(More on this later) 4) You earn commissions on orders generated through your promotion. That's affiliate marketing in a nutshell. You promote your "affiliate link" and get paid when people click thru your link and buy the the product you are promoting. It's super easy and super fast to get started. In fact. You literally can be signed up for an affiliate program in less than 5 minutes ! But what makes affiliate marketing so desirable - and really separates it from other business models - is what you DO NOT need to have in place. 1. You don't need to create your own products. Many people find the idea of creating their own products to be a daunting, overwhelming and even paralyzing task. I don't have any good ideas! I'm not a writer! There's too much competition! I don't know how to set everything up! These are just a few of the valid reasons many people have when it comes to not getting their own products to sell. BUT, with affiliate marketing, you don't need your own products...