Make sure that you get contact information from a prospect before you send them on to the vendor's web site. You should keep in mind that you're providing free advertisement to the product owner and you get paid only when you make a sale yourself. If you send prospects directly to the vendor, they will probably buy directly from the vendor and not from you. However, when you get prospects' names, you can keep sending them other marketing messages (with their permission, of course) and may be able to earn an ongoing commission instead of just a one-time sale from them.

Publish an online newsletter or e-zine. This will help you get to know your prospects and if you know your prospects, you'll have an easier time selling to them than you will to a perfect stranger. Your newsletter also lets your prospects get to know you, so that you can develop a relationship based on trust with your subscribers.

3. Ask for higher than normal commissions from merchants. If you have already had success with a particular product, you should approach the merchant and negotiate a percentage commission for your sales, based upon previous success.

This is a win-win situation for both of you, since you will gain higher commissions and the merchant you've approached will gain guaranteed successful sales. If the merchant is smart, he or she will see the wisdom in this and should have no problem saying yes. The merchant has no risk whatsoever in giving you higher than normal commissions on sales, since the money gets paid out only after the sale is complete, so this is another reason that the merchant should have no problem with this approach.

4. You should also make sure that you write strong pay-per-click ads. PPC search engine is perhaps the most effective means to advertise online. As an affiliate, you can make a small income just by managing PPC campaigns through programs such as Google AdWords and Overture. Monitor them to see which ads are more effective and which you should either rewrite or dispense with.

If you try out these strategies, you'll see that they can make in the amount of your commission checks in a very short period of time.

Now, go ahead and try these strategies out for yourself and see how well they work for you.

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