When I wanted to start to join an affiliate program it took me awhile to pick best one. My inbox was filled up with all these advertisements and I just didn't know how to pick right program.

Now how would you know which program is going to bring best profit? I personally believe that a lot of income is created from effort an affiliate marketer puts into a program. I have 7 tips for you before you pick best one.

1. Look for best commission.

You need a program that will pay you a good commission rate. It should pay you at least 20% of each sale. A good rate is 50% and anything above that is ideal. You should also look for how often they pay. Some programs pay you twice a month and sometimes every week. Most programs also only pay you when you have earned a base amount.

2. Look for a good Back Office Support.

What is support for your program like? Do they have a good list of Frequently Asked Questions "AKA", a contact email address with a quick response? Any more than 3 days for a response is too long. Programs that offer live chat is even better.

3. Statistics for you to see.

2. Provide your visitors with free content. Your content will be more attractive to your visitors if it's up-to-date or original. You could also offer people option to reprint content in their e-zine or web site.

3. Offer a free online directory. The directory could be full of interesting ebooks, e-zines, web sites etc. If people find your directory to be a valuable resource they will visit it over and over.

4. Give your visitors a free ebook. You could also include your own ad in ebook and allow other people to give it away. If you don't want to take time to write one, you could ask other writers permission to use their articles.