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OK, you have heard it all before. Affiliate Marketing is a dog eat dog type of business. Article Marketing through the use of E-zine directories is not any better. Everyone and their brother seems to know about this type of traffic generation process and does it really work? Yes, it does. So what do you do? Where do you turn to get good information? Be prepared for animosity and folks trying to sideline your progress. It always amazes me that someone still feels as though they are being slighted or ripped off when others follow in their shoes in the niche they have chosen. So what is the answer? What is the best way to proceed? Here are some time proven tips to help you in your struggle to make money in this field. Please follow along in this short story. When I joined the Army I was terribly out of shape. I was 6'3" and 252 pounds, both big and fat! They still took my enlistment with no problem. If I had known what I was in for, in hindsight, I don't know if I would have joined up, however, I am glad that I did. The very first day after we had all of our immunization shots, haircuts and issued these funny green clothes, they decided to make all of us take a physical fitness test. Run 2 miles in under 16 minutes, do 40 push ups and 40 sit ups both in under 2 minutes. Doesn't sound like much does it? OK, try it, you will find out for yourself. Why do I share this little piece of information? The Army had a task, get all the raw recruits into shape so that one day they could go into battle if necessary. So not only did we march everywhere on a very large base, they decided to "drill" us every morning at the physical fitness field for what seemed like hours. At the end of 16 weeks, I had dropped so much weight and was so fit that my mother literally did not recognize me. I weighed 178 pounds! I was extremely proud of that accomplishment.