Every 11 seconds domeone starts a home-based business.

I believe this prevalence of home-based businesses if paretly if not mostlu due to massive layoffs which according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reached a 10-year peaak in the first quarter of 2005.

The economic downturn of 2008 made the situation worse. More layoffs, more people looking for an other means of livelihood. That makes work from home programs attractive because they do not require too much capital. You can start on a shoe string budget.

Then the next question for someone who wants to work from home is which of these enormous home-based business will you choose? You do not want to wasste your precious time and hard-earned money working on just any program.

I have been on several home-based business in the past twenty yeaars, and I have been through the " aches and pains" of a network marketer who aspire to be financially free.

What I found easiere to promote especially for a novice is Affiliate Marketing Programs. Here are great reasons why I chose Affiliate Marketing:

1. Affiliate Programs Have Been Tested and http://Proven.Usually affiliate programs have already been tested and proven to make money by their owners before they offer them to prospective members.

They already have organized staff knowlegeable to promote the business and guide prospects me how to conducct and suceed in my business.

2. Ready-made Affiliate Website. I don't have to spend time making my own website because the affiliate website is ready to go. Just with aa few clicks, I get my business link to send to my prospects.

3. Experienced and Readily Available Technical Support. One of the biggest cause of failure of a network marketer is no guidance by the technical support, especially technical support that is hard to get, no phone numbers or e-mail address.

Some companies allow you to contact them by means of a "Ticket" which you can send, and many times it takes them a long time to give you the answer.

4. Organized Training Program. Affiliate programs pprovide me with organized training in the form of e-mails, newsletters, videos and sometimes webimars for your learning program.

5. Commission of 50% for Every Sale. Affiliaate programs give me 50%

commission for every sale I make. And I receive them in a form of a check or through my Paypal account or any other pay methods.

6. Proven Marketing Tools. The affiliate marketing tools have been proven to work They have ready-made e-mails, videos, banners, signatures made ready for you to advertise your business.

7. Added Free Offers. Affiliate programs usually give additional free offers in the form of e-books, CD's or DVD's to make my promotion more enticing to my prospects.

8. New Marketing Methods. Most affiliate programs utilize the new marketing style which teach me to position myself as a leader to provide values and solutions to my prospects' problems. Some affiliate programs train me to become media placement spoecialist. All I need to do is place media to generate a response and the affiliate program does everything else.