Affiliate Internet Marketing is one of the easiest ways for someone new to Internet marketing to make money online. This simple marketing technique works by selling other people's products and earning a commission from that sale. The basics of Affiliate Internet Marketing consists of finding and selling a product on your website (but can be done without one), picking the right keywords, and driving traffic to your affiliate link.

Now the advantages of marketing as an affiliate means that you do not need to store inventory, ship items or take payments. You get to be your own boss, while working in the fast paced Internet marketing world, and note that many people are successfully making a six-figure income online.

But Affiliate Internet Marketing requires more than just "building it and they will come" philosophy. Success does not happen overnight, as many would have you believe, because there is a learning curve. So how can affiliate marketing concepts be learned? By finding a good mentor, purchasing a few good e-books on Affiliate Internet Marketing or by joining a good web forum like The Warrior Forum.

Some of the terms that you will read or hear about are: web design, mini sites, keyword research, keyword density, web traffic; which can come from organic (or called free), or by pay per click (PPC), search engine optimization (SEO), and the big one "it's all in the list" as well as a few other terms.

To have a successful site you need to find a good balance of the above or you may find yourself in the 90% that fail at Affiliate Internet Marketing.

Now, no matter how well your site is designed, how good your keywords are, or how well it is optimized for search engines. Without anyone to see it, you might as well be walking down a dead end alley trying to sell your affiliate product. And how you ask do I get traffic? The fastest way is by pay per click through Google, MSN or Yahoo, but this can be expensive if not done right. Next is by building one way links back to your site, and a third is article writing or listing your site on website directories. These are just a few of the ways to get started.

Affiliate Internet Marketing works best if you are able to continue learning and remain open to new things. A good example of this is to move towards web 2.0 and learn how to use it to drive traffic to your affiliate link.