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If you believe that affiliate marketing will be easy and make you rich overnight, quit reading this now and go buy a lottery ticket. You'll get better odds.

But is you want a home-based business that you can set up for very little cash and grow into a true money-maker, then affiliate marketing may be right for you. Success in affiliate marketing takes time and hard work, but it's worth it. To be financially independent, not have to deal with the nine-to-five rat race and to be able to call your time your own are dreams that affiliate marketing can make come true for you.

But it will take work. Lots of work.

Fortunately there are now 1,000's of books and courses designed to assist the beginner. You can learn everything from the best products to choose to how to bill your customers. Look around -- it's all out there wait for you to discover.

But First -- You Will Need a Website

You can't be an effective affiliate marketer on the web without a website. And the days are over that just any old site would do. Today that site better be professional looking and have all the "bells and whistles."

How you build a working money-making affiliate marketing website depends upon your level of knowledge and experience. There are various programs that allow everyone from the rank beginner to the HTML professional to put up nice looking websites quickly and easily.

What to Look for if You Are a Beginner

If you are just starting your web adventure, you should consider working with a company that provides all the necessary tools for your web-based business in one place. Most important would be an easy to use site builder that would allow you to build your site without having to learn HTML (the "code" that websites are built with) right off the bat. If this site builder allows you to use HTML as you learn it, that's a definite plus.

What to Look for if You Are Experienced

Suppose you know how to build sites (from your job or just playing around on the internet) and you are now getting into affiliate marketing -- what should you look for?

Speed.

What you need is a site building program that allows you to make the most of your time (there are not as many hours in a day as you think) and get the most bang for your buck. The more sites you can put up, the more money you'll make (all other things being equal.)

But don't ever sacrifice quality for speed. Look for a program that makes professional looking sites quickly.

Remember, it doesn't matter to your customer one whit whether you are a beginner or seasoned programmer. He or she just wants to feel comfortable with you and your site. People do not spend money with someone they don't trust. But, if you find the right site building tools, making a professional looking site is easy -- whether you are new or experienced.