First of all you need to know that 80% of all affiliate marketers aren't making money. That means only 20% have figured out the secret to successful affiliate Internet marketing. Perhaps that's because they had the affiliate Internet marketing tip that was so important.

Are you ready? We're about to share with you the only affiliate Internet marketing tip you need to have to be a success = you need to know the four basics - that's it. Great but that didn't really tell you anything did it?

1. Build your own quality website - stay away from those free websites. You simply aren't given enough space or bandwidth. Choose a reputable web hosting service, your own domain name, and then get busy. Now you have a few choices to make; should you build your own site, or hire someone to do it? This depends on your experience, or how willing you are to learn. You will need to master the basic of HTML, the code used on the Internet. This is not as difficult as it may seem. There are online resources to help. You can also check out your local bookstore for references on web site design and HTML. Once your site is up and running you'll need to market it.

2. Master at least one type of traffic generation and then use it over and over and over...you get the picture. The lifeblood to any online business is not just any old traffic but quality targeted traffic. Far too many affiliate marketers give up long before they actually have that quality targeted traffic arriving on their site. There are many different methods of generating traffic: PPC, or Pay Per Click, can be costly, and risky; Publishing to blogs is a good method as well as writing articles and submitting them to article directories. The main idea is to focus on just one good traffic generation technique and stick with it.

3. Promote only quality affiliate products. Stay away from the poor products on the market. That could be another article about affiliate marketing in itself. There are so many inferior products and services offered. You don't want those. You want to build a website that offers quality goods or services so that your business can continue to grow and flourish. Another way to look at it is to ask the question, "Would I buy this and use it myself?"

4. You need to be paid for the products you move, otherwise how are you going to make any money. You want quality products or services that also have a high commission associated with them. Make sure you compare commissions between products.

There you have it. Now that you have the most important affiliate Internet marketing tip, you're ready to take your online business to a whole new level.