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Affiliate marketing has been around long before the internet, but it has become so much more popular as a way to make money since then. Let's take a quick look at what it is and what it is exactly that makes it so special, shall we?

Affiliate marketing is not about writing your own product and trying to find people to buy it. Affiliate marketing is about recommending someone else's product or products and making a percentage from that sale. It's basically piggybacking on the efforts of other peoples work, which is ok, because they want you to!

These marketers who have their own products will be very eager for you to recommend their products. If they know what they are doing then you are their best friend! And you can easily have a great, profitable business relationship with these other marketers; they create the products and you sell them!

This is really great for both the affiliate and the creator of the product. The average affiliate marketer just wants to make some extra money. They do not bother with creating products or services or even handling other tasks that come along with being a product creator or owner, like customer service, updates, upgrades, etc. Great affiliates are really good at figuring out what people want to buy and then directing those people to the product. This is one of the many wonderful advantages to being an affiliate marketer: It is not your job to sell the item. It is your job to simply pre-sell the item. Let the items sell themselves.

Affiliate marketing can be even more lucrative for the affiliate marketer by offering buyers incentives for buying through your affiliate link. What kind of special offers? Well, the smartest affiliates are affiliates that have actually tried the product or service they are promoting. When the affiliate has actually tried the product, they can create better offers based on what they know of the product! The affiliate marketer that does this can provide additional reports or even videos that explain the advantages or secrets of what the buyer can do with the product or service! If you are an affiliate marketer selling a software application, then you can tell your visitors that they will receive a video from you showing the best ways to make use of the software program.

Back to the original question: Is affiliate marketing the easiest path to make good money online? Without a doubt, yes, it is. Once you take into consideration the fact that you do not have to make a product and all that you have to do is promote products to people that are already looking for products you are promoting, taking candy from a baby could not be easier.

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You're falling for a guy, and you want him to see you exclusively. What's the best thing you can do?

a) call him every day to establish yourself as his girlfriend

b) send yourself flowers to make him jealous

c) continue to see other people

When you're crazy about a guy, it's tempting to call him. Resist the urge. Not calling him (or emailing or instant messaging him) offers considerable benefits. First of all, you'll come off as a challenge. That's attractive.

Trying to make a man jealous is never a good idea. It's so 7th grade, for one thing. Worse, it's self-defeating because people who become jealous easily tend to be unhappy and controlling. Try being married to that for 30 years! And, playing games is the method of insecure women. You feel too good about yourself for that. Save the money on the flowers and take yourself out for dinner and drinks with friends.

The best thing to do when you want him to see you and only you? Continue seeing other people (I'll tell you why in a minute!), but when you're with out with him, give him your full attention.

Never, ever let your eyes wander over his shoulder. Be your lovely, funny, compassionate, happy self while you're together. Then go home and let him think about you.

Until you're "exclusive," your best protection against heartbreak is to keep seeing other people. It's difficult, but it's worth it. While you're out with others, bar your favorite man from your mind. If you don't have other men on deck, keep busy with friends, families, and hobbies. There's no need to fill your favorite guy in on all your activities.

When you're not with him, it's important to keep conversations about him to an absolute minimum.

Either you're going to become "exclusive" with the man, or you aren't. Being too available too soon will pretty much ensure you don't, while keeping a busy life will make you a bit more alluring--provided the guy has some interest in you from the start.

Once again, when you do see him, focus on him. Make it a point to really get to know him. Sometimes we fall head over heels for a person without any idea whether they're the right one for us. We all know married couples who bicker all the time, don't we?

And then there are couples who call it quits soon after they get married. Susie and Bob (not their real names) divorced 12 months after their very lavish wedding because they neglected to ask each other the simplest questions before buying an engagement ring. Turns out he wanted children immediately, and she wanted to wait three years. They'd never discussed the matter.

Asking a man the right questions is critical, and it offers two major benefits: You'll find out if he's right for you, and if he is, you'll become so much closer to him. You'll establish yourself as the one special woman who really 'gets him.'

Terry Hernon MacDonald is the author of "How to Attract and Marry the Man of Your Dreams." Sign up for free dating tips at http://www.marrysmart.com. Check out her blog at http://happygirlmusing.blogspot.com.