So now you are ready to choose an offer to promote. There are thousand out there, so how do you choose?

Of course, you’ll want to pick an offer that fits your niche and I am a firm believer in trying a product yourself before you recommend it to others, so only promote ethically by trying the product first.

For your first go-around, pick something that is an established product and makes decent money. Once you find something you like do a Google search for the product name and see how others are promoting the same product. Is it being promoted too much? Is the market saturated? Also, keep in mind that even if you see the product offered a lot, other affiliates may not be marketing properly so don’t get discouraged based on volume alone.

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In the last post we discussed the basics of becoming an affiliate and how to go about finding targeted buyers. Now let’s discuss where you can locate products to see to these buyers.

WHERE DO WE FIND PRODUCTS?

Well, while eBay and Amazon both have affiliate programs, Clickbank is very, very popular with Internet Marketers. One of the appeals of Clickbank products is that they are digital products – meaning they are great for impulse buys.

Buyers can get immediate satisfaction from their purchase because they can immediately download and start using their product.

But wait! There’s actually another way that we can make money that is similar enough to affiliate marketing that we’ll include it here. And that is the world of CPA, or “cost per action” offers.

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