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As the Internet replaces newspapers, magazines and even the television for how people inform and entertain themselves, affiliate marketing is becoming a hot way for people to make money online.

Converting the traffic on the Internet into cold, hard cash might seem like an impossible venture, but the reality is a lot of people are doing it very successfully. Creating an affiliate business is one of the best ways to go.

Learning how to get "into the game," will take a little time and some understanding of how the different affiliate programs work. Perhaps the most important thing to understand for most website owners is how these programs pay out. There are three main forms of how an affiliate website can make money for its owner. In general, affiliate advertisers pay when:

1. Traffic numbers to your site - While this is not the most common of the payout forms, it is one that some advertisers use. This form of affiliate marketing involves having an advertiser's ad or banner on your site. That advertiser pays you per impression of his banner on your site, not the click through rate to his or her site. So, essentially the more traffic YOU get the more you get paid.

The ads on your site are also promoting the brand of the advertiser. The advertisers pay you to get their brand in front of your visitors. Visitors will click through to the advertisers' site depending on the effectiveness of their ad creative.

2. Pay per click - In this form of affiliate advertising, also known as ppc, an advertiser pays for every person who clicks through from your website to theirs. Special affiliate software or affiliate tracking programs are needed to keep up with the revenue, but when a web site affiliate program is set up right, this can be a real big moneymaker.

3. Direct Sales Commissions. Most affiliate programs will only pay out when traffic goes from your site to theirs and then makes a purchase of something. This form of advertising generally offers a higher payoff, but the conversion rate can be rather low. It's one thing to entice a visitor to check out another site, it's a completely different ball game to convince them to buy a product.

Some affiliate program websites use a combination of the three different payouts to generate a steady flow of income. They do this by choosing a niche and building their website around that niche. Everything from the content to the ads fits the theme.

While the traffic-only payout is generally the easiest to produce revenue from, it doesn't always pay the most. Since this requires no real action on the part of the viewer, this can be a great base stream of money for a site owner.

The pay per click ads can produce very good revenue streams if materials on the website entice visitors to click through or if the ads themselves are interesting enough that people do.

The last form of making money can be the hardest to see returns from, as you need to send a fair amount of traffic to see good returns, but the commissions tend to be a lot higher.

I personally make most of my affiliate commissions from sales rather than pay per click or banner ads.

Making money using affiliate programs is a possibility for anyone with a website. It does take some time and study to master, but the effort is generally well worth it for the rewards.

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There are still thousands of people informing others, newbies, beginners or just plain old honest citizens that all they need to do for success is send visitors to their personal affiliate money making web sites.

Replicated web sites that have poor ad copy, opt-in and sales conversion rates, websites that have not been tested or tweaked and simply don't work very well if at all.

It is truly amazing that this is still going on and instead of being in decline these so called "business opportunities" are on the increase, they are thriving with new ones appearing daily.

Yes people are still falling for this hyped up trash, wasting their time and money driving traffic to these sites and wondering why they have nothing to show for their efforts.

The most amazing revelation to me about Mushroom Marketing is it is still going on, there are still hundreds if not thousands of "business opportunities" feeding people BS.

When all the time the vulture club web site owners and affiliate racketeers are raking in thousands of dollars, branding them selves all over the Internet for nothing at the expense of decent people.

They are being marketed by people who just don't care about anyone or thing, their priority is to get your money any way they can with no regard for the people they sponsor into these programs not one iota, in fact once they have your money you are a pain they don't need.

The replicated affiliate sites are just a simple confidence trick to lure people into thinking it is easy when all the time it is just a quick no win solution for you, it is a difficult task getting people to buy online and has never been easy.

Subsequently Mushroom Marketing makes it even harder because many people not only lose their money but also lose their sense of trust and dignity to these scam bags.

This can also leave them mistrusting for life and passing up other very good business opportunities because of their past negative experience in the make money online niche and it is eventually a very sad situation for us all.

