All of us are suffering from information overload with sales pitches on the internet about how easy it is to earn cash online. It isnt. Like most worthwhile things, its hard work. The good news is it is entirely possible with a little help.

So how determined are you to join the top 5% earning serious money? If you are merely interested, you will work at it only when circumstances permit. But the committed affiliates accept no excuses, only results. Few of us are born geniuses but if were not too proud to ask, we can get the answers we need.

Those who reach a barrier in their marketing efforts go one of two ways. Either they will stop right there and give up online, or they will choose to get advice from an expert. If those high achievers like Tiger Woods and Donald Trump got where they are with the best of coaches, why shouldnt you have one for your marketing endeavors?

In todays competitive marketing having a coach is not a luxury, its a necessity. Consider this: when writing an ebook, a business report, or a manual there are only two steps starting it and finishing it. When you put your entrepreneurial idea into action you initiated the same two steps. Coaching is available to help you with the second step by offering that extra wisdom and encouragement that carries you to the finish.

There is no quicker way to make a living online than with Affiliate Marketing. You dont need a product, you dont have to accept payments, you dont even have to fulfill the order, plus -- you jump in at no-cost! How cheap is that for a startup business? After all, what is the role of an affiliate? Its to gain sales for a company by endorsing their products. They are blessed to have you on their team.

Its easy to waste years of your life trying to get enough knowledge to be a Super Affiliate; the kind that gives you good rankings in the search engines, quality traffic to your website and an income large enough to smile about. The problem is that you dont have that much time before you go broke. The only way all of us jump ahead of the learning curve in business, sports or hobbies, is to learn from the expert. Like Tiger, and like The Don.

You are probably working way too hard for way too little results. So heres a question -- and its not a trick question: how would you like to become a top-selling affiliate for whatever program you choose? Im dead serious when I tell you that you can accomplish this dream with a bit of fuel no matter what program you are promoting today.

The Forrester Research predicts that affiliate programs and affiliate networks will produce $280 billion annually in e-commerce sales by 2008. Yes, that was a b as in billion! In most affiliate programs 5% generate the vast majority of the sales. If you are not in that percentage and want to be, youll have to change what youre doing.

Super Affiliates account for more results than thousands of minor affiliates combined. Companies wishing to attract Super Affiliates must be willing to offer them something extra; higher commissions or conversion rates. This knowledge alone should encourage anyone to seek the fuel needed to become in demand.

2006 Esther Smith