Okay, if you have been around the internet marketing scene long enough, you know by now that there is no such thing as a get rich quick scheme any more than there is a way of flying to the moon tonight.

We're going to assume that you have gotten over the hype, perhaps been burned a couple of times with unrealistic promises which didn't quite give you the Ferrari they photographed for you in their sales letter.

You know it's going to take a good deal of work before you can find your feet and get the cash flowing in. Work generally tends to be time consuming, and the more you get into it, the more it sucks up on your available time.

If you aren't planning to do Internet Marketing on a full-time basis, then this can be a major downer, as the apparent lack of instant success can lead to a complete loss of motivation.

Fortunately, there are ways of working around this. Implementing some simple marketing strategies will help you succeed a lot sooner than you might have expected and also will save enough time for you to be able to either manage the rest of your life's scheduling comfortably, or give you some extra time (if you are into marketing full-time) to put even more time back into your business!

The key is to find good affiliate programs - the ones that pay well in terms of commission and are expensive enough to be worth your time (remember, it takes as much work to sell a $7 product as it takes to sell a $77, or even a $777 one).

Then learn about strategies to market your affiliate link - article and forum marketing are good starts, and you can move on to Pay-Per-Click (PPC) once your affiliate business starts doing really well.

If you have some available capital, use it well - instead of spending it all on a hundred domain names, get a couple, and invest in outsourcing your article marketing. Maybe you could even pre-sell your website designing work - which tends to be extremely time-consuming if you do it all yourself!

There are many more techniques that can help you work smart and get things done faster. There is a certain advantage in timing your marketing campaign carefully, so that you are in sync with the major product launches. There is a key in choosing your niche carefully - in fact, making this decision right can be more than half the battle won, and you'll save yourself tons of time that you would have spent on niches that didn't work out.