I know this type of marketing is often referred to as the lazy way to make money, and eventually it does take minimal effort, but the money doesn’t start flooding in from the start. The amount of money you make depends a lot on the amount of effort you put in as well as the success of your website.
The main focus with your website should be to achieve good search engine rankings. The search engine ranking is how your site ranks with the major search engines like Google and Yahoo. In order to achieve these good rankings you need to have a quality website that makes good use of keyword targeting. Your website should also be user friendly and informative so that it will attract and encourage visitors to stay on the site for longer or revisit the site at a later date. Customers want to feel like they are making an informed decision when they choose to purchase something so you should offer as much information as possible about the product you are marketing. You are focussing on a particular niche so you can really tailor the information to suit their needs. Information based articles on your website also tend to get better search rankings. Affiliate marketing needs these good rankings to ensure more site visits, which in turn should lead to more sales and more income.
With affiliate marketing it is important to be patient and have perseverance. Although you won’t experience major success overnight, if you are committed you could reach the point where you are earning great commission. It might take some time and trial and error to find out what works and what doesn’t work for you, but as long as you learn from your mistakes you are sure to enjoy online marketing success.