It is widely believed that if you want to make money online then the easiest way to do that is to become successful at affiliate marketing. But I'm sure that you know, as well as anybody, that it is not as easy as it sounds.

There are tons of people that try their hand at affiliate marketing, as there are hundreds of "newbies" entering the field everyday. The sad thing is that there are just as many internet marketers leaving the field everyday.

Well if you want to be like the wise marketer then you need to plan your moves like he does, he increases his chances of success by using every tool at his disposal. Through countless hours, days, weeks,etc... I have come up with the bare essentials that every truly successful affiliate marketer, I mean the multi-millionaires, need.

Key Tip #1: You NEED Your Own Website.

The website is your home front, it is the most important and most essential thing in every affiliate marketers tool box. This is the area where all of your potential customers will go, so this is an area that needs to be well maintained and easy to use. All of your efforts need to go into building a website first, because if it looks ragtag, or like you were a little too tired to build it that day, then your customers are as good as gone.

You are also going to need a site full of helpful and unique content. Both Google and your customers love helpful and unique articles that build up your website. You need this unique content to build up a loyal following of customers, which will bring you repeat business without much effort. And who doesn't want that?

Key Tip #2: Incentives

If you ever hope to have people come to your site, as opposed to the other ten billion out there, then you need to have something to tease them with. Be it a free report, a free course, or some free software, you need to wave something in front of their noses so that you can stand out from all of the other hopeless affiliate marketers who are destined to fail out there.

Key Tip #3: Popular URL

In other words, you need TRAFFIC, and a lot of it if you want to make money online. You want to get a good domain name, and send a link back to your website out to every Tom, Dick, and Harry who has a reputable site that is relevant to your niche.

A great Free way to do this is by submitting articles to directories. Just come up with some unique content and, bada bing bada boom, you got a bunch of high quality links going back to your site.

These are the three most important tips for making money online. The possibilities, and your earning potential, endless. Get out there and DO IT!

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