IMHO affiliate marketing is the perfect side hustle. Affiliate marketing is the perfect place for most of us to begin our great adventure of building our very own online business. Why? Because in a word, it is amazing! This week I share some of the things that make affiliate marketing the perfect fit as we grow our online business.   Podcast Rundown 2:57 - What is Affiliate Marketing There are 3 players in affiliate marketing The manufacturer, retailer, the person who is selling the product or service The affiliate, the person recommending the service or product The customer 4:45 - The Mechanics, how affiliate marketing is tracked 7:00 - What makes affiliate marketing such a perfect fit? 10:50 -  A great alternative to Sponsorship 21:45 - How much can you really earn? Links from this Episode   Here is a great primer https://www.affiliatemarketertraining.com/14-most-common-mistakes-made-by-new-affiliate-marketers/   Amazon Associates is where many of us begin https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/   Walmart! Who knew! https://affiliates.walmart.com/#!/   Can you believe Bass Pro Shop has an affiliate program, this proves just about EVERYONE has one! https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/affiliate-program   A few of the Affiliate Networks Share-A-Sale (I do a lot with them) https://www.shareasale.com/info/   Rakuten https://rakutenadvertising.com/affiliate/   Impact Radius (Very popular with SAAS companies) https://impact.com/   Our other things: Weekly live, free tutorials -  Webinar Wednesday  Grey Zone on Facebook a place for Baby Boomers and GenX to meet, share and learn about online business Grey Matters is made possible through your generous support! Please become a Patron of Grey Matters!   All our other Links Worth Visiting!   → Join us for Webinar Wednesday, every week!: http://members.dottotech.com/webinar-wednesday-registration-page/ → Hire Steve as a Speaker: https://dottotech.com/speaker/ →  We have Merch! https://teespring.com/stores/dotto-tech → What We Use, Steve’s Toolkit: http://bit.ly/2JWqrBM → Our Amazon Store: httphttps://www.amazon.com/shop/dottotech?ref=ac_inf_hm_vp