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Beware of the Get Rich Quick Schemes of the Noughties

25 October 2010

I felt it was about time to write about this new scheme which seems to be popping up all over the place and tempting people into something which I've termed as the new "Get Rich Schemes of the Noughties".

This is not a new idea, if you remember back in the 90s, this became a popular marketing ploy which promised that people can attain massive wealth by working from home with these schemes that have high return rates, little risk and low investment of effort and time.

Legal and some questionably legal programs were often advertised in magazines, newspapers and the famous infomercials. Other less legitimate schemes would operate through cold calling or spam post.

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What exactly is affiliate marketing?

18 December 2008

Do you need affiliate marketing to make money on the web? By now, you’re probably well aware of the multitude of ways in which a person can earn a substantial amount of money online.

Obviously, any method needs to be employed correctly, and affiliate marketing is no different. To understand if you need affiliate marketing, you must first fully understand what it is and how it can work for you.

In affiliate marketing, a business; typically a website; will reward affiliates for each customer referred to them if they sign up and conduct a purchase transaction. Simply put, if an affiliate can get people to a businesses site, that business will pay said affiliate a commission, sometimes called a referral fee.

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