As you sift through the various "hot to" guides on affiliate marketing and money making, you start to realise how vast and in some instances confusing the internet has become. Silly statement maybe, but many of us never stop and think about that for a few minutes. If you go and search for a topic such as "how to become an affiliate marketer", last time I checked you get 565,000 "relevant" results.

Now think about it for a second. How can you possibly look through the 565,000 to find what you are looking for. Fair enough, you might find an ok answer somewhere within the first 10 or 20 results, but most online figures state that not many searchers ever venture beyond the first 20 results of a search.

I certainly don't.

So your chances on finding answers to your question "how to become an affiliate marketer", statistically are brought down to the first 20 results of your search. Amongst those 20 answers, you'll find things like : a guide to affiliate marketing sites, affiliate marketing signup page and similar vague results. It gets to the point where you just want to give up, go back to your ordinary life and stop trying to earn money online.

Well, this article will try and help you regain hope and motivation and succeed in your online money making quest.

Follow the steps below and you will be sure of making sales in the very near future.

1. Pick a product on its merits. Too many affiliate marketers pick a product based on its "statistics", or they pick a product purely for the fact they want to "make money online". This is very wrong. You should research the product you are selling. Find out exactly what benefits it offers and what are its downsides. Remember, every product you sell reflects on your reputation. Even if you can make 200 dollars in one day from selling a bad product, do not be tempted! Your customers will try the product, see how bad it is and they will never be bad! You will lose $$$$ or potential future cutsomers!

2. Use one url per product you sell. Never sell more then one product on the same url. This is a mistake many people make! Attemtping to sell more then one product under the same url devalues your product and acts as a deterrant to potential customers.

3. Know your product! Make sure you know all the answers to the frequently asked questions about the product you are selling. You are the primary answer provider for this product because you are that one that wants to make a sale!

4. Make sure your sales letter is of the utmost quality. After all, it is your sales letter that does all the work. Get your sales letter reviewed by others, ask for feedback.

5. Work Hard! Remember, online job or not, nothing comes easy or free. In order to make good money on your product, you have to work hard! Simple as that.

I hope these hints have been helpful in your question to succeed as an affiliate marketer