To become a super affiliate you have to have the right attitude and approach to become successful in this online business. Anybody can succeed at affiliate marketing, we all have the same tools to work with. We all have the choice of products to promote, we all use the same advertising methods. We all work hard and have the same problems. If you want to have the edge on other affiliate marketers please read on.

Super affiliates are serious about making money from affiliate marketing. This serious mindset and attitude is the difference between being a successful affiliate marketer and a not so successful affiliate marketer.

These are some of the main attributes that you must have to become a serious contender in the affiliate marketing business:

1. To be a super affiliate you have to be creative and innovative.

You must learn to use the most effective marketing tools available and apply them in the most effective way. For instance You could offer a unique and very valuable bonus with the purchase of your affiliate product. You could use low cost or even free promotional tools such as article marketing, posting on popular forums in your niche and other types of media.

Be creative with your promotional tools, use your imagination and always be on the look out for new and innovative ways of promoting your affiliate product. Try to be ahead of your competitors and use your imagination when it comes to selling online.

2. Super affiliates are hard working:

Super affiliates do not avoid doing the more mundane hard work and tedious tasks. They learn how to sell and promote and they make sure they are good at it. They set goals and make daily, weekly and monthly business plans. They monitor and keep track of these business plans.

Super affiliates do not waste time and money on projects that do not work, and most important they keep an eye on PROFITS. They look for and expect a return on investment.

3. To be a super affiliate you must follow up on your prospects:

Most affiliates can attract prospects, but few can convert prospects into customers and even fewer can turn those customers into repeat customers. Super affiliates can.

The most willing customers for your products are the customer that has purchased one of your products before. So you should always keep in mind that this customer is very important, and treat your customer as such. Follow up every customer and turn them into repeat customers.

4. As a super affiliate you must give before receiving:

Offer something of real value to your customer before trying to make a sale. You could offer your customers valuable content or resource, or maybe a chance to win something.

No matter what you offer do business with honesty and integrity. Affiliate marketing is about building a solid business base and customer loyalty.

5. As a super affiliate you should know how to receive your rewards:

To give is the first step, now it is time to receive this means do not just pre-sell but ask your prospective customer for the sale. Be grateful for the sale and let your customer know that you appreciate the sale.

Always keep in mind that if you show your appreciation for the sale and the loyalty of your customer, they are more likely to remain a regular customer.

6. As a super affiliate you have to learn to think on strategic lines:

Remember affiliate marketing is a professional business and should be treated so. This means you should think about planning preparing and evaluating your business on a regular basis.

7. As a super affiliate you should test and analyze.

You should analyze and keep track of your sites, products and sales. Keep your customers up to date on the development of your products and when new products are available. Analyze other aspects of your business such as why one type of promotion works better than another. Why one product sells better than another, analyze traffic flow, stats, sales and other relevant aspects.

Learn to know and appreciate return on investment (ROI)

8. As a super affiliate, know when to go for volume over commission:

Check out a niche or product that has a very high traffic flow. It may be worth your while going for volume traffic which will be mass market. This would be lower percentage commissions, as opposed to lower traffic flow and higher commissions. Remember you will have high competition with high traffic flow, and probably low competition with low traffic flow.

9. As a super affiliate learn to work to a planned strategy:

A simple business strategy you can use is, if a strategy works then do not change it, tweak it, evaluate it, test it repeat it and if you can improve on it. This does work.

If you fall short of what you want to achieve, try to work out why! if you can not figure it out, cut your losses and try again.

10. As a super affiliate no matter what happens do not give up:

If a product does not perform to expectations get rid of it, you will have highs and lows as an affiliate marketer. Look at this as a learning curve, but do not give up.

Follow these affiliate marketing tips and you will become a super affiliate, remember do not give up. Good luck.