When you decide to get into affiliate marketing, don’t believe the myth that affiliate marketing is of only one type. The more formats you run campaigns the higher your chances of success become. To reach the heights of affiliate marketing you will need to learn pay per click, pay per lead, pay per sale, and whatever else will allow you to take advantage of any given opportunity. Of course, each of these have their own set of rules. For example, when you join a pay per lead affiliate program, you’re paid for every lead that you send to the company, whereas with a pay per sale affiliate program, you’ll have to actually generate a sale to see the profits. Sometimes you may be more comfortable working with one type of program over another. People have different abilities so PPC may be easier for you but will result in failure for another affiliate marketer. No matter what you decide to do, your success will be determined by how well you learn and are able to apply it. Pay per sale is a good model to begin with; they are easy to join and will give you the chance to hone your skills. Many new affiliates get stuck in the learning phase, they overanalyze, never take action, or get distracted by every new product that hit’s the market; don’t let that be you. Take the time to learn what you need to learn then apply it. Also, don’t forget about web metrics because they provide you with real facts that you can use to make important decision with your marketing campaigns. Don’t listen to the clowns who tell you to only target small niche markets because large markets are saturated. There is nothing called ‘marketing saturation’ in the affiliate marketing world. In large “saturated” markets there are so many interconnected niches in it that you can build your empire with. Secondly, the Internet is growing and constantly evolving, which means, more and more new people are getting online every day. There is room for you in any niche you want to enter, in fact you can conquer many of them with the right approach. If you reach out to the right people, you’ll see sales coming in from all parts of the world. Really, I don’t know why people talk about saturation including info prodigy is still growing at a rapid pace and there are many untapped markets.