Internet Marketing - Can a Beginner Make Money With Affiliate Marketing?

My problem was no money and no product of my own that I could sell.


As a beginner, I thought I could do this.
The theory was that people would read my page, be enthused, and then would happily "click" on the link to the merchant's page and purchase the product.
The problem was that people did not visit my Web page.
Needless to say, it was disheartening.


So the big question became - how do I attract people to my Web site, get them to "click" on the link to the merchant's page and have them actually purchase the advertised product?

Obviously, I was lacking information.
My conclusion - I had fumbled around enough on my own; I needed to "Take a Course"!

I scoured the Internet, looking for a course that was within my measly budget and had concrete, factual, informative guidelines on how to actually market as an Affiliate.
It was an eye-opener.
Keywords are the "key" (no pun intended) to having your Web page included when a "search" for a topic is done.
With the right vocabulary, the search engines will find your page and "serve it up" to the seeker.
There is a learning curve but it can be profitable.