How To Become a Succesful Affiliate marketer In 7 Roles

Definition of a successful Affiliate Marketer - a person who makes money, lots of money! So how do you become a successful Affiliate and make lots of money with Affiliate Marketing programs ? Well there are a number of rules you must to follow if you want to be successful.

Rule 1.

Promote something that people want. This might sound obvious but you can spend hours of time and energy searching for the Affiliate Marketers "Eldorado" that golden niche that no one else has discovered and that when you discover it is going to make you lots of money. Or you can play it smart and search for a product that hundreds are trying to promote and millions of people want. Don't be put off promoting your business that everyone else appears to be promoting too. If you do it right i.e. follow the rules, you will be amazed how little competition you will have, even in a high-demand market.

Rule 2.

You must have one type and only one type of visitor to your site, the visitor who wants to BUY what you are promoting, or selling. Now again this might sound obvious but you would be amazed how many sites don't appear to care who their visitors are.

Rule 3.

Help your visitors to find your site from among all the other sites on the Internet by spending time in research. Research the product you are going to promote thoroughly and make sure your content, be it on your site or in an article or e-mail, is product-related i.e make sure you have plenty of keywords and key phrases that relate to the the visitor you want to attract and the product you want to promote.

Rule 4.

Make your visitors WANT to click on the link to your Vendors site. So make sure that your reviews, information pages etc. are kept nice and short and simple but contain plenty of reasons why the visitor should click on the link. Make sure also that you have plenty of links to your Vendors site scattered throughout your promotional copy.

Rule 5.

Be patient. If you want to make money with Affiliate Marketing it's like any other business you must devote time and energy and most importantly patience to it. Remember always that Affiliate Marketing is not a "get-rich quick overnight business" there is no such thing! So don't get scammed into buying the latest instant money making "business-in-a-box" or buy useless "prospect" lists that have already been worked to death.

Rule 6.

Keep records and statistics, so you can discover which headline, article, advertisement, image etc. is pulling in your visitors, and review your records regularly.

Rule 7.

Invest in your business. When you start making serious money and you surely will if you follow these rules, remember to re-invest at least 33% of your profits back into your business. Oh! and remember when you start making serious money you will also need to put aside some for taxes.