A word of warning--try not to veer completely away from what has worked for you before. If you have always sold software, don't bring in a new line of office furniture as your new product for affiliates. An exciting new software application will work better and will not dilute brand identity your business has enjoyed.

Got a major product you don't want to ignore? Good! It's almost always easier to get affiliates and customers excited about an improvement to an old favorite than it is to make a favorite out of a completely new product.

Keep a file of customer complaints and ideas about your product. Over time you can use these as ideas starters for ways to build improvements that customers and affiliates will appreciate and value.

When interest in your product or service starts to diminish, pull our your file and make requested improvements. Add in enough improvements and you have a new issue, a next generation, or a fresh edition you can sell as a replacement or upgrade to your long list of previous customers.

Affiliate programs are still number one way to market on Web. It pays to keep your program exiting and top-of-mind. For many companies, it is unlikely that a better way to boost profits will come along any time soon.

Third. Look closely at program's webpage. Is it attractive, clear and professional looking? Is writing clear and direct? Does it answer all your questions? Remember, if you think webpage is clunky looking or that it's hard to follow, so will a lot of potential customers. Only go with a program that has a flawless homepage.

Fourth. Look at payment and sales update schedules. Will you be paid once a month? Once a quarter? How will you be notified of your sales? Really go over all payment information. After all, this is reason you're joining, right? Before you join you must make sure that everything about payment process is clear and to your liking. If anything about system seems unusual or unclear, walk away.

Now, there's no way of guaranteeing that a program will work, but if you follow these simple steps, you'll have a much better chance of success. There's a lot of money zinging around on net, and if you just do a little homework, you can do quite well in booming affiliate world.