When to Start Affiliate Marketing

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I was thinking about when I started Affiliate Marketing and why did I start when I did.  I could have started years ago and I did make a measly attempt at it.  I wish I would have kept at it.  If I had I am sure my life would have been much different today. So when people ask me when to start Affiliate marketing I tell them this:

You should start Affiliate Marketing right now, right where you stand.  The time will never be just right to get going with learning and starting to make passive income online.  The longer you wait the longer it will take to start generating income online.  Even if you have a job start putting valuable content out on the Internet that will eventually make you money passively.

Here are some general guidelines to help you get started with Affiliate Marketing today:

How to get started

If you are reading this then technically you have already started in a sense.  The best place to start is reading articles just like this one or watching YouTube videos on how to make money online. You could even invest in a training course.  The first part in starting anything new is to learn about how to do it.  But you can not stop at just learning.  You must apply the things you learn immediately.  Don't make the mistake of so many who absorb the information but never take action.

Affiliate marketing is very simple to do but it is not easy.  You may have heard this before.  The reason it is simple is because the actions you take are simple.  What makes it not very easy and why most will fail at it is because we all want to get paid for our work we do today very quickly.  If we put in a weeks worth of work we expect to get paid next week.

Affiliate marketing does not work this way.  With affiliate marketing you must put in work that has no guarantee of getting paid.  And despite what anyone tells you you will never just put a couple of links online and expect to ever get paid.

Making money online requires an audience.  Getting an audience online takes time but it can be done.  But once you have the audience and you provide good valuable content online you will see results that you would never see working a 9 - 5 job.  

Yes it takes time.  But the time it takes is far less then working 20 years at a job to retire with barely enough to enjoy your golden years.  To me it's a no brainer and worth the risk of a couple hours a day today to possibly see life changing income tomorrow.

Where can I learn

There is so much information about Affiliate marketing online today its very easy to learn for free or very little on a course.  This is what attracts so many to affiliate marketing and making money online; how little it costs to get started.

But like I stated above.  You MUST take what you learn and apply it every day without expecting any pay for your work; at least not immediately.  You must just do it and trust the process.  We all have time to invest in ourselves each day.  We all have time to invest in our online business.  

How much money does it take to get started

The beauty of Affiliate Marketing and making money online is the cost to get started.  You could literally start your online business with nothing or a very low investment on this course I use.  But again the problem here is many people like the idea of starting their own business with nothing but when you start with no money then you have to invest your time.  There really is nothing for free.  You either pay with money or you pay with time and to really jump start your business you may want to pay with both.

But the greatest thing about investing your time in affiliate marketing is that time you invest (if invested in the right areas) gets "frozen in time".  I really don't know how to explain this phenomenon.  I guess the best example I can give is this article I am writing right now.

I spend an hour or two writing this article.  I post it on my website and that's it.  I let the power of the Internet take over.  I have now put in two hours of work on something that very well could generate me income for years to come.  And it cost me nothing but two hours of my life.

Do you see how this is so much better than trading your time for money?  So in answer it truly doesn't cost you any money to be an affiliate marketer online.  Only a desire to succeed.

How long does it take to start generating income 

The big problem here is we find so much online, especially YouTube about how we can make $300 - $1,000 a day online.  Which is true but many of them lead us to believe this is gonna happen the very next day you do the things they suggest.

The truth is there are no get rich quick systems in affiliate marketing.  If you want to make a sustainable long term income you absolutely must put in the work.  You have to learn the process that can create wealth and you must apply that process every day for months to start seeing results.

And this is where people fail.  You may get started and you may even be on the right course to make life changing money but because your not seeing results instantly or even after a month or two you decide this doesn't work and give up.  This is the reality of Affiliate Marketing.

And this is why you should start learning and doing right now.  Make a choice to do something every day to grow your business.  When to start Affiliate marketing will always be to me right now.  It takes time and work to start generating income with Affiliate Marketing.  But he longer you wait the longer its gonna take.

A day turns into a week, a week turns into a month, a month turns into a year and before you know it your life has passed you by and your no better off then you were 5 ten years ago.  If your serious about making money online start today.  Take action today to change your tomorrow. 

I wish I would have continued with my affiliate marketing business 10 years ago.  Don't make the same mistake I did.