You will see dreaded signs if you frequently visit your affiliates' sites. The banner or enthusiastic endorsement they once had on their opening page is now relegated to a link on second or third tier of their site. Something as simple as that can cut number of hits you get by a factor of ten or twenty.

Two things usually account for members giving you back burner treatment: Your product or service isn't selling as well as it once did for them. Or members are simply losing interest because newer, more exciting affiliate programs are grabbing their attention.

You can immediately solve both problems by offering a new or improved product or service. Spend time to make sure your new product is a big improvement over what has come before. The more you can insure your product is a big deal, more excited your affiliates will get.

Make your roll-out a big production. Give your new creation a whole new area with a fresh new look on your web site.

Two weeks before you unveil your new product, start sending announcements to your affiliates. Let them know something important is about to happen and they will be first to hear about it.

As affiliate programs are becoming more and more popular it seems that just about every business out there is starting to offer one. With so many options, you want to make sure that you're going with best program, so how do you know which to join? Here are a few simple checks you can use to make sure you're going with a potentially successful program.

First of all, really think about product being offered. Is it something that a lot of people want or need? Is it something you would buy? Ask a friend or three if product in question is something they might go for. If consensus seems to be that it is a stale or tapped out market, then don't do it.