Learning Internet marketing for beginners

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Those of you who are brand spankin' new to Internet or affiliate marketing, tell me what you think of the following instruction:

"It's easy to make money from home on the Internet! Just get yourself a domain name, web site, and FTP program, find a Clickbank product to promote, and then work on getting backlinks to your site. Bookmark your articles and submit them to directories. Then try PPC advertising to get more traffic. Don't forget to make an RSS feed available to your visitors."

Lost? Does it make you feel like you need an "Affiliate Marketing for Dummies" book?

It's not just you. I count at least 7 words or phrases that I knew little to nothing about when I began.

If you want to make money from home, legitimate programs are hard for newbies to identify in the first place, so when you do find one and it's way over your head, it can be discouraging. I've found that the vast majority of Internet-marketing-for-newbies programs or affiliate marketing books are actually geared toward those who have already been dabbling in the field but simply haven't learned the solid underlying principles and thus have been unsuccessful so far.

To really get a successful start, you need to understand the concept of affiliate marketing first and what exactly it is you're aiming to do. Then it's helpful to have step-by-step instruction that guides you through the actual process of creating a site and making money from it.

Internet marketers tend to casually throw acronyms and other IM (Internet marketing) terms around without even realizing that beginners have no idea what they mean. They've learned so much over the years they've forgotten what it's like to be just starting out.

Google conducted an informal survey recently on the streets of New York, asking people, "What is a browser?" Over 90% of people answered incorrectly or had no idea. I am including the video below, not to poke fun at newbies, but to make the point that a lot of Internet terminology is misunderstood, so much so that there is a definite need for instruction that knows exactly where "square one" is.

For a newbie, it's kind of like Dorothy landing in Oz. It's a whole different world, one they didn't know existed, and it's cool, except...there are no companions to lean on as they follow the yellow brick road. They don't know where it's leading, they don't recognize things along the way, and they keep hitting roadblocks.

Look out—here comes my sales pitch!

Think of the Affiliate Marketing Schoolbook as your ruby shoes. It will get you where you want to go, but it truly starts at the beginning. It assumes that you know absolutely nothing about making a web site or online marketing. The only thing it does assume is that you already use the Internet and e-mail to some extent, maybe for communicating with family and friends or online shopping.

It's truly a beginners' affiliate marketing "how-to" resource, and it comes with one year of free hosting for your first web site, along with other bonuses. For more information and to purchase, visit the Affiliate Marketing Schoolbook page.

Affiliate marketing: Beginning at the beginning

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