Guest Post by Alex CadensWhat makes affiliate marketing such a great business model is that you really do not need to be a gifted or skilled individual, nor you need any money to start.One of your main tasks in this business is to send traffic to the affiliate product's sales page thus allowing the owner of that product to convert those visitors into paying costumers.The key is to send traffic that you know is actually interested in what you are promoting, that is, targeted traffic, because this will increase your conversion rate.For example, you can promote products from Amazon and many other online retailers (not only digital products like some people think)If you want to tackle the basketball niche, you can make a profit by inserting your Amazon associate links (your affiliate links) promoting...