Internet marketing is a multi million dollar a year industry. Multi level marketing has been around for more than thirty years and has been online since the internet began. There is definitely money to be made in this industry, but I suggest that the newbie to internet marketing not buy into a big ticket program from the start.

The reason for this is that at the start, theres a good chance you know very little about effective online marketing tactics. How would you? Your just getting started with your online business.

You need to realize from the start that succeeding with your internet marketing business, or really anything you market online like a blog, is a numbers game.

The more people that see your product, the better chance you have of selling it.

I see a lot of programs on the net right now that are telling you that you don’t need to really do anything to be successful. Just sign up and your given a website and some tools about marketing and thats all you will need. This is of course a load of crap.

If gaining traffic were really that easy, everyone would be successful in the internet marketing industry.

The truth is though is that 50% of the internet marketers never make any money. Worse yet, they end up coughing up a bunch of money and never see a return on their investment. 40% of the internet marketers make less than a $100 a month. Thats pretty bad. So as you can see, 90% of all internet marketers don’t make any money.

To get into that upper 10% of the marketers who are actually making good money means that you understand the industry very well and are excellent at marketing your brand.

Instead of joining an internet marketing business at the beginning, start a blog. A blog is a powerful way to market your brand and to establish trust with your readers. Then you can research ways of marketing online. Once you better understand how to market yourself, then you can work on promoting a product.