As an affiliate marketer, your job isto promote a merchant's product through a number of advertisingmediums, all in the attempt to convert visitors into payingcustomers.

You claim a commission for every personwho purchases the offer because of your referral. Most merchants areoffering between 60 and 75% for every successful transaction. That'sa nice bonus, considering you're clearing about two thirds of theprice of a product that you had no part in creating!

If your promotion sells for 60$ a pop,you've just made yourself 40$ with very little time or effortinvested.

Affiliates have a number of ways thatthey can draw traffic to a merchant's site, but the method that'sgained critical acclaim is:

A Landing Page and an Opt-In List

The more experienced affiliatemarketers will tell you ? having a landing page with an opt-in listis essential to earning the coveted 'super affiliate' status (and themoney that goes along with it).

Your landing page should be kept verysimple and contain an eye-catching headline, followed by a call toaction expressing

• a limited time offer, creatingurgency for the customer to make a purchase

• a special technique or systemwhich lures the customer in by peaking their curiosity

• a convenience that you can offerthe prospective customer, by way of information or a service

• a solution to a problem or needthat exists within a certain niche market

Now you're ready to copy yourautoresponder code and paste it into your website. Most people aremore than happy to part with their name and email address in exchangefor a solution to their problems or a convenience that promises tomake their lives simpler in some dimension.

Be sure to emphasize that theirpersonal information will be secure and kept completely confidential,never sold to any third-party organisms or spammers. By doing this,you're establishing trust between you and the visitor, reassuringthem that it's safe for them to submit their personal info.

Once they've made their way onto yourmailing list, you can periodically advertise to your list bypromoting a number of your affiliate products in short and targetedemail compositions.

The possibilities here are reallyendless.

As a general rule, you'll want to have3 products ready to promote to your prospective list:

1. Front End Product

This will be theinitial product or service that you promote. It's usually sold for alow fee which makes it easier to entice people to sign up whenthey're starting out as your subscribers.

2. Back End Product

This will be yoursecond offer, usually sold for a much higher commission than theinitial offer. Affiliate marketers make their bread an butter off ofthese more expensive products.

3. Recurring Commission Offer

This will be your third promotion ? asign up commission that you claim for every month a customer remainsregistered for a service. Membership sites are ideal for this type ofoffer and are the key to developing a long-lasting online income.

I have no doubt that if you employ thismethod into your affiliate marketing scheme, you'll see yourcommissions skyrocket in a very short amount of time.