Affiliate marketing can be highly profitable if done correctly. But if you’ve been doing it awhile but still not making any money, you might be making one of these big mistakes:

1. Not learning much about the affiliate program before you start promoting it – This may seem obvious, but so many people make this same mistake. Do not recommend beauty products on a website about cats. Your visitors are not interested in beauty products. They are looking for information about cats.

2. Misuse of signature files – Your signature file should make your readers want to know more. Avoid placing too many links to a bundle of different products in your signature file or that would be spamming. Try keeping it under five lines instead with an attention grabbing or intriguing first line.

3. Not writing your own ad copy – Spend some time editing your ads to conform to your target audience. It’s not that nice to see exact same advertisement all over the internet or in email messages from ten different marketers.

4. Not paying for your own domain name and hosting account – It will be much beneficial if you have your own domain name because it will be seen as more professional and increase your credibility. This domain is your “property” and you are free to do whatever you want with it to ultimately drive targeted traffic.

5. Sending your prospect directly to the website without capturing your leads – Don’t send your prospects directly to an affiliate website. Instead setup an opt-in form on every page of your website that can capture your prospect’s name and email address or offer some kind of freebie product to bribe the visitor to opt-in. In this way, you can get in touch with him again, gain his trust and finally convince him to buy your product.

Affiliate marketing gives you the opportunity to make money online automatically, once you have setup your website successfully. Fix these simple things and you’ll start making a lot more money!

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