You can make money online for free. You can get rich quick online. Only the gurus are making money online. Internet marketing is easy. Have you heard these statements before? These are just a few myths about affiliate and internet marketing. Let's address each of these myths about online marketing.

1. You can make money online for FREE. Let me ask you, do you live in your apartment or house for free? Does your car burn gas for free? The answer to both questions - NO. As much as all of us would like to run a successful business for free, it won't happen. You will have to pay for things like: domain name, hosting fees, internet connection, etc. That's not to say you can't start an online business with a small amount of money.

2. You can get rich quick online. There is no such thing as "get rich quick". Building a business of any kind, online or offline takes time. Success has never happened overnight. However, building an online business can happen much, much quicker than a brick and mortar business. Not to mention, it's a lot cheaper.

3. Only the "gurus" are making money online. Anyone can make money online. There is tons of self-help material available online; of course, not from all reputable sources. Just go to Google or Yahoo and search on, "make money online". Google has over 200,000,000 search returns. Yahoo has over 1,000,000,000. Yes, that's 1 billion.

4. Internet Marketing is easy. The experts will tell you they started from ground zero. You can't get to the top overnight, but you can get there. Internet marketing can be easy if you don't waste your time reinventing the wheel. Follow the lead of someone who has been there and done that.

Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to start building an online business with almost no money. You don't have to have your own product or website. You can start making money quickly and it can be quite easy to start if you have the right information and tools.