(5) Make sure your affiliate program matches content of your website or newsletter. If you have marketing content then you should promote marketing products on that page. Think of it like matching ads to page content like way Adsense does. There may a few exceptions to rule though, even Adsense does it some time.

There you go. A few tips to help you with your affiliate programs whether you are looking for your first check or to boost your current earnings. Try them all or even a couple and test and track your results. I am sure Lennox Lewis would be proud of your hooks and jabs

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I have a few things to say to all affiliate program owners who operate in such an unethical way:

1. If you change your affiliate script, why heck don't you move your affiliates to new script?

2. How about sending an e-mail to let your affiliates know there's a new link for them to promote? If you need them to sign up again, just say so.

3. And here's a novel idea - pay your affiliates all money due them *before* changing or closing affiliate program! I don't care if it's only $1 - it's *their* money for gaining you a customer!

4. As if it's not bad enough that I got screwed out of my money, what do I look like to my subscribers for recommending something they joined, then they got shafted? There goes *my* credibility and I don't appreciate it at all!

Whew! I feel better getting that off my chest.

So what can any of us do about this situation?

Unfortunately, it's not always easy to judge whether or not you're joining a *good* affiliate program. Perhaps best thing to do is keep an eye on your stats on a weekly basis. It's not a perfect solution, but hopefully you'll be able to correct problem within a short period of time.

And for Heaven's sake, if you run your own affiliate program, now or in future, don't fall into same bad habits. Treat your affiliates with respect and your name will never be "Mud."

Denise Hall is the owner of Home Business on a Budget. Visit today: http://www.home-business-on-a-budget.com Keep your affiliates happy - pay them instantly! Visit here: http://www.home-business-on-a-budget.com/AffScript.htm