You've seen the websites telling about how, if you follow this or that program, you can earn $1000 in 24 hours and go on to build a marketing empire to rival Donald Trump.
What they DON'T tell you is that most of those programs require constant effort and work.
If your goal is to finally quit your job and start making money online, you'll really just be trading one drudgery for another.
But you can earn residual income with an affiliate marketing niche blog - income that flows into your account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year - whether you're sitting at your desk or lying on the beach on some beautiful, sun-kissed tropical island.
First of all, the beauty of the affiliate marketing method is that you don't need to create a product to sell - you sell someone else's product.
Which means you also don't need to worry about inventory, shipping and handling costs or collecting or refunding money.
All you need to do is set up a website and watch for the commissions to appear in your account.
The beauty of using a niche blog as your platform for your affiliate marketing website is that you can a niche blog, because of the way it's configured, can continue to earn you residual income for years to come - with very little work involved.
If you set up an affiliate marketing website you're going to have to continually update it with fresh content if you want to maintain your place on the index.
The search engines frown on stale websites and reward those who keep adding new information on a regular basis.
With a niche blog, you can add months worth of content and schedule it's publication out into the future.
Your blog will be continually updating and you won't even have to touch it.
A niche blog is like a little salesman who works for you every day of the year and never takes a break or a vacation.
Every time someone visits your site your blog takes over and shows them around - giving them all the information they need so they can feel comfortable making that purchase.
Your blog will never stop earning his paycheck.
In fact, the only one who gets to take time off and go lie on the beach is YOU when you set up an affiliate marketing niche blog.