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Online Marketing - Not A Legitimate Home Business?

Recently I received an email from one of the so called online marketing gurus proclaiming that Affiliate Marketing is not a Legitimate Business. He went on to take the position that if you are a part of online marketing, you are not an authentic business person or entrepreneur since you are selling digital products written by others. In his point of view, because you aren't the creator of the product you're reselling will mean you aren't a real business person. I take exception with his posture. If his position were correct lots of small businesses like the local convenience store, shoe store, greeting card store, etc. wouldn't be considered legitimate businesses because they do not manufacture the products they sell. In fact big stores just like Sears and Wal-Mart may not be viewed as real businesses since they don't create the items they sell.

There's only one problem which I recognize with internet marketing that is the fact the majority of people that get involved with affiliate marketing aren't seasoned business professionals so they do not understand the fundamental principle of business. That doesn't mean they're bad people or stupid. What it means is that they have never been correctly coached in running a business. To succeed with the affiliate marketing business or any other business will take the person entering that business to have a clear understanding of the business they're entering. A good way to do this would be to model other successful internet marketers that are running a similar kind of business they're creating. When starting an Internet Marketing business, do not rush into it, slow down and do your homework. Don�t believe these sales letters you read where the person says that he earned a lot of money in a single day. Now I�m not saying that they did not make thousands of dollars overnight but what are these people not saying? They're not saying what they did before they made that type of income. You can bet money on the fact that these people did a lot of researching into the business of online marketing and also in to the market they were selling to. They did not simply wake up a day and in a few hours put a course together, created a site, uploaded it to their web server and started the cash flow of 1000s of dollars the day after. It just doesn't happen!

For me, Affiliate Internet Marketing is probably the greatest businesses you can get involved with. It's a business open to everyone, no matter what your financial situation is. You just need to be diligent before launching your business.

Just one suggestion I would make is for you to take a look at a number of the many online forums discussing Affiliate Marketing. Just do a Search for �Affiliate Marketing Forums�. Take a couple of weeks visiting all of these online forums and follow the progress of some others. Next select a couple of forums that you think supply you with the material you are interested in and sign up for them. You'll find some great people on a lot of these forums who are happy to answer any questions you could have. Only one thing. Make sure that you read through various other postings on the forum regarding the doubt you have in mind before you ask your question. Most of the time you'll find that someone had exactly the same question and the answers to that question are already posted. You can also ask members of the forum to direct you to more details about the subject you are searching for. If you follow these tips, you will find your experience on these community forums to be exceptional! Wealthy Affiliate Wealthy Affiliate University Wealthy Affiliate Review