Have you ever wanted to run your own online business but think that you don't have enough experience or money to start? Essentially you don't need much, providing you are committed and persistent.
A reputable option and one of the most popular is affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing gives the newbie online marketers a chance to sell and market a product, sometimes you don't even need to have a product to sell.
The easiest way to start is to join a marketing program, and choose which products you would like to market and sell.
For the affiliate, you will be paid by the merchant of the product that you are selling for each sale that you make following, in most cases, after you have referred a visitor to the specific merchant's site.
It is so easy to become an affiliate in any affiliate marketing program, and in most cases joining is free.
However, apart from many benefits being offered by the many affiliate programs available, a lot of people may still be unsure about starting an affiliate marketing business.
A good reason why some people remain unsure is due to the lack of website knowledge in which most affiliate marketing programs are suited to.
So, can you have your own affiliate business without a website? A lot of people will say that you can.
In fact, you can start promoting, marketing and selling affiliate products almost immediately, without a website.
The many affiliate marketing methods that exist and are employed often don't necessarily require your own website.
These can include email marketing, PPC campaigns, using forums and chat rooms your affiliate links in the signatures etc.
By using email marketing, or developing email lists, has been known to help any affiliate marketer with their online business.
Many use this method as another form of marketing for their own website as well as merchant sites.
The publication of articles also help as they are free (in most cases) and anyone can start writing and promoting products.
But, articles for many are preferred to be used as content for websites and the initial promotion rather than the first and immediate sell.
Therefore, it is best to use article marketing as a method of marketing your website and providing content for other website owners if they wish.
However, having a website will certainly help as it will not limit your resources.
In addition, some directories such as article directories may allow links in your promotions but not directly to the merchant's site, but via a third party website (yours).
Owning a website is not necessarily a requirement for affiliate marketing, however, with the advantages that owning a website will offer, it is best not to overlook the chance.