You've decided to enter the world of affiliate marketing, and now you're curious as to how it all works. You've finally finished putting the finishing touches on your website or blog. So, you've settled on a specific market segment to focus on in order to generate revenue. Getting paid online requires nothing more than a few links. It's not difficult to promote other people's services and products. With all of the various companies offering affiliate programs and referral options, you'll find that they all have different rules that you must follow. If you have a lot of affiliate programs to manage, affiliate marketing is fairly straightforward. You may have a problem when you have so many that you forget what the rules are. This is because there is no universal set of guidelines for affiliate programs; rather, they vary as widely as the companies themselves. Any given business is free to establish its own set of guidelines. In spite of this, you might noti...