There are tactics that have worked before with online marketing and are still working today. With these top three marketing tips, you will be able to survive and increase your sales in the world of affiliate marketing online.

What are the top three tactics?

1. Using web pages that are unique to each separate product you are marketing. Too many times marketers lump them all together in order to save money on web hosting. It is always best to have a site focusing on each and every product by itself period.

Always include product reviews on the website so visitors will have an initial understanding on what the product can do for those who buy it. Also include real testimonials from satisfied users of the product.

You can also write articles that highlight the uses of the product. Make the pages attractive and compelling. Each headline should attract the readers to try and read more. Be sure to highlight your special points.

2. Offer free reports to your readers. If you can position them at the top of the page so they cannot be missed. Its important to create autoresponder messages that will be emailed to those who input their personal information into your sign up box. A prospect will always take more than one look before making a decision to buy.

Only two outcomes can happen with the web pages alone. Your prospect either leaves and never returns or you make the sale. By placing helpful information into their email inboxes in specific time periods you will remind them of your product. Be sure that the content is specific towards the reason they should buy the product. Do not make it sound like a sales pitch.

Focus how your products important points will make their lives more enjoyable and easier. Compelling subject lines will get them to read the email. Do not use the word "free" otherwise your email will end up in the junk folder with some spam filters before they even get read.

3. Get targeted traffic to your product. Writing articles for publication in e-zines and e-reports. This way you can target customers based on what publications they read and get them interested in your product.

Try to write a minimum of two articles per week. With at least 300-600 words in length. By continuously writing and maintaining articles you can generate as many as 100 targeted readers to your site in a day. The general rule is that only 1 out of 100 people are likely to buy your product. If you can generate as much as 1,000 targeted hits for your website in a day or a week. That means you could make 10 sales.

The tactics given above are not really that hard to do. It just requires time and a plan of action on your part.

Try to use these tips for several different affiliate marketing programs. And in the end you can end up with a good source of income and be able to survive in this business that not all marketers can do successfully. Keep being consistent and the big paychecks will come your way.