2. Fully hidden affiliate link

Here, I will put in some additional code which prevents visitor from viewing code when mouse is placed over affiliate link. Your code will now look like this:

http://www.1sthomebasedbusiness.com

Now when you place mouse over affiliate link you cannot see code.

Why is this so important?

Well, when your visitor is reading article (including resource box), it just looks neater and more professional. There is nothing worse than looking at an affiliate link! But it’s still there, it’s just ‘underneath’.

Using other people’s articles to sell products and services through affiliate programs means you are using one of most powerful marketing tools available to affiliates. I know. I do it and it works!!

3. Keep Track of Affiliates

With 2 tier affiliate programs you want to keep an eye on how many affiliates are signing up under you in 2nd tier. If you see a drop off in affiliates one week, you may need to reinvigorate your affiliate sign up page.

The quality of affiliate program will determine level of affiliate statistics you get.

Some affiliate programs provide you with direct URL that each hit has come from. This means you can tell if a hit came from an ezine ad you ran in another webmasters’ ezine, from a text ad on your web site or from an email marketing campaign. This can be a tremendous asset for focusing on those affiliate marketing tools that are working best.

Don’t just dismiss affiliate statistics as something that you might check once a month. Regularly checking your affiliate statistics is vitally important to being a successful affiliate.