In the Internet Marketing world there are a substantial number of "gurus" who make their fortunes with affiliate products. This is simply a process by which a company has a "widget" to sell, but does not want to develop a marketing department to sell it.

Instead, they offer sales commisssions to anyone who will sell it for them. These sales people (or marketers) are called "affiliates". The affiliate has no responsibility for collecting payment, fulfilling orders, or providing customer service. That is all the responsibility of the company who actually has the widget.

All the affiliate has to do is market the product effectively and send the buyers on to the company so they can take the order. Software keeps track of who made the referral and the affiliate gets paid.

This can be looked at as a partial model of [tag-tec]network marketing[/tag-tec], as some affliliate programs will pay a percentage on other affiliates you bring in. An important difference in affiliate marketing as opposed to network marketing is that in the affiliate marketing world the company whose products you are selling are usually more than happy to allow the use of their product and company names.

In the network marketing world, when it comes to marketing on the internet there are often restrictions on the use of the company's trademarks like product names and the company name. I can actually understand part of this, as they want to keep control of their copyrights and how the company is represented. That does, however, made it difficult for a person who really believes in a company to effectively market their products on the internet.

This is part of the reason why it's been difficult for network marketers to make a strong showing on the internet. Most of the parent companies provide little training on the appropriate use of the internet in network marketing and the vast majority of "old schoolers" are doing well just to be able to use email.

The good news is that a new generation of network marketers is developing that knows how to marry the advantages of the affiliate program with the stability of the residual income available from network marketing.

The concept is so simple that it can be called "the secret" that's hiding right under your nose.

What if there was a way to provide a training program for [tag-tec]network marketing on the internet[/tag-tec], that was itself an affiliate program?

With this you would be able to not only learn the ins and outs of marketing your company on the internet, but you would be able to offer this program as an affiliate. You would generate income in the short term by promoting the program, and while people are learning from the course you keep in touch with them and find out what their interests are.

This begins to tie into the classic network marketing model where you build the relationship with people who may be right to work with you in your business. You can take the time to get to them - and for them to get to know you - and if they are looking for a new (or additional) network marketing company to work with you can just point them to your online presentation.

You'll notice that there was [tag-tec]no cold calling[/tag-tec], no hard sell presentations, no discomfort at all! Just getting together with other visionaries who see the internet as a wide open frontier for providing great products and living a life of choice.

If you don't already have a front end or affilate product that provides for training on how to use the internet for network marketing, just follow this link and sign up for the free intro training course. You'll be glad you did!