More and more people are looking for ways to earn money, either online or from home. The idea of making more money than your current salary wage while working 50-75% less is very appealing. And one way to earn that much income is with affiliate marketing. As an affiliate, one can earn anywhere from a couple of hundreds of dollars a month to ten thousands of dollars! Super affiliates as what they are called, make even more than that!

Affiliate marketing is part of a marketing strategy used by merchants to increase their sales. Instead of paying sales representatives and advertisement, merchants are paying a high commission % on every sales generated by their affiliates. Merchants can provide many affiliate tools for their success such as referral links, banners, text links, solo ads, classified ads, signatures, list of effective and relevant keywords and more. Some affiliate programs even offer extensive training for beginners to experts! No Ph.D or specific background required, only your desire to succeed and your will to learn more about online marketing!

Since there are no certifications yet in this domain, newbies wonder where they can learn more about it without the cost of a regular tuition fee. One way to get free training is to subscribe to newsletters. However, if you only get solo ads, then I suggest that you unsubscribe from that newsletter since they are only looking to make sales, not to train you to become a super affiliate.

You can also join affiliate forums. Highly valued or highly starred embers in forums tend to provide honest and great advices on many programs out there. They've seen a lot and are at a point that they want to share their knowledge and help others.

There is one particular site where you can find valuable training and that I highly recommend. You can learn so much and apply every technique suggested. Furthermore, there is absolutely no membership fee to have access to it!

Sitesell - Their affiliate program is called 5 Pillar program. You get the most extensive and complete training that you can find out there on the internet! The training is available in different formats such as written instructions, videos and audios. The support is awesome, both from the site's team and from other affiliates in the forum. Every single step that you go through is explained to you with the What, Why, Who, Where and of course, How! If you join their program, I suggest you take the time to really follow their guide step-by-step. No rush! I must warn you: there is A LOT of content for you to get acquainted with! This is not something you can go through in a matter of hours.

To have access to their training, simply sign up as an affiliate. In the members area, you'll find tools and resources as well as video tutorials and marketing guides. Everything is provided to you to help you achieve success in your affiliate marketing business!