Affiliate marketing can be profitable.

If you've ever read Rosalind Gardner's Super Affiliate Handbook you'll know that.

But where should you start if you want to become a successful affiliate marketer?

1. Have your own website

And I don't mean a free website on somewhere like Blogger.

It should be a site that you care about - which means your own domain name and your own hosting.

It's not particularly expensive to do...

At its heart, affiliate marketing is like most internet marketing but there are some tips you need to know to tilt the balance in your favour and get more affiliate commissions.

1. Choose your affiliate programs wisely

By this I mean you're looking for programs that are likely to be around for the long haul.

If the site is new and the affiliate program isn't handled by one of the big companies (Clickbank, etc) then you need to be especially cautious unless...

Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to start in internet marketing.

You have an almost infinite number of producs to select from and you can pick and choose which ones are best for you.

Most beginners with affiliate marketing start with the low hanging fruit:

• Amazon Associates
• Clickbank
• JVZoo

And if you only chose products from those three marketplaces, you'd be well equipped for life.

Amazon Associates

Assuming that Amazon...

A lot of reports suggest that you use the figures reported by the Google Keyword Planner.

The figures it presents are better than nothing but you definitely shouldn't think that they're anything close to being accurate.

The main purpose of the keyword planner is to sell AdWords adverts.

The fact that marketers can use it to get a glimpse of possible search volume is a side effect that Google have to live with: they can't give potential advertisers figures without...

At first glance, affiliate marketing seems easy.

• You don't need to create a product of your own
• You don't need to deal with customer questions and refunds
• You don't need to set up payment buttons
• You don't need to write a sales letter
• Almost everything is done for you

Of course, like almost everything in life, the devil's in the detail.


The main thing that people leave out when they talk about affiliate marketing is that you still need to get people to view the...