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Affiliate Marketing - Join in on the Success of the 2nd Wave

What do I mean by '2nd Wave'? Let me explain: Can you remember the good old days when affiliate programsfirst came into existence in the mid to late 1990's? Everybody jumped in with two feet and put up dozens ofaffiliate links on their site with no real thought to whatthey were doing. We then wondered why we didn't make anymoney - not any real money that is. The same thing has happened with the launch of other newindustries in that the initial craze and hype got out ofhand but when things quietened down people thought thingsthrough, put together business models and now succeed bigtime within that industry. The good news is that we, asaffiliate marketers, can learn from these industriesthrough their first and second phases. A Definition of what a First and Second Wave is The first wave is the pioneering stage, the launch of anew industry. There is lots of excitement and hype withmost people now knowing what they are doing. There aremany failures and very little profits ...