Affiliate marketing can boost your income. Simple follow these basic guidelines and work them part time, full time, anytime.

First you need to find someone's products or services to sell. Popular places to find products are with Clickbank.com and Linkshare.com. You can simply sign up for free accounts as affiliates, and they'll show you where you can go to locate products to sell and how to get your affiliate encoded links and any advertising materials that can go with them. You can also simply key in items of interest into your favorite search engine plus the words "affiliate product" after them and see what turns up.

Some people set up shop with private label rights products, too. Search the web with "plr programs" to turn up dozens and more. Then check out their products, pricing and terms. Many packages today come with products and marketing materials plus training to sell them. You brand the products, add money-generating streams like ads or affiliate links for backend sales, set up their corresponding websites or blog templates, set up their marketing avenues like autorepsonder series, and you're in business.

Sales and Marketing

Next you need avenues to sell your products. You can set up a simple website and send your link to friends plus advertise it online and off. A good place that's cheap yet professional with help round the clock is GoDaddy.com with websites and blogs for under $5 per month.

You can also find forums relating to your product niche or industry. Read their instructions about posting, and be a "lurker" for awhile until you feel confident enough to post. Then join in, sharing your helpful info and not spamming, but gently letting others know about your product if they ask for help and it's a fit. And / or have it linked in your signature file if it's allowed.

Find plenty of other means to market and advertise through help at the Small Business Administration (SBA). They offer an email marketing course at no charge online at:

http://sba.email-marketing-101.com and they offer over 100 marketing/ sales tips at: http://sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/manage/marketandprice/SERV_100MIDEAS.html so print them out and keep them handy.

The SBA has a resource partner called S.C.O.R.E. at http://www.score.org and they offer free counseling there from retired professionals via email. Sign up and get help right away for any aspect or your business.

For more targeted help, search for "affiliate marketing articles" all over the Internet. And enjoy your new business!