Affiliate marketing is a very lucrative business and with all of the money that is on the table right now, you can expect that many people will be competing for their share.

However, regardless of the amount of competition that exists, you can strengthen your perceived value to the consumers in your audience.

If there is nothing to differentiate you from the rest of your competition than it will be very difficult to make sales.

The only way to counteract this situation is if you were able to get traffic by the truckload to take up the slack for your lack of credibility.

How does an affiliate establish the kind of credibility that can quickly increase his/her perceived value to their target market.

Authoring your own high quality information product.

When you develop your own high value information products, your perceived value and credibility immediately climbs to another level with your audience.

Since the quality of the information you present in your product is a direct reflection on your authority, it's only natural that it actually helps those in your market to achieve something, fix a problem or make life easier somehow.

The beauty of creating your own product is that it really isn't that hard at all depending on the niche your in and even then, you can visit forums, check out your competitors products and subscribe a few lists to see how and what others are promoting to get all the information you need.

Once you have your own information product that offers quality and value to your market, the recommendations you make as an affiliate will hold more weight with your audience.

Creating your own product is not the only way to boost your authority, but it's definitely one of the most effective.

Affiliate marketing is a great place to start when it comes to making money on the internet, but there are many other ways you can start generating cash from the internet and if you want to find out about them...