5 Tips for Affiliate Marketing Success

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Everyone can be an affiliate marketer. Not everyone can be a successful internet marketer. It takes a lot of work to generate sales. You can’t simply put up a page and expect to start making money. The good news is, with a few tips and a little work; you can be successful and make money from home.

Tip 1 – Size Up Your Merchants

You are only as good as the products you are trying to sell. The products you are selling at only as good as the merchants offering them. You have your choice from thousands of products. Take your time and make sure the merchant you are dealing with is reputable. It is not always the best practice to choose the products that offer the highest commission. Most affiliates choose products based on who pays the highest commissions. This is not always the best practice. When deciding on products, you need to look for merchants that have a good reputation and offer quality products. You also want to look at their sell through rate to find merchants whose products convert easily.

Tip 2 – Find Your Niche

Let’s face it; there are millions of products you can sell. In order to make a sale however, you need to get customers to your site. If you have a site that sells everything from acne cream to xylophone lessons, you will have a hard time getting visitors (and customers) to your site. When you choose a niche, you have a better opportunity to become an expert on your products. When you are perceived as an expert, customers will look to you for advice.
Choosing a niche does not mean that you will only sell one product. You can sell several products that are associated with your niche. For example, if you choose the weight loss niche, you can offer exercise plans, supplements and exercise equipment. Just make sure all of your products fall into your niche.

Tip 3 – Check Your Statistics Frequently

If you are going to be a successful Affiliate Marketer, you need to keep track of your statistics. You need to know if the products you are promoting are selling. Once again, you have unlimited products to choose from. Not every product will sell well. Check you affiliate site daily to see which products are selling. If a product is not performing well, do not be scared to switch products. Statistics are your roadmap to success. Watch it closely and let your business change directions when necessary.

Tip 4 – Use Original Content

One of the biggest mistakes bloggers make is posting duplicate content. Sure, you can find free content for your site from article sites. I do not recommend you use these articles. It is a quick and easy way to get content for your site, but you will be penalized. Search engines scan your site and look for duplicate content. If they find duplicate content on your site, they will move you down the search engine rankings. Additionally, you want to be an expert in your field. When people visit your site, they want original content, not articles that are floating on sites throughout the internet. If you do not have time to write original articles, hire a freelancer to write articles for you. This will ensure you have constantly updated content that is only found on your site.

Tip 5 – Change is a Good Thing

If your site is going to be found, you need to not only rank high on search engines, you need to keep a high ranking. In order to do this, you site needs to continuously evolve. Google searches your site weekly. If your site does not change, the spyders do not search your sight as often and you will drop in the rankings. Likewise, if you do not change your site frequently, visitors will become bored and stop visiting your site. You want to keep your readers interest. Making small changes will keep them coming back to see what is new. This can be as simple as changing articles or running specials. When you change the content on your site, you will keep the readers and the search engines coming back for more.
Succeeding in Affiliate marketing is not as simple as having a website. Anyone can have a web site. You need to work each day to make sure that your business evolves. Use these tips and you can achieve success in Affiliate Marketing.

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Comments

  5. Reply
    Tamie

    Thank you Anthony, yes I am interested in any info you are willing to share with me, this was helpful but I am currently on page 84 of Advertising Profits From Home, this is info I will put to use in the near future hopefully.

  8. Reply
    Connie Hancock

    Anthony, this blog post was helpful in that it helped me analyze activities I do when looking at different sites. If the content is too much, I don’t go back. I want an internet site to be easy to move around in and easy to find what I’m looking for. It it’s too complicated, I give up and won’t go back. Also, you reminded me that the content must be fresh – not something I can get elsewhere. Thanks so much for this blog. I really liked it.

  10. Reply
    Hilda Marshall

    Hello Anthony,
    Thank you for not giving up on me. My website(s) are under construction and I am 50% through my PMI course. Your tips are very helpful and now that I am freed up to continue studying Affiliate Marketing, I am motivated to get a return on my investment

  12. Reply
    Quinzetta Moses

    Again you have presented good information that is very helpful to me. I enjoy your blogs because I always learn something new each time. Like how important it will be for business if I gave my website a makeover periodically in order to keep the viewers interested and wanting to know what I will be doing next. Thank you and I look forward to seeing what you will be sharing on your next Blog.

  13. Reply
    Bjarne Breilid

    Hi Anthony, Gradually I think I am learning, but I still need to learn some basics since I am starting out from far behind.

    You are certainly a competent and inspiring eacher, but starting from so far behind as I do, it will take a lot of mental exertion on my part to acquire the necessary skills. With your help and advice, maybe there is hope. Wish me luck!
    Bjarne

  14. Reply
    Jean Pertick

    I appreciate this info v ery much. I will keep plugging away because I like doing it and because you are so helpful. I will give you a plug on FB & twit.

