Home Based Business For Single Moms

Yes I am a single mom and yes I have an affiliate marketing business; and yes I honestly believe that affiliate marketing is the based home based business for single moms. 

So what is Affiliate Marketing?  Affiliate Marketing is more than just a work from home opportunity; affiliate marketing is a business model and so should be thought of as having your own home based business.  The great thing about affiliate marketing and why I believe it is one of the best business models for single moms is because it is a flexible, inexpensive, easy business to implement.  It is based on the idea of you as the affiliate promotes a company’s or a person’s brand and or product; whenever you send that company or person a customer who purchases their product you are then paid a commission.

So why affiliate marketing for single moms:

1.  We are already use to overcoming obstacles: whether you are a single mom by choice or by circumstance raising a child without support from the other parent is an obstacle all within itself their will defintely be roadblocks and obstacles to overcome when starting your affiliate marketing business but by being creative and staying with it you can build a great business genearating a substantial income.

2.  We already know how to prioritize and multi-task:  Is any explanation really needed we are single moms; enough said!  While you are building your affiliate marketing business you may find yourself having to juggle several task like keeping up with forums, articles, and social media as long as you prioritize these task you will find affiliate marketing to be a business you enjoy doing.

3.  You can learn while you earn:  this is actually the number one reason why I started my affiliate marketing other than the fact that I wanted to have more time to focus on my son.  With affiliate marketing you can learn the basics and start implementing what you are learning and will probably already start earning some commissions while you continue to learn new ideas and techniques.

If you search affiliate marketing on the internet you will found thousands of sites that have information on how to get started.  Two that I keep within arm’s reach are The One Week Marketing Plan and The Super Affiliate Handbook.  I would start with The Super Affiliate Handbook as it will definitely teach you everything you will need and want to know about affiliate marketing once you have a better understanding of what affiliate marketing is and what you will be doing then The One Week Marketing Plan is the next step and will get you on the path to getting your first commission check.