Although it's very important to find a lucrative niche market and products that people want, there's actually much more to successful internet marketing than that. While it's possible to make money just by being in the right place at the right time, consistent, ongoing success is a combination of good marketing practice and dedication.

Strategies that were successful in creating wealthy affiliate marketers in the past continue to be effective in any niche market of today's affiliate world.

The following online marketing techniques have created wealthy affiliate marketers in the past and continue to do the same today. With these top three marketing tips, you will be able to increase your sales and consistently succeed in affiliate marketing online.

1. Spotlight one product per page. Use a separate web page for each product you are promoting.

Combining several products together on one web page can be confusing to your reader and cause them to forget why they came to your site. They have clicked through to follow-up on what caught their attention from your advertising. Make it easy for them to proceed directly to the 'take action' part of your site.

Always include these factors:

A product review so readers will have an initial understanding of what the product can do for them to make their life or business easier and more enjoyable.

Testimonials from users who have already used the product. Get permission to use names and photos on the site of the marketed product.

2. Offer value. Give information that your readers can use. Offer your readers free reports and tools on subjects related to your product.

Give your readers something valuable for taking their time to read your ad or visit your web site. Never let them leave your site or email empty-handed. Offer other free information in future messages that support why your product can make your readers' business better.

Position a signup box near the top of your page (so as not to be missed) that is connected to an autoresponder mailing system to build your mailing list for future sales. According to marketing research, most sales are made after the 5th to 7th contact with a prospect.

3. Target your traffic. Go for the type of traffic that is looking for your product. Use specific marketing methods that send prequalified traffic to your site like Pay-Per-Click and Article Marketing do. You will convert more buyers from visitors to your web site and reduce click-throughs.

Writing articles and e-reports for publication in e-zines will get the kind of traffic that is targeted to your product and it is free. A minimum of 2 articles per week with at least 350-500 words each can generate as many as 100 targeted readers to your site in a day.

Statistics shows that 1 out of 100 targeted customers are likely to buy your product. Generating as many as 1000 daily targeted hits means you can make an average of 10 sales per day just from article writing.

Write a compelling "call to action" in the resource box at the end of your article. Include your web site link.

These strategies are easy to integrate into your affiliate marketing business. They require a little planning and time to set up. They represent the missing piece to the magic formula that has created big online incomes for many other marketers.

Try out these suggestions with several of your affiliate products and see how successful they are for you. Integrating these ideas could mean the difference between a moderate income and a fabulous income from your online marketing business.