  16. Reply
    Doug Wareham

    These blogs help through a bit of new (for us) information. Eventually, we should be able to figure this all out and become better markerters. Thanks for the tips. Keep ’em coming.

  18. Reply
    komba osby

    Helping each other is one of the life most important principles. Actually I am learning this business so I can raise money to help children in the congo. Many children to bed hungry.

  19. Reply
    Deb Galetta

    I am just begining the process of creating a webiste and all of the information that goes with it. My online mentor keeps steering me away from affiliate marketing and using a drop shipper. There are drop shippers that have affiliate programs as well, so why stay away from affiliate progarms?
    Your above tips are great! The more information I have, the more confident I feel about progressing in the prgram.
    Thank you!!

  23. Reply
    Pam Wiegardt

    Anthony, I like these tips. I am new and need to learn as much as I can. I have ordered lots of your materials. I did that very skeptically, wondering if this was a scam. I have formed the opinion that you are the real deal and that you indeed do want your customers to succeed. Thanks!

  29. Reply
    Jill VonRissen

    This blog is great. You gave great tips with me getting started on my new endeavor, my soon to be successful endeavor.Thank you so very much!!! JILL

  31. Reply
    Deborah Waltemeyer

    These tips are greatly appreciated. Iam working and studying long hours to learn all i can so that i can set up everything possible to achieve my goals on the internet.Ireally enjoy reading all your blogs and helping tips.You keepme motivated toward sucess. Thank you. Deb

  32. Reply
    Carol Amato

    Excellent post – I’m SO glad you said, “anyone can have a website…”

    It takes work every day! …. to be successful – I run into people all the time who think that just because they do the work of putting up a site, that they should be making money.

    Great food for thought, as always! 🙂

  33. Reply
    John Vega

    I have not yet recieved your book but I’m sure looking forward in starting soon. I’m not much of a computer guy, but with your help I know I can do this.

  39. Reply
    Phyllis Orman

    I am just starting to dig in and learn. I think the 5 tips were very good and I will remember them. Thank you Anthony! In time, I will get going strong!

  41. Reply
    Sandy

    Yes, you’re 100% right but in my website through your Advertising Profits From Home System there are a lot of different product offers.
    So I have no way to choose 1 and another related niche product in this site right. I got Search Engine Submission Site to get Traffic to those promoted products hopefully.

  44. Reply
    Deb Herber

    Thanks Anthony….always appreciate the time you put into helping us achieve our goals! 🙂

  45. Reply
    Larry K. Grimes Sr

    Thanks Anthony for the tips ,I have finally been given a good bill of health that I have been fighting for the last six or seven months and maybe by paying attention to your truth in marketing and tips I will be able to make my first money with your advice .Bless You for not giving up on an old man.

  47. Reply
    James Kahalewai

    Anthony………….I’m a 1st. class newbie. Just completing reading Chapt. 11 (Automated Profits From Home). Still learning and absorbing all I can in spite of my limited computor knowledge. Thanks for this blog. Every bit you offer is much appreciated. Jimmy K.

  50. Reply
    Patricia Combs

    Thank you Anthony!

    Your tips are very helpful as are the sms tips that I recieve! Keep them coming!

  53. Reply
    Jimmy Johnson Jr

    This was very useful post that will keep me on my toes in this business, didn’t know that about the Search Engines but I did think that about viewers coming to the site

  54. Reply
    Carolyn Heck-Derton

    Thank You, Anthony,
    This info was very helpful. I need to start implementing this.
    carolyn

  55. Reply
    Pat Matteri

    This was the best! Thanks for statements with support and explanation. I feel energized after reading these tips. Keep them coming, please.

  58. Reply
    Duane Davidson

    I’m still new to this, but these tips seem common sense, while requiring daily monitoring and upgrading of my website (when I get one).

  62. Reply
    georgina castle

    Hello Anthony. You tell me there is a button to push but I do not see one on my screen, so I can not get the info I need to carry on. I need a list of the items we can choose from but have no button to push in your blog. Plus I do not have a landing page yet, I am on page 83 of your five tips for affiliate marketing, I always print out every thing you send to me so I can read it two or three times to make sure I get it, after all I will be 81 years young at christmas and it takes me a while to make it stick.I am enjoying learning some thing new, and I enjoyed going to your seminar in Arvada for three days, we gave the speaker a bad time but he enjoyed it, I think his name was Corey Thurston and he was a peach, I gave him two poems I had made up that kept the apt building full making my boss 102% profit on his apts. Well, that is all for now, I shall close and call customer service to see if I can get that list of products si I can get busy. by for now all the best. Georgina Castle.

  64. Reply
    Kaye Hutton

    This information is great. I need all the help I can get on web pages. I would love to see more of this type blogs posted.
    Thanks, Anthony!

