The secret to success with online marketing is, in my experience, a matter of creating valuable content online using multiple free Internet resources.

Here is where I typically post content: YouTube, Blogger, Yahoo Answers, Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, and of course, EzineArticles.

Using these free resources, I create content and drive traffic to my website so people can see the potential of my affiliate and referral marketing programs. Like anything in business, sharing your message with others is critical.

Consider This Example

A popular sandwich franchise recently opened a new store in my neighborhood. Sadly, the location for this new store is pitiful. The store is located off a four-lane highway, but the storefront faces into my residential neighborhood, rather than the highway.

The result has been disastrous for this business, as the sandwich shop is out of sight to the passing traffic.

This relates to your online business as well. Of all the millions of choices Internet surfers have, if your site faces into a quiet neighborhood, rather than a virtual superhighway, than traffic into your store is going to be lousy. Using the social networking sites I listed above is one way you can leverage your position and increase your visibility to your market.

Beyond that, successful Internet marketing becomes a numbers game.

Play The Numbers Game

If there was one secret above all others, I would have to say that it is to play the numbers game. That is, making money online and becoming a 6-figure money maker depends on how much traffic you can drive to your offers--providing they are legitimate and valuable products and services.

For example, if 100 visitors to your affiliate or referral offer results in one sale that nets you a $20 commission, then by extension, 1,000 targeted visitors to your offer may make you $200 in sales.

Like I said, it's a numbers game.