Thinking about starting a website to make money online? Want to do affiliate marketing so you can work from home? Affiliate marketing is the best way to make money online, but there are so many to choose from, so make sure you do your research. Try to find something that you would consider purchasing or would purchase yourself. If you feel like you would buy the product then chances are that someone else would to.

If running your own website or sites is something you feel strong about, then affiliate marketing is a great way to start making money online. You have no over head because most affiliate marketing is a simple down load or something that you would join, for a fee of course. Make sure you do your research and even join or buy the product so you know exactly what you’re in for.

Knowing your product is a huge key to success. You want to be able to answer any question that might come your way. If you have a customer that is asking you something that you don’t know, then telling them you will get back to them is the best way to go. Make sure that you find the answer and get back to them. Customer service is still the number one thing to a successful company. Everyone that I know is extremely happy when they feel like the person that is taking care of them really does care.

Click Bank and Commission Junction are 2 of the biggest companies that you can find a lot of products to promote. You can go right to the vendor that you’re interested in also, but the problem with that is making sure that you do get your commission checks on time. I personally have used Click Bank and they do pay you on time every time. There are fees involved as would be expected through and legitimate business, although Click Bank is starting to charge more. So be careful on how often you get paid. If you take smaller checks, it will cost you more in fees.

Making money online through your own personal website will take some time. The fastest way to start getting traffic to your site is to start up some PPC campaigns. Pay per click campaigns will cost you money, but it is the fastest way of getting traffic to your website while you are working on other free traffic strategies. Just make sure that you pick out the best and cheapest key words and phrases so it doesn’t cost you more than your making. If you are breaking even or making just a little profit, just be patient and tweet your key word phrases until you are getting quality traffic. Make sure that you watch what is working and what isn’t because it cost me a small fortune until I eventually got it under control. It’s better to have 3 good clicks then 15 bad ones!

To your success on working from home!

Gary Kohnke