  66. Reply
    Brian Kralik

    thanks anthony the blog was very good information keep up the good work on giving us usefull information thanks again Brian

  67. Reply
    Howard Campbell

    Very informative and interesting. I will be more regular in watching and listening. Good tips.

  70. Reply
    Sheri & Steve Hamlin

    Thanks for the tips, Iwill save them and use them for reference. Keep the info coming!!!!

  74. Reply
    Janelle Murphy-Burkett

    Hi, Anthony! Thanks for the helpful advice! Perfect timing as I’m re-evaluating my website. Keep the tips coming, please!

  75. Reply
    STANTON HUEY, JR.

    Dear Mr. Morrison:

    Thank you for these five tips. Tip number five was especially valuable as

    I am trying to add sporting goods to my website. I will narrow the sporting

    goods down to only several products such as optics. Please

    see:www.lsps.net and click on district 5.

    Sincerely,

    Stanton Huey

  76. Reply
    Esther Gales

    I have certainly enjoyed the tips and I look forward to putting them into
    practice!
    Thanks
    Esther

  77. Reply
    zeta green

    I think that these are very good tips. I also have a click bank acct. which I am looking for really good picks so I am taking my time so that I make good choices. There are over 2000 just in the e-business section alone. I completely agree that its best to check them out before choosing to be their affiliate. It’s your reputation too.

  78. Reply
    Ruth Santos

    Keep ’em coming, Anthony. I learn from them each time you give them.
    Your book, I assume, tells more about affiliate marketing? If so, I probably need it.

  80. Reply
    Teddy Garbutt

    Dear Anthony,

    You have become my teacher , and I have become your gratefull student always willing to learn more from you like I did from these new and enlightening tips you reveal.
    Thanks again, Ted

  81. Reply
    Cynthia H.

    Thank you Anthony for the tips. They are very helpful. I am still reading the books and watching the videos. Hopeful one day I will be able to make some money!

  87. Reply
    Cecilia Mendoza

    Thank you for the tips, I ‘m sure they will help me when I get there. I’m still reading the books, not too good with computers. I feel like I’m back to school!

  89. Reply
    Sharon Volkman

    Thank you, Anthony, for the most helpful tips. I’d like more example of the small changes that you suggest we make on our website. I also need to know more about how to get more ‘text’ on my website.

  92. Reply
    Betty L

    Anthony – How I appreciate your online video blogs and your written blogs.
    When do you sleep? Take care of yourself first. Betty L

  93. Reply
    Tammy Ruegsegger

    Thanks for all the tips. I have learned most of them by being one of your students. I just wish I could make my first dollar. I am following your tips, but so far not much. I will keep

  94. Reply
    Tammy Ruegsegger

    Thanks for posting these tips. I did know most of them by being one of your students. I have been using them but have not been very successful hopefully I will soon. I will keep working on it. Thanks

  95. Reply
    chuck

    This is very helpful info. I appreciate the time and efforts you put into the tips and blogs. Thanks Anthony.

  96. Reply
    Sharon Davidson

    Thanks for the tips, Anthony. They make a lot of sense and I’ll definitely use them. Keep feeding us more information. I, personally, am soaking everything up like a sponge. And, it’s wonderful that you’ve gone out of the box and given us a blog on a Tuesday!

  98. Reply
    Charla Mathews

    Thank you so much for keeping us up-to-date on the latest tips. These are very helpful

  99. Reply
    mark

    im working hard at everything at hand ,all the advice helps & im working on getting my site up ,there are so many products to chose from but im stayn focsed & engaged thanks for everything

  100. Reply
    DONNA B.

    Your newsletter emails have been the single most important factor in keeping me from giving up on the whole internet marketing deal. Following your instructions and reading your blog have kept me continuously learning I and I am at the point now that I feel confident enough to dig in and actually
    Put all your good information into action. Thank you.

  101. Reply
    Carol Isenhower

    Thank you again Anthony!!! Please keep the tips coming!!! They are very informative.

  102. Reply
    Lueroyce

    Thank you for the valuable information and a lot of “food” for thought. Every little morsel is just another piece to the puzzle about Knowlege! Thanks!

  103. Reply
    Fred Haney

    Hello Anthony

    Your blog was very helpful and full of info I will be able to use.Keep them coming.
    Thank you
    Fred Haney

  105. Reply
    jeff b.

    great tips….already have niche and product ideas, may even hire nephew for occasional articles…..can’t wait to see how it works

  111. Reply
    natacha

    im just getting started out so i don’t quite understand everything yet, but i’m hanging in there and learning, thanks for making this possible

  117. Reply
    Ania

    Thanks for the tips, I think every one have to keep them on mind because is very tough to succeed.

  118. Reply
    Mavis Turner

    Thank you Anthony, any tips you can relay I am certainly anxious to learn..I am closer and closer to venturing into affiliate marketing. I just want to learn everything I can before making the plunge.

