Are you just getting started? Wondering how to make money online? Not sure what is going to be the easiest way for you? Thinking you have tons to learn? Well, if that sounds like you, one thing to consider is to become an affiliate manager.

What is an affiliate manager?

Basically affiliate managers run affiliate programs for marketers. Their job is to make the marketer a whole bunch of money and in return they get paid really well. The job isn't super hard. They are on the phone all day and call people to set up deals and promotions. They do research and they recruit affiliates and train them.

For example, an affiliate manager might contact people and set up teleseminars for the product owners and affiliates.

It's a great way to learn...to get in and start understanding all the components of internet marketing. As an affiliate manager you make a bunch of contacts, get into people's inner circles...build some great networks. It can be a huge way to get in--getting to know all the people in the different networks and getting to know everybody. Being an affiliate manger is awesome for that.

How do affiliate managers get paid?

Affiliate managers may be paid based on the work they do and they may also be paid a percentage for every sale they make. A lot of good affiliate managers are paid a monthly retainer...anywhere from $2000-$5000 a month, plus a percentage of all affiliate sales. So if you make $100,000 in affiliate sales, you're going to get 5-10 percent of the sales, depending on the contract.

Are affiliate managers only for internet marketing?

Affiliate management is a huge industry and outside, in the corporate world, there's affiliate managers for every big company. You look at monster.com and people are hiring affiliate managers all the time. So it's a position that's in high demand right.

What makes a good affiliate manager?

A lot of the guys that I see that are getting bigger in whatever business that they're in--they're always coming to me and asking where do you find your affiliate managers?

What they really want to know is: where do you find people that make these calls? How do you find people you can trust? How do you find people that actually know what they're talking about? Because it's fairly hard to find somebody who knows what they're doing.

What makes a good affiliate manager is training. You don't have to have been around the industry for a long time, but you do need to know some basics. And the question is, are people trained up or not?

Where do you get training to be an affiliate manager?

If you Google "Affiliate Manager Training" you will find a lot of different programs out there that will train you so you can become an affiliate manager. Do some research before you pay for anyone's training...make sure they know what they are talking about!

Russell Brunson has offered a training course that my affiliate manager has gone through...and he got a lot out of it. My sister went through the course and also got a tremendous amount out of it. After going through it, our affiliate program monthly income doubled--so I highly recommend this system.

If you enjoy learning and meeting people...making deals and hooking people up...the when you are looking at how to make money online definitely consider becoming an affiliate manager. You can make some good money and meet lots of people...and you can apply what you learn online and offline!