You probably know by now that Affiliate Marketing is a practice in which a business rewards its partners, or affiliates for bringing in customers through their marketing efforts. This team effort approach, merging many web sites in a united effort to funnel customers to a particular product, can be a very effective way to make money. The people you align with are called in the business, Joint Venture Partners or just JV Partners.

In a larger sense, this type of business model is actually a co-op of sorts, like many farmers used to form. It was difficult for one farmer, after all the toil of bringing a crop to harvest, to be in a position to bargain effectively with big city buyers. It became apparent that a group of farmers had a better chance of negotiating a fair price for their product. They could also in return bargain for lower prices when buying feed and other necessary supplies. So in essence, Affiliate Marketing is just a fancy hi-tech farmer’s co-op, working together for a common goal. The affiliates all strive to list build together for sales, in a way they could not do alone.

The concept goes way beyond setting up a link to each other’s selling pages; the group can also share talent, skills and time to create interesting and effective products and advertising packages. Think about the challenge of coming up with brand new products and an effective selling page on your own. Most of us would rather go to the dentist. It sounds too difficult, too time consuming to all but the most motivated person. Nevertheless, what if you belong to a group, a cadre of fellow beginners that worked together to build such an enterprise? It doesn’t sound quite as difficult now does it?

You may not have the skills yet to achieve your goals, but you certainly have at least one. Perhaps you know how to create graphics on a computer, edit some video, or write a little bit. Your affiliate can do something else or may have the information on how to set up a domain name and create a web page. Everyone working together can achieve what you once thought was impossible.

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I am reminded of the old story about the old beggar who walked into a poor village. He asked several people for a piece of bread or a bit of milk. Everyone refused him, claiming they had nothing to offer. He was tempted to give up, to leave and look for a bite to eat elsewhere, but instead had an idea.

He asked the villagers if they had ever eaten stone soup? He began to advertise the delectable brew as the best he had ever tasted and claimed he was in possession of a magic stone that would turn water into a satisfying meal. Soon his marketing ability began to create curiosity and a few mouths to water. The townsfolk began to beg him for the recipe. The old man said he needed a big pot in which to boil the soup. He got one. He boiled the water, carefully tasted it and declared it was good. However, alas, too bad, it didn’t have some carrots or it would be perfect. By some coincidence, a few peasants had some. Perhaps some potatoes would make it better, and sure enough, someone found some. Finally, the clever beggar wished aloud for a bit of meat to make it the best stone soup ever…sure enough some tasty bits of tender meat were procured. The townsfolk were amazed at the old man’s powers…how could such delicious soup be made with a rock?

Likewise, if you are wishing for a money making venture on the internet and think that it would take a miracle to achieve that goal, look around. There are other folks in the virtual village that can each provide a tasty ingredient to a marketing masterpiece.

This is the perfect segue to encourage you to sign up for Jeff Wellman’s marketing products. You will learn techniques and information to build a foundation to a great internet marketing business. You can get acquainted with other great folks who are trying to do the same thing. Who knows, perhaps they have the right stuff to help create your own delicious marketing concept. They may even have a great recipe for soup.

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