Met up with some friends yesterday and today and both times, these friends were speaking of how tired or stressed they have been facing daily volatility in the stock markets amidst the background of subprime problems and Yen as well as expectations interest rate cuts in US. So far, none of them seem willing to walk away from their job, one mentioned that they are not ready for retirement although would like to if they have the sufficient funds to take the risk.

Anyway, this prompted me to write up an article on it. The reason for this, do we want to be tied to our current jobs daily for a monthly salary or is it better to just to take life easy, trade at home and make some extra income on the internet. Below is just an excerpt

Want to make easy money online? Be an Affiliate Marketer.
Affiliate Marketing is the method of promoting merchants businesses in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor’s sale provided through their efforts. This includes internet affiliate marketing programs.

Anybody, even a newbie can start up by being an affiliate. You can start it out as part time while you are holding on to a full time job and gradually focussing more efforts as it becomes more and more profitable.

How to do it?

1. Find a hot market (examples-: Weight-loss, golf, pets, health care, E-Commerce).
2. Find an affiliate product and register with them.
3. Choose your affiliate merchants carefully as you need to ensure that they have backups for you as an affiliate such as startup manuals and regular follow up on creative news to you as an affiliate for you to put on your website as an example
4. Once you have chosen your affiliate merchants, the next step is create your landing page on your website
5. Promote your affiliate links.
6. When a visitor clicks on your link and visits the merchant website and decide to buy.
7. You get commission.

There, easy money right? it is your Mindset and Self-motivation that will determine the keys to life success. How much time do you wish to have for your family, your life, your health and time for yourself. ...... just remember not too make too many lunches a week.. its bad for the waistline although watching these stressed up friends is a self motivation too.