The challenge lies in driving traffic to these sites. One way to drive traffic is through search engine optimization, whereby you create a website that ranks highly on search engines and receive “free” traffic. Or, if you already have an existing well-ranked site, you can create new pages linked from your existing pages. A second way to drive traffic is through online advertising.

With regards to advertising, one key is to understand correlations between keywords. By determining correlations between inexpensive and expensive keywords, you can advertise on inexpensive keyword (via pay-per-click (PPC) advertising on search engines) to drive traffic to your website that serves ads based on expensive keywords. For instance, advertising on keyword “painting” ($0.20 keyword), and sending visitors to your site about related topic “home remodeling” ($2.00 keyword) allows you to profit from wide spread between keyword prices of two correlated keywords.

Everyday I see more and more affiliates making same mistakes. The worst part is that they’re just doing what they’re taught by so-called “experts.”

It’s no shock to me that 95% of affiliates make no money. The problem isn’t that some people are just “better” than others – problem is just way 95% are running their business. That’s why I’m going to diagnose 6 most common mistakes AffiliateClassroom.com sees affiliates making everyday.

The 6 Mistakes you better learn to avoid like plague:

1. Not Building For Search Engines:

If you’re an affiliate and want to be successful at it, you better learn to make search engines your best friend. Search engines are a better source for long-term, targeted and FREE traffic. Make sure to build your site in clean HTML coding, provide good content and optimize all your pages (not just home page).

I firmly believe that all affiliates need to study search engine optimization closely. If you want to learn how to optimize websites quickly without spending years studying, check out my “push-button” system at http://www.DominateSearchEngines.com

2. Not Enough Text – Too Many Banners:

This might be #1 problem – I come across hundreds of these sites almost daily. Think back to why “YOU’RE” online – to find information right? What good are banners to you? Do banners provide you any good information? Absolutely not.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t discourage using banners – I just say to only use them after you have content on your website. And stick to just 1 or 2 banners. The goal here is to hook someone with good content, then urge them to click banner to learn more. Don’t just slop up a bunch of banners and expect to become a super affiliate…

3. Promoting Only One Product: