I'll use my shopping cart mentioned above as an example because it is my favorite project :-) With shopping cart featured at http://ProfitAutomation.com, an affiliate earn a 30% commission on each referral. Clients pay from $19 - $69 per month. So affiliate earn from $5.70 to $20.70 per referral per month. I prefer to think of that as $68.40 - $248.40 per year. Looking at it in those terms, you see that time spend generating just one referral is much more productive that selling your typical ebook or piece of software.

A very important key is to select quality products to spend your limited time promoting. With my shopping cart system, it's something on-line entrepreneurs really need. It becomes very center of their on-line operation since it allows them to automate so many tasks. You refer them, and many will use service for years. You refer them once and many will be earning you that $248.40, per year, for years to come!

There are literally thousands of suitable products and services that fit model we just described. If you can't readily identify them then you may need to shift your niche slightly. There is no point spending a lot of time riding a dead horse. If you are in a niche where you can't implement model we just examined, then it will be nearly impossible to go for that low hanging fruit.

Spend some time today looking for or examining how you can create products or services that offer you that long-term, residual income that really makes your hard work pay off. Otherwise, you'll only experience temporary successes and will forever be searching for latest thing that will solve your dilemma. There is no need to get such predicaments.

I do recommend Joe Kumar's book by way. I found lots of great ideas in it. You can get it at: http://williecrawford.com k k.cgi?kumar A lot of successful people brainstormed for this book and offered their best ideas for quick success. However, you need to make sure that quick success is not also fleeting.

A) Find a good leader to look up to, ask a lot of questions, grab as any tools and resources as possible to educate yourself about everything, from learning basic html to how to write killer ad copy and how to promote online. But most important advice I can give to a newbie is start an opt-in list, period. Q) Have you found any marketing techniques that really work for you?

A) Yes! For first time in my internet marketing life, my article got published, horraayy! It felt so good, my first taste of success is sooo sweet. From that article I received several leads and signups to my LSN page. The other technique I use in surf4hits programs is I promote to 10 sites, find which ones get most unique hits in a given week, then buy hits from program that stands out. When your credits run out, you do process all over again as traffic from surf4hits programs fluctuates.

Q) Where can people find you if they want to know more about your business?

A) They can always email me at penafiel@shaw.ca or call me personally on my cell at 604-783-8725. I'm also active at various forums especially on Adtactics and LSN.

Q) Internet marketing can be pretty stressful at times, how do you unwind?

A) I play golf at local golf courses or go to my local driving range and just beat heck on golf balls and sometimes I play golf in my backyard until my neighbour complains. Q) Lastly, have you heard any good jokes lately?

A) Woman Says, Man Hears

What a woman says: This place is a mess! C'mon, you and I need to clean up. Your stuff is lying on floor and you'll have no clothes to wear if we don't do laundry right now!

What a man hears: Blah, blah, blah, blah, C'MON, blah, blah, YOU AND I, blah, blah, blah, blah, ON THE FLOOR, blah, blah, blah, blah, NO CLOTHES, blah, blah, blah, blah, RIGHT NOW.