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The common misconception many an aspiring entrepreneur shares with others in the same boat is the notion that in order to earn money at home you must be involved in multi level marketing (MLM) and pound the pavement in order to sell goods or services and also to bring in new recruits whose sales income will yield a small percentage for the original marketer. Instead, the savvy online marketer knows that it is just as easy ' if not easier ' to earn money at home with a vibrant affiliate business that does not require any pavement pounding or messy recruitment efforts.

Surprisingly, many an already established website owner has caught on to the fact that affiliate marketing is a source of steady revenue streams, yet rather than focusing on these programs, the site owner does precious little but simply play at this line of business and thus the income is predictably low. Consider how little difference there is between selling the washer and dryer via your website as part of your MLM company effort and the service contract from a well known national service provider whose ads you came across and whose affiliate program you signed up for!

As you seek to earn money at home with a vibrant affiliate business, the notion of spending a good deal of time in front of the computer either optimizing your website or tweaking it to such an extent as to be of special appeal to your target audience, should not sound outlandish. Naturally, you will want to pick your affiliate merchants carefully and with an eye to the potential revenue, market saturation, and of course your ability to work within the niche the target audience will most likely inhabit. The steps to making money are surprisingly simple:

? Build a website that is solid all the way round. User friendly, informative, quick to navigate, not slow to load, and fine-tuned to the needs and interests of the target audience, it must also be search engine friendly to get top billing.

? Consider paying for a sponsor listing with a major search engine to get the target audience to notice you and so that your affiliate business will not be found on pages eight, nine or later.

? If you are not sure just how to make a site work, just visit the sites of those who are listed on the tops of the search engines and find out what makes their sites better and more in demand than yours. While you do not just want to copy and paste and just replicate their ideas, you might want to use them as a springboard for your own venture!

? If all else fails, consider hiring a professional web designer who can craft your initial site. Once you feel comfortable with the site and recognize what works, and what does not, and then apply this knowledge on your next website which you might build yourself. Remember that in order to earn money at home with an affiliate business, you need to be willing to learn from others and also spend a little money at the onset to set yourself up for success.