| STEP 1 - Set a goal | | | | designed by professionals. |
| Let's start with a modest goal ($250.00 per month). | | | | Always look for lifetime commissions. This simply |
| As a new affiliate you should set a reasonable yet | | | | means you will collect commissions with no time limit |
| high enough so it will not be easy. As motivation think | | | | or expiration date. Select a web site topic that has |
| about what you will do with the extra dollars you will | | | | affiliate programs which pay lifetime commissions or |
| be generating. Anytime things get tough remind | | | | residual commissions. Check out This is an outstanding |
| yourself just what you are going to do with the | | | | resource. Among it's many forums are is one called |
| extra money you will be generating. | | | | Affiliate Programs which includes discussion about |
| STEP 2 - Look at your potential competitors | | | | Commission Junction, AZoogle, Amazon, ClickBank |
| If you're considering building a site about Persian | | | | and Chitika. Do a little research before picking a |
| Cats" search "Persian Cats" (using quotation marks) in | | | | program. Spend some time on the forums. It contains |
| Google and Yahoo! and look at the top 10 sites which | | | | a wealth of information. |
| appear in the search results. They are the folks you | | | | STEP 4 - Add affiliate links |
| are up against.. Can you build a better site about | | | | As you write the articles for your site, weave |
| Persian Cats? What can you do that will be better or | | | | affiliate links into them. Of course, sign up as an |
| more interesting? | | | | affiliate prior to listing the affiliate links. Don't just sign |
| How many links do your potential competitors have? | | | | up, make sure that you are approved and fill out the |
| Do your potential competitors all hundreds or even | | | | appropriate paperwork so you can be paid. Expect to |
| thousands of links to them? This is very important, | | | | be asked for your Social Security number for tax |
| because links are important to search engines. You | | | | purposes. |
| need good, relevant back links to your site. To find | | | | Always write as if you are writing a letter to a friend. |
| out how many sites are linking to a site, use the free | | | | You are not a machine, so remember not to write |
| Yahoo! Site Explorer. Go to - and login (set up a free | | | | like one. You might begin a discussion with problems |
| account if necessary). | | | | that you have had in the past and what you did to |
| Type the URL of the site you want to explore. | | | | solve those problems. Your solution may be of |
| Click on "Explore URL". | | | | interest to your readers and they will click on that |
| Click on "Inlinks". | | | | hyperlink. When they follow that link the merchant will |
| Modify your search to make it more useful. Select | | | | be in a better solution to make a sale and you will |
| the options to show Inlinks "except from this | | | | profit. Your job is to corral prospects, get them |
| domain" and "entire site". This will exclude internal links | | | | interested in more information and send them off to |
| and show you all external links that Yahoo! knows | | | | the merchant you represent to close the deal. |
| about to ANY page of the website. | | | | STEP 5 - Place AdSense ads on your site |
| STEP 3 - Research affiliate merchants | | | | If you have a good, popular site with good traffic, it's |
| Before you make a firm decision on a topic for your | | | | not difficult to make good money with Google |
| site, you'll should do research to see if there are | | | | AdSense and the best part is that AdSense is free. |
| affiliate products which match your topic. You want | | | | This is the end of Part 1 of 13 Steps To Affiliate |
| affiliate merchants that have great products and | | | | Money Making. |
| reputations and sites that look like they were | | | | |