Baltimore, MD - 2009/10/17 -- With all of the recent hype about facebook, twitter, social networking, social media and the like, a new form of virtual social interaction is emerging: Social Consumerism.  It is ushering in a new form of monetization for marketing consumer goods and services to the masses.  By giving the consumer a voice, and by enabling the consumer to share in the revenue from advertising and sales marketed directly to them, the consumer is able to share in the power of a market economy, rather than just being subject to it.

Despite having sold a few products through affiliate marketing, I am by no means an expert, or even an intermediate marketer for that matter.  In fact, I've sold more items on Ebay, Adrallies and Craigslist than I have through online affiliate marketing.  However, affiliate marketing is one of my interests, as well as one of the topics that will be discussed on Tried it Myself.