The concept of affiliate marketing is selling another person's products for which you earn a commission. What you have to do is find a company and become an affiliate for them, which means you sell their products for them, and they pay you a commission.

The way the system works is once you become an affiliate, you are then given a unique URL that is used to track the sales that are made which you promote and you receive credit for the sale.  Once you got the affiliate URL, you promote the product you have chosen by any means you wish, and once someone makes a purchase you receive credit for the sale and you earn a commission.

What happened is that many affiliate marketers often get sidetracked and lose focus when attempting to achieve profitability and success. Unfortunately, the loss of focus = the loss of time = loss of money. Fortunately, there are some affiliate techniques to combat the loss of focus.

Staying focused is not easy. How many of us have invested a few hours reading the worthless giveaway of a guru who's not interested in quality content, just the next sale? Who has gone down an SEO or keyword path that leads to a perfect dead end? The key to re-gaining focus is to recognize what is a distraction and what is not.

How to Recognize Those Distractions

Firstly, you must put it effort to train yourself to be an expert in affiliate marketing. Spend at least several hours per week focusing on your affiliate marketing education. If you do not have the discipline to do this, join a fast track online club. Whatever way you go, make sure you cover the most important affiliate topics: niche, product, and keyword, SEO, article marketing, and PPC.

Over time, you will become sufficiently knowledgeable to distinguish between junk and sidetracks and focused activity driving toward the goal of making money.

After Becoming an Expert

You can pick an affiliate marketer guide that uses accepted and proven affiliate marketing techniques. This activity ensures that you continue to FOCUS on the activities required for success.

Sticking With The Action Plan

Give your chosen plan time to work. If you haven't made any sales by the end of the time frame you select, you should move on to another plan of action.

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