STEP TWO--BUILD YOUR SALES PAGE

First you need web space! If you have a domain--that's great. For our purposes, however, even one of those free sites will do. [Remember--I am just showing you how to get started! When you've finished this little project you'll be able to repeat it over and over again in a much more sophisticated manner.]

1) Establish a FREE account right now with a free web host. This should take you a little less that 30 minutes!

2) Write a sales letter to sell your product. If you need help here I suggest you click over Yanik Silver's *Instant Sales Letters* site. Yanik provides a terrific arsenal of powerful, moneymaking fill-in-the-blank sales letter templates guaranteed to sell your product or service. Learn more at-->http://www.roibot.com/w.cgi?R250_sales

[Hint: Most of better reprint rights distributors will provide you with proven sales letters].

3) Use a site creation tool to build a simple sales page to promote you product. Avoid flashy graphics pictures. What you need in sales letter/information about product you are selling, and a link(s) to your payment-processing page.

Here's my example: http://ezinesuccess.com/advertise/silads.htm

STEP THREE--ARRANGE FOR ONLINE PAYMENT

You want to get paid for your product--right? That means you need to provide people with ability to pay for product or service you provide.

You do want to pay huge fees for processing, order tracking, or special equipment--right? You'll have NO FEES for tracking and processing affiliate sales. You'll have NO MONTHLY FEES for using this service-->no sales, no fees! You'll pay less than $40.00 to set-up your affiliate account and a minimal % for every sale you or your affiliates make--that it!

The company is called ClickBank. They will allow you to start accepting credit cards online! They also have incredibly easy instructions for using their service to start your own affiliate program. Getting set up with ClickBank took less than an hour. Learn more at http://hop.clickbank.net/?nieporte

Your affiliate partner can open a FREE account at above link and then start selling your product or service--being compensated at whatever percentage you determine. ClickBank not only processes credit card, they also track affiliate sales and pay your partners. Here's how it works!

Your affiliates join FOR FREE--and are provide/select an affiliate ID-->expressed below as XXXX.

You provide them site URL and they simply insert their ID where XXXX is listed below. Then they promote that link in whatever legal fashion they desire-->and get paid whatever % you determine up to 50%.

http://www.ezinesuccess.com/ads/silads.htm?hop=XXXX/nieporte

That's it!

You have now entered world of being an affiliate program owner. Congrats!

Look for programs whose pay out plans continue as long as person who joined under you is still involved. These residual payments can last for a long time. If you are in a really good one, these commissions can add up rather quickly.

Beware of illegal pyramids that rely on infusions of new members to pay commissions. In other words, it should be a product or service that stands on its own merits, and one that you believe in yourself. If you don't use product yourself, how can you honestly tell your prospects how great it is?

Not every program is a good deal. Remember, you are putting your reputation on line as well. That is why it is so important to get involved in a good one. While getting in on "ground floor" of a new one may be attractive, risk is a lot higher that it might not make it over long pull.

One of most successful people I know in this type of business, writes a weekly column which he distributes to his mailing list. He promotes this column quite heavily, and many people opt-in to receive it, who are not currently involved in his program. He keeps publication generic, and gives general advice. Of course, in author credits, he includes a short blurb on his program, and a way to contact him. He gets a decent share of new recruits as a result of this newsletter.

A good way to build your list is to send your articles to other publishers. If they publish your article, you have just gotten a free ad in their publication. It also helps build your credibility as an expert. It is important that you subscribe to newsletters you're going to send articles to since that will give you a feel for type they accept.

If you find right affiliate programs, and promote them properly, you too can join ranks of successful Internet Entrepreneurs.