3. Carefully Select Affiliate Programs. Now it's time to select affiliate programs. Select programs that pay well, have a solid reputation, and will fold seamlessly into your new theme related website. Resist temptation to sell these products with ads. Instead look for endorsements or write articles that sell product in resource box.

4. Start A Newsletter. A newsletter allows you to capture visitors as they arrive so that you may resell to them through your newsletter. Most of us know this. The newsletter also allows you to fold your affiliate programs into information provided within newsletter for ordering. If done correctly, this information will blend and make sense to your reader rather than "sell" product by more aggressive approaches.

5. Now Submit To The Search Engines. Now it's time to submit to search engines. By creating a strong, deep, informational site, you stand a good chance of getting ranked well. With just an affiliate link off a website, you stand to never even get listed in search engines. Stand out from crowd by being useful to your audience.

It's not a difficult formula. It does, however, take time and persistence, as all successful maneuvers do. If your looking for long term success utilizing affiliate programs as a revenue source, this is road to follow. In time, you will find that you have created a successful career that doesn't just make great money, but makes you happy as well.

Another fear of change involves fear of how it reflects upon you. For example, I changed some very basic facts about a couple of my websites. It was something I felt I had to do, but like I said, changes were fundamental. So naturally, I start thinking things like, "Will visitors realize what I've done?" "Will they understand that change was something I feel deeply about?" "Will they think I'm insane?" (See how my mind works?)

But to follow my own advice - I had to be ready to change, in spite of natural fears.

So embrace change, learn from it, accept it. If you're in Internet Marketing, it's a part of your life!