were almost certainly losing money. So, at most, only about 5 percent of affiliate marketers are still making a profit.

However it is still possible to find profitable affiliate programs. You can collect details about affiliate programs in the Google and/or Yahoo sponsored listings. Enter the details into a Spreadsheet, and come back a few weeks lat

Three or four years ago it was easy to make money as an affiliate marketer. You simply chose an affiliate product, and set up a pay per click account with Overture (now Yahoo sponsored search), or Google AdWords. Bid on a few dozen keywords (costing from 5 cents) and hundreds of visitors would come to your website every month, and about 1 in 100 would buy your (affiliate) product.

This meant, it only cost about five or six dollars in click charges to attract 100 visitors to your site, so provided your affiliate payment was over $6 you made a profit. I earned hundreds of dollars each month selling weight loss books and supplements using this method. With the affiliate payments ranging from about $8 to $30.

However, towards the end of 2005, the market became much more competitive. Keywords that once cost under 10 cents started costing 50 cents or even more. The click charges began to cost much more than the affiliate payments. Now it was costing in excess of $50 to attract 100 visitors.

I recently (April - May 2007) started checking out affiliate programs in the Google sponsored listings, and entering details into an Excel Spreadsheet. And I discovered something that shocked me. Upon checking the same listings 3 weeks later, only about 1 affiliate in 20 was still listed!

This meant that about 95 percent of affiliates using pay-per-click advertising were giving up within 3 weeks. So they were almost certainly losing money. So, at most, only about 5 percent of affiliate marketers are still making a profit.

However it is still possible to find profitable affiliate programs. You can collect details about affiliate programs in the Google and/or Yahoo sponsored listings. Enter the details into a Spreadsheet, and come back a few weeks late

your (affiliate) product.

This meant, it only cost about five or six dollars in click charges to attract 100 visitors to your site, so provided your affiliate payment was over $6 you made a profit. I earned hundreds of dollars each month selling weight loss books and supplements using this method. With the affiliate payments ranging from about $8 to $30.

However, towards the end of 2005, the market became much more competitive. Keywords that once cost under 10 cents started costing 50 cents or even more. The click charges began to cost much more than the affiliate payments. Now it was costing in excess of $50 to attract 100 visitors.

I recently (April - May 2007) started checking out affiliate programs in the Google sponsored listings, and entering details into an Excel Spreadsheet. And I discovered something that shocked me. Upon checking the same listings 3 weeks later, only about 1 affiliate in 20 was still listed!

This meant that about 95 percent of affiliates using pay-per-click advertising were giving up within 3 weeks. So they were almost certainly losing money. So, at most, only about 5 percent of affiliate marketers are still making a profit.

However it is still possible to find profitable affiliate programs. You can collect details about affiliate programs in the Google and/or Yahoo sponsored listings. Enter the details into a Spreadsheet, and come back a few weeks lat

$30.

However, towards the end of 2005, the market became much more competitive. Keywords that once cost under 10 cents started costing 50 cents or even more. The click charges began to cost much more than the affiliate payments. Now it was costing in excess of $50 to attract 100 visitors.

I recently (April - May 2007) started checking out affiliate programs in the Google sponsored listings, and entering details into an Excel Spreadsheet. And I discovered something that shocked me. Upon checking the same listings 3 weeks later, only about 1 affiliate in 20 was still listed!

This meant that about 95 percent of affiliates using pay-per-click advertising were giving up within 3 weeks. So they were almost certainly losing money. So, at most, only about 5 percent of affiliate marketers are still making a profit.

However it is still possible to find profitable affiliate programs. You can collect details about affiliate programs in the Google and/or Yahoo sponsored listings. Enter the details into a Spreadsheet, and come back a few weeks lat

iliate programs in the Google sponsored listings, and entering details into an Excel Spreadsheet. And I discovered something that shocked me. Upon checking the same listings 3 weeks later, only about 1 affiliate in 20 was still listed!

This meant that about 95 percent of affiliates using pay-per-click advertising were giving up within 3 weeks. So they were almost certainly losing money. So, at most, only about 5 percent of affiliate marketers are still making a profit.

However it is still possible to find profitable affiliate programs. You can collect details about affiliate programs in the Google and/or Yahoo sponsored listings. Enter the details into a Spreadsheet, and come back a few weeks lat

were almost certainly losing money. So, at most, only about 5 percent of affiliate marketers are still making a profit.

However it is still possible to find profitable affiliate programs. You can collect details about affiliate programs in the Google and/or Yahoo sponsored listings. Enter the details into a Spreadsheet, and come back a few weeks later to check if the same affiliates are still trading. However this takes weeks of research to identify just one or two profitable affiliate programs.

An excellent new free report by Chris Carpenter of Google Cash, reveals how new technology is changing all of that.

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These are exciting times, indeed. However, those who don't take advantage of this technology will be left in the dust...penniless. And those that do learn about this and take full advantage will be more profitable than ever.