Lately online, some of the big Internet marketers have been offering great incentives to the affiliates who bring in the most business on product launches. A friend of mine was hoping to snag the first price of a free MacBook Air. I must admit I had never heard of it, but I am at least savvy enough to know it was some kind of Macintosh notebook computer. I didn’t get the “air” thingy, but that’s okay. I got the gist.

It turns out she did not win the MacBook Air. She did, however, win a big flat screen TV, which is pretty awesome in my opinion. And she did it not by selling anything, but by merely asking people on her list to download a free product.

So why is it that I find this whole affiliate marketing process so daunting? If it’s so lucrative, and has perks if you are one of the super affiliates, why am I eating everyone’s dust? I’m obviously missing a piece of the puzzle. Tell you what. I think I’m going on a puzzle piece search starting now.