With literally thousands of affiliate programs on Internet to choose from it is no surprise that people have problems deciding on best ones to join and promote.

Today I am going to focus on things you need to take into consideration when trying to tell difference between an outstanding affiliate program and ones you should avoid like plague.

Target Markets That You Have Some Knowledge In

When you know something about market you are entering into it will save you time and money because you will reduce amount of research that will need to be done in finding products that target customers in that market need.

If you already know market you won't be spending a lot of time researching what market needs because you will recognize these products when you find them.

Focus Your Efforts on Programs in “HOT” Markets

The best programs to promote are not only in hot markets but they also offer products that are needed by target customers in that particular market but also are unique products as well so your competition is at a minimum.

Look For Affiliate Programs with High Pay Outs

The best ways to promote affiliate programs will be same no matter what price of product. When you sell “High Ticket” items you will be using same marketing strategies that you would use for products with small price tags.

So question you need to ask yourself is “Why am I wasting my time and advertising dollars promoting products that will take me double or triple effort to make good money?”

When you start your network marketing home based business, you quickly ascertain that your downline will make or break your business. Don’t expect an affiliate to stay in this business long unless they have a mentor which will help them along every step of way in first few months. That’s predominantly when you have to be there for them. Potential "opt ins" are getting much more skeptical nowadays as internet is littered with network marketing scams. YOU have to stand out from crowd. Here is three ways to make this possible.

Experienced network marketers will tell you that once they have been "showed ropes", majority of their time is now concentrated on helping new affiliates succeed. You see, this business is all about building relationships with members of your team. There are a number of ways you can do this. Firstly in order to build trust with your prospects, get them to sign up for your own weekly newsletter. This over time will portray you as a trustful presence online so that when they finally decide to jump in and start their own business, you may be person they choose as their mentor.