So you see, affiliate marketing is one of the cheapest online business models that you can start with minimal effort and cost. I’ll be upfront, even though I made a couple of sales with affiliate marketing, I did not pursue affiliate marketing after a while because I was stuck in my day job for it to really produce results. For some reason, I ended up quitting my job a while later and started selling physical products instead because it just felt right at that time.
This is a follow up article for the How do I Start a Blog and Make Money Online series that we have been publishing on this blog to help the newbie’s get started with a blog.

There are affiliates in just about every market and product category. So, whether you’re looking to make a name for yourself in retail or carve out a niche in the woodworking world, there’s a relevant website to align with. What’s better, is that many of these affiliates will already have an established visitor base. This gives you the opportunity to get yourself noticed within their circles with little effort or cost. You can even start to think of these partners as an extension of your current marketing or sales team!
The niche-focused model is the one that a lot of affiliate marketers tend to use. And with good reason. It’s the easiest one to get started with, as all you really need is to build a website or a blog that’s centered around a particular niche market.