The big questions in the head of most Affiliate Marketers are 'What does it take to become successful?' and 'What do I need to become successful?', they are the two main questions that are constantly bumping around in the new comers head and it is them two questions because they are the two questions that separate the successful and the failures. Affiliate marketing is a hard game to get involved in but when it does the sky is the limit as to how much you can earn. The following 3 tools are the top three tools which any Affiliate Marketer should have to make his or her business successful.

The first important tool you should have is your own website, it will allow you to gain more people viewing your site and therefore viewing more products which you advertise. You should spend some time building up a website, make it a basic but effective website which is easy to navigate around and is user friendly. You want people to be recommending your site to others and to be an ongoing visitor themselves, therefore you should keep them updated with your website and making it something that is part of their daily routine. Remember people do go on the internet to look for information, not just to buy products, so try to include a mix of the two if possible on your site, this will again gain more popularity.

The second step is making sure you are a step in front of your rivals so that you are getting the most of the profit from someone buying a product. You should be using every possible method to gain the advantage on your rivals, and yes it will take a little time but do not forget this is a business and it does involve working! A good way to encourage people to regularly visit your site is to offer freebies where ever possible, newsletters should also be written regularly and sent out to secure regular visits to your website.

The third and final thing that you should try and make sure you have on your website is a high link popularity. If you have an effective website and have people visiting it daily then you want to go bigger, make more people visit your site to increase your income even more. You should start writing articles and submitting them to a number of different article sites, for example EzineArticles or Goarticles, leaving your website link on the article. This is not only a FREE way but a really effective way to gain more traffic to your site. If you can advertise for free then why not take full advantage and make money out of it? After all Affiliate Marketing is a good business to get in to but it is a business and business' take time and effort, but if you want to be making a huge income then don't stop working on building your websites popularity!

These three tools are those that an Affiliate Marketer should be in control of and should use to boost their reputation of an Affiliate, to ensure maximum profit and maximum freedom once the money is rolling in! Do not ever give up, spend a few hours a day for the first half a year at least working on a site and writing articles to boost the earning potential for when you want the freedom!

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