Promoting affiliate products online is one of the best internet business opportunities available due to the low start up cost and high income potential. In fact for anybody looking to get into profit quickly the affiliate opportunity is hard to beat. Like any business, if you are looking for long term security certain measures will need to be taken to insure this type success. On the other hand, for a realistic chance to make a quick profit, a home based affiliate business is the way to go since there is little to do to set it up.

In order to start making money and begin building your home based affiliate business into a source of long term income here are the 3 things you need to have.

Website or Blog

Although you can promote products without a website or blog it is highly recommended to establish your own site nonetheless since it gives you more credibility and flexibility. And speaking of flexibility, the best marketing platform you can choose is a blog since it serves the most uses and is simple to create and operate. Remember you want to build 'long term' income so having your own site will give you the foundation to do just that!

Squeeze Page

One thing that is advisable is to begin building a list from day one. By capturing names on a squeeze page you can develop a relationship with people and promote to them through email. This will increase your marketing effectiveness and decrease your costs and efforts. Nothing will help you grow your home based affiliate business faster than a list of people who have shown an interest in what you promote.

Desire

This is not technical or fancy or even requires any learning on your part, either you want it or not. You will accomplish or succeed at absolutely nothing unless you have the desire to do so. Nobody can give this to you, it must come from within, and only you know whether you have it or not, but it will be needed for you to make the most out of any affiliate opportunity!

One of the best internet business opportunities is selling affiliate products because there is little to do to set yourself up to get started. In fact there are really only 3 things you will want to have in order to start building a business for long term success as we discussed above. Once you are ready to go you can start generating traffic, and this is all it takes to make money with any affiliate opportunity. But remember, it is recommended to have your own site and begin building a list immediately. This and the desire we spoke of, will be what positions you and your home based affiliate business for long term success.