Mushroom Marketing, fed on BS and kept in the dark.

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Traveling to unfamiliar destinations can bring to you the sort of troubles you do not want to experience while on the road namely: robbery, rape, or murder. Tourists often fall prey to perpetrators because they do not prepare properly before embarking on a trip. Let's examine some things you should do to prevent your travels from becoming a tragedy:

1. Never list your home address on the luggage tag. If on business, put the company's address on the tag; if visiting friends you can list their address. Use covered luggage tags as well.

2. Stay with your luggage until the luggage is checked. If you must put your bag down, keep one foot on the handle.

3. Carry important papers with you; NEVER check anything that you simply cannot afford to lose. Photocopy your passport, driver's license and credit cards.

4. Bring a small flashlight. You never know when you'll suddenly be "in the dark" and find yourself in unfamiliar surroundings. At night, keep your flashlight by your bed.

5. Make sure that your prescription medicines are filled properly and labeled accurately. In some countries certain prescription medicines are forbidden.

6. Never wear anything that projects affluence. No gold chains, expensive watches and rings, luggage, or other paraphernalia should be in easy view. Better yet: leave your jewelry at home.

7. If possible travel with only one or two credit cards.

8. Women particularly should never accept a drink from a stranger. Keep an eye on your drink at all times.

9. Vary your schedule; try not to come and go at the same time everyday.

10. Only stay in a hotel that uses cards to open room doors and make sure your room has a peephole and a deadbolt lock. Secure the chain and secure the door by pushing a rubber stop under it.

11. Stay in a room near a stairwell. Never take the elevator if a fire or smoke is detected. Always stay in a hotel where the doors enter the hallway and not directly from the outside.

12. Do not wear name tags in public.

13. Do not use unmarked taxi cabs.

14. Sit behind the driver so you can see him, but he cannot see you.

15. Pay the driver upon arriving at your destination and while you are still sitting in the vehicle.

16. If you must rent a car, rent only from a reputable company. Any operating problems that occur could signal sabotage.

17. Be aware of 'staged' car accidents meant to catch you off card.

18. Back into your parking spaces to facilitate a quick exit.

19. Park only in well lit and well traveled areas.

20. If your cell phone does not work outside of the country, consider renting one that does for the duration of your trip.

21. If detained for whatever reason by an official, ask for identification. If in doubt, tell them that you want to see his superior. Keep your emotions in check.

22. If traveling with children, bring along an updated photograph of each child in the event that you become separated from them.

23. Write your child's name and your hotel number on each card; include a close friend's or relative's contact information on the card. Give a card to each child which they will carry with them as long as you are away. Destroy once home.

24. Discuss with your family what they would do in event of an emergency while away from home, e.g. whom to call, how to contact emergency personnel, etc.

25. Do not discuss travel plans, your room number or any other personal information in public within earshot of strangers.

26. Bring along a basic first aid kit with bandages, iodine, mosquito repellant, sunscreen, alcohol packets, dramamine, pepto bismol, diarrhea medicine, etc.

27. Familiarize yourself with train and bus schedules before traveling. Have an alternate plan in place in the event your transportation plans change.

28. Do not flash your passport in public. Discreetly show important documents to officials only.

29. Consider purchasing portable alarms that emit a loud sound.

30. Watch for scams on the street. Children working with adults are notorious as pickpockets.

31. Never flash your money in public. Exchange funds with reputable and recognized exchangers only.

32. Have tips ready in advance for service personnel.

33. Consider renting an escort [security] service if traveling in areas where crime is high.

The key to safe traveling in any area is situational awareness. Distractions because of luggage, children, hotel personnel, strangers, etc. can put you at risk. Know your surroundings and stay in control of every situation.

Matt manages the Corporate Flight Attendant Community a comprehensive resource center for business flight attendants who travel throughout the world. You can visit the community at http://www.corporateflyer.net or http://www.cabinmanagers.com