Many enter the world of affiliate marketing with a lot of energy just to loose that energy very fast because nothing is happening for them. They do not sell anything at all. The reason is because they are going about it wrongly. If you are wondering about your own affiliate efforts then use this to test yourself

Your first step is to 
a. Develop your own great selling product 
b. Find a good market where people buy 
c. Get a good website that looks great.

The answer is b.

Contrary to popular believe you do not look for a product first but a market first. Preferably one you are interested in but that is not essential. As long as it is relatively big and it has people who will buy and products to sell.

Your next step is to 
a. Get a good website that looks great. 
b. Develop your own great selling product for that market. 
c. Find a niche in that market where people are passionate.

The answer is c.

Once you have a market try to dig a little deeper into that market and find products that people when they are looking for it will most probably want to buy now and they are passionate about it. Golf clubs- Left handed golf clubs - Left handed Drivers. Do you see how you find a niche. Dig deeper into that market.

Then You 
a. Develop your own great selling product for that market. 
b. Get a good website that looks great. 
c. Find companies and businesses that sell to your market/niche and market their products. 


The answer is c again. You do not need your own product. How great is that? This is what affiliate marketing is all about, selling other peoples products for them and getting a commission for your sale. Just find great products or services that will appeal to your niche.

After this you 
a. Start driving traffic 
b. Get a website 
c. Start selling your product


The answer is b

If you really want to be successful it is a good idea to get a website to market your products with. You also need to add a good squeeze page to your site as that will give you a chance to capture your prospects and market to them again later. Also make sure your website is keyword rich and related to what you are selling.

Lastly you 
a. Start driving traffic 
b. Start selling your product 
c. Get another website

Your answer is a. Traffic is the golden egg of the affiliate marketing business. You need to drive traffic to your site and squeeze pages as fast as possible. So it is important to learn this process as quick as you can.

How did you do? If you did well just remain patient and the rewards will come but if you did badly then know that you need to change a few things. So start by doing that now.