In the first part of this article, I gave you the first thing you need to do and that is to have your own website. In this second part of the article, we explore additional things that you need to do to help you succeed in your affiliate marketing business.

2. Provide Incentives to Your Website Visitors

One other major key to affiliate marketing success is your website's ability to have visitors click on links for the affiliate products and services you are marketing. This would require that you build a solid base of people who follow your website and not just incidental visitors who found the information they wanted on your website and never came back.

When we talk of affiliate marketing it normally refers to an agreement between a website owner and a business owner who wants to advertise. Among home business opportunities, affiliate marketing is one of the simplest opportunities available. It is also perhaps one of the most profitable. This is because most programs offering affiliate marketing cost practically nothing to join and thus has relatively no financial risks involved.

To get started in affiliate marketing is likewise easy. No prior selling experience is required although by the very name itself which includes the word "marketing", it is obvious that a marketing background would definitely be an advantage. As mentioned in the preceding paragraph, most of these programs do not require any fee to join.