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Affiliate Marketing Definition - The basic premise behind affiliate marketing - and I'll refer to "online" affiliate marketing for the purpose of these reviews - is that as an affiliate, you are able to promote and get paid to sell other people's/companies products and/or services via your website.

Mission Junction

Okay before we get started with this review, if you're a newbie to Internet marketing, you need to know what a "blog" is. A blog is really nothing but a journal available on the Internet. If you keep a blog, you are known as a "blogger," or a "blogger publisher." Updating your blog is called "blogging." I could get way more technical with this, but I hope you get the idea, because it's key to understanding the opportunity at Mission Junction.



Mission Junction is one of the top-rated affiliate marketing companies and has been around for years. They put advertisers and bloggers together with ad space to sell. A blogger, also known as an affiliate in this case, agrees to show ads on his/her blog, and is compensated when a visitor to his/her site (blog) makes a purchase or subscribes to a service. Pretty simple concept!

Here are the pros and cons with Mission Junction - just one of each is all you need to know:

Pro:

· Because they've been around a long time, they have been able to attract many advertisers that your visitors will be familiar with, meaning that many of them will click on the ad and make a purchase. And that, of course is how you get paid.

Con:

· Unlike most affiliate marketing companies, Commission Junction requires you to fill out an application, which in one regard makes their opportunity stand out in a positive way. HOWEVER, when you get the great news that you have been ordained into their organization, you discover that you have to fill out an application for every advertiser within their network you want to work with. This can be an extremely tedious, frustrating and sometimes futile endeavor. Just when you think you're ready to make some money, you're going to quickly find out the road to the pot of gold is a lot longer than you thought.

Rating: B-

More and more, people are taking a look at affiliate marketing companies as a potential home based business opportunity. Never rely solely on the recommendation of someone else when you're looking at a prospective home based business opportunity - not even mine! Make sure you always do your due diligence, and ask yourself these four questions:

1. Is this really a legitimate business?

2. Is this an opportunity that would be "fun" for me?

3. Can I afford this opportunity?

4. Does this business afford me the opportunity to meet my long-term financial goals?

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