  119. Reply
    Mavis Turner

    Thank you, Anthony for any tips that you can throw my way. I am certainly anxious to learn anything you bring my way. Soon I am going to venture into affiliate marketing, but want to learn everything that I can before doing so.
    Thanks again for your time and information

  122. Reply
    Kennithia Jervier

    Anthony,
    I am new to this, but your tips are very helpful my website is not finished yet but hope to be up and running soon. With tips like these I am sure to become a sucess. Thank You for All your help and business sense other- wise this would not be possible. Keep up the great work! We love your tips and videos. Can not wait to hear more on affiliate Marketing.

  124. Reply
    Lorraine Frazier

    I’m not sure yet how to use all this information, but I’m taking notes and I’ll be ready when its time. Thanks for your encouragement.

  128. Reply
    Eileen Katzer

    I appreciate all the help and concern that you are showing. I know it’s a lot of work. I am trying to keep up with the things you are posting, Keep up the good work.

  129. Reply
    James Hemingway

    Anthony,Hi I really appreciate learning this new occupation from you.You have done a mighty work by figuring all this out. I am ready to make a success of this work.

  130. Reply
    Jamielee Hutton

    Yes this helped most people think if you build it they will come , wrong . I have been mixing and gathering links to try and cover all the bases not realizing that this most likely only confuses customers .
    Thanks Anthony ,
    Jamie

  131. Reply
    Ruth Turner

    I love these tips for success. Yes I do have to find my niche, but with various things I’m interested in, I’ll have to figure out where to start.

  133. Reply
    EBlair

    Thank you for the affiliate marketing info. I am a new comer and I am just so excited to learn these things I never knew anything about.

  135. Reply
    Rosie

    Mr. Morrison,
    Thank you for the tips, still trying to finish my website, with this tips they will help. Have a fantastic weekend, God Bless.

  138. Reply
    Mario Castro

    Thank you. I’m a new affiliate marketer, and I enjoy all kinds of information that I can use. These articles are great.

    Thank you again, Anthony.

    Mario Castro

  140. Reply
    harry sampson

    thank you .i a new affiliate marketer,great tips . i appreciate your help in clearing up some questions however i need some more of your insights .

  141. Reply
    Dennis Rietwyk

    I like that you get right to the point. I am building a new business and have to do everything. Time management is a must! Thank you for giving me your help and doing so fast. I will remember who helped me when my business gets going.

  142. Reply
    Natalie Lee

    Anthony: These are exactly the type of tips from you that I Love!!! It helps me think in simple terms what I can do every day to help me get closer to my ultimate goal: Being a Super Affiliate!!! Greatly appreciated…..

  143. Reply
    delite

    good info a lot like the other info running a successful affiliate

    marketing company thanks

  144. Reply
    Marcia Brown

    Hi, Anthony!

    I am learning lots of new things about affiliate marketing. I appreciated your advice in this email. I epecially liked the reminder that I need to work my business daily, and keep things changed up weeekly by writing original articles.

    I am still in the training stage, so I haven’t developed my site yet. I have a niche chosen and am in the process of researching what categories may be worth promoting.

    I am an avid scrapbooker, and make homemade cards, as well. I know alot about products in these areas because I also worked at a scrapbook store (until it closed not long ago). So, this will be my niche. There are all kinds of physical products as well as digital products out there that I would like to promote. I’m just hoping I can find enough that are doing well enough for me to put time into that particular niche.

    Thank you for your continued support with great emails to keep me motivated.

    Marcia Brown

  145. Reply
    Linda Hunt

    Thank you Anthony.. This is all new to me and I am trying to learn as much as I possibly can so I can start making money to give my family financial security. Thank you for all of your hard work to help all of us that believe in you and are learning to believe in ourselves!

  147. Reply
    Jerry Murray

    Everyone download Anthony’s toolbar an you can have instant access to all
    of his great info.Thanks for everything you do great info.Will see you in Greenville SC on the 20th

  150. Reply
    Kelly Mwaniki

    This piece of information was quite helpful and I need more information since I am in the process of starting the business.

  151. Reply
    Amy Jo Mobley

    You are SO committed to our success! Thanks so much for all your tips 😉

  156. Reply
    Mike Hedrick

    Kathy and I are just getting started and like the depth and specificity of your content. We can see that the 3 day training we will start on Friday will do a good job to prepare us for what follows in getting up and running. Thanks for including small but important details!

  157. Reply
    Diane

    Thanks for the information! I am just trying to get started and I am looking forward to it!

  159. Reply
    Bill

    I did learn from your blog. I am just starting out and have a lot to learn but this opens my eyes to what is out there. Thanks.

  160. Reply
    Bill

    Thank you for the blog. very imformative and to the point. I am new at this,
    and I will be reading more of your blogs.

    Happy New Year,

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