what is affiliate marketing ?

Basically you promote other people's stuff. You get credited for every purchase through your link. You can do this investing a little bit of money or free. Free: - Create pages on web 2.0 websites including squidoo, hubpages. There are 10's of them. - Send no emails whatsoever. Paid: - Have your own hosting. - Have your own domain. - Have your own wordpress blog with suitable plugins. Yes wordpress not blogspot or other blog platforms. - Build your email list. This requires a lot of time and most important of all Search Engine Optimization knowledge. If you're not willing to learn that first don't even begin.