Job redundancies. Downsizing. People are losing their jobs for NO fault of their own. It's the economy and the current employment market. Is this situation affecting you? I think the first response is: Get more training, new skills, so as to become indispensable in the work marketplace. But... which exact training?

Yesterday I heard that knowledge and information is the industry of the future. The Internet is now changing everything: where we work, how we work and how we get paid, make money -- even now encouraging us to work for ourselves as an Internet based entrepreneur (business person).

I would like to encourage you to think about other ways of making money because your JOB is not the only way of surviving in this economy. Millions of moms and dads, single parents and young people are catching on to The Internet as a new, exciting, viable and lucrative place to generate extra income and even vast, unexpected wealth.

So what do you call these new jobs online? I call them working as an Affiliate Marketer. It's like being a self employed commission-earning sales person. You don't have to create a product or have anything to sell. You don't have to handle money, payments, stock or inventory. You don't have to talk to customers or handle their queries, complaints or problems. NONE of that.

So, what skills do you need in this new way of working on The Internet? Basic computer skills only, like writing emails, articles and having copy + paste skills. Everything is normally done and prepared for you by the merchant who you connect up to. You are given a web link or URL that identifies you, and code for banners, links, text for promotional letters, etc. It becomes easier and easier. Why?  Because your job as an Affiliate Marketer is simply to get the word out as a promotional writer and advertiser. You quickly learn about the various ways of advertising and marketing online. It's exciting stuff.

Who is best suited to this type of job? Young people who learnt their computer skills at high school and are growing fast. Anyone of any age who is smart and picks things up quickly -- and office workers, business folk, professionals with writing skills who want to make a radical change from their past job and start earning immediate cash and residual income from an Internet based business.

You will feel pride, dignity and deep satisfaction when you take a self help approach to the employment problems this economic downturn has caused. Think of it like this: You want to build a long term economic fortress with a moat around your castle. You are responsible for making it happen. You want Internet success -- with a deep seated burning passion to succeed. You're now prepared to look at an action plan because you have a compelling reason. Corporations don't care about you, so why desire their pathetic, overly structured and self-limiting jobs? Create your own job, get online training and beat the companies online by being more flexible, faster to implement, and laser focused as you target your specific market niche -- narrowed to an area you know about and an area you can handle with some degree of confidence and competency. What are you passionate about already? Research it on Google, find a suitable affiliate program at www.ClickBank.com and join up. There are thousands of other ways to connect with commission-paying merchants, but ClickBank.com is the easiest affiliate marketing company to work with online and they have paid out their affiliates like clockwork since 1998 or so. I just prefer ClickBank.

So what are you waiting for? A green moon? There's no best time to start as good as NOW. Learn the ropes in this info-marketing business and you'll be happier than you ever were in your 9-5 job. Of that I'm certain. But you must decide for yourself - then take massive ACTION.