pleasantly surprised by what I found. There are heaps of resources and tutorials there. Not to mention the massive online forum where any and all questions are quickly answered. There are heaps of tips and advice and I have only barely begun to scratch the surface of this amazing resource. If you are new to this and want to learn as fast as possible how to make money online, then it's well worth signing up for the small amount they ask. I think you will be happy you did.