It is often published on web that 95% of all affiliate marketers do not make any money.

Why?

The answer is simple. They are merely hobbyist indulging in affiliate marketing as a past time. They are not serious. Although their original plan is to make money, they have no commitment power.

Is that you?

If you really want to make money in affiliate marketing, then you need to do what successful 5% are doing. Just follow their proven path. You do not need to re-invent wheel.

Here are 10 proven tips from super affiliates:

1. Get Serious.

Treat this like any business with ultimate goal of making a profit. Write a plan, follow plan and stick to your plan. Nothing works if you don't.

2. Prepare Yourself Well

Read as much as you can on subject. There are lots of free quality materials that are sufficient to give you a head start. Then you should buy a couple of recommended handbooks or manuals on more specialized area of affiliate marketing. 'You need to spend some money to make money' as saying goes.

3. Built Your Own Opt-in-list or Ezine

That's what super affiliate has in their arsenal. You may have read about it many times "the money is in list". And it's true! You can earn thousands of dollars overnight with a responsive targeted list. It has been proven again and again.

4. Built Mini-Sites

Affiliate marketing focused on preselling. You don't need big bulky website with 100's of pages. Just mini-sites! Start with one. Then another and another. It's like opening your own retail store on Internet. Each store producing some sales. When you have more stores, you'll have more sales and a bigger total income. A whole book has been written on how to built mini-sites.

5. Do Your Research

The quickest way to achieve high-volume sales on web is to set up your own affiliate program.

There are two ways to set up an affiliate program: you can install affiliate tracking software on your server or you can use a 3rd party affiliate tracker.

Here is a list of sites that offer affiliate tracking software: http://www.ezine-writer.com/affiliatesoftware.html

For most people, a much easier option is to use 3rd party (or web-based) affiliate tracking.

There are literally dozens of web-based affiliate management services. Some have setup fees, some have monthly fees and others charge monthly commissions on your sales.

Here is a list of 3rd party affiliate trackers: http://www.ezine-writer.com/3rdpartyaffiliate.html

One of most popular 3rd party affiliate trackers is ClickBank (http://www.clickbank.com).

Compared to some other affiliate programs, ClickBank's system is quite basic - for example they only offer one-tier affiliate tracking and they don't provide click-thru stats.

But one big advantage of ClickBank is they are widely used (by over 10,000 merchants) and trusted - and that means your customers will feel safer when ordering your products.

Here are some of features of ClickBank affiliate program:

=> one time setup fee of $49 => no monthly fees => 7.5% commission on your sales => automatic email (to you and your affiliates) every time you make a sale => ClickBank issues checks to your affiliates => checks issued every 2 weeks => low minimum ($5) before a check is issued