With the boom of the affiliate market, it is not surprising to see some unscrupulous individuals trying to cash on it with get-quick-rich schemes. If you’re surfing for affiliate tips, chances are that you will irremediably end up on a site that promises to give you all the secrets to get rich with affiliate programs — often referred as super affiliate —, if you buy their “magic” membership, e-book, certification, etc…
Not only won’t these self-proclaimed “gurus” give you a real proof of their own affiliate success, revenue-wise, but their secrets are things that you can read on any serious online marketing website or publication. In addition, to be able to work, their methods — and they won’t tell you this — usually imply that your site has high traffic and no competition, which usually isn’t the case when you’re just starting.
I mentioned it here many times, but to make decent online revenues, you need 1) be patient and work hard 2) to build a website that has some value, in terms of information, products or services 3) bring traffic to your website 4) have calls-to-action in strategic locations.
If you need more details about how to make this work, stay away from get-rich websites and bogus affiliate certifications and instead check out well-established and respected sources of information such as 1) Online: Webmasterworld.com & Searchenginewatch.com, where you will be able to read informative articles and ask questions in forums. 2) Print: Revenue magazine. You can also subscribe to the newsletters from Searchengineguide.com & Highrankings.com