The real money IS in creating and marketing your ownproducts. You don't have to be on-line long before thattruth begins to sink in. It's no different than off-linereally. The off-line manufacturers ea... The real money IS in creating and marketing your ownproducts. You don't have to be on-line long before thattruth begins to sink in. It's no different than off-linereally. The off-line manufacturers earn substantiallymore than their sales representatives. On-line, whenyou create your own product, you become amanufacturer. Your affiliates are commissioned salesrepresentatives.But don't rush into creating your own products tooquickly. Creating a poor products is worse than notcreating you own products at all. Word will soon spreadabout your shoddy products, you will spend a lot oftime and resources promoting the products and salesjust won't materialize. Information, including informationabout the quality of your products spreads very faston-line. So create products that will merit good press.While you are waiting to create that great productwhat do you do? While you are waiting for that greatidea to hit you like a bolt of lightening, what do youdo for income? You market appropriate affiliate products.Marketing appropriate affiliate products really can earnyou a nice, steady income - one high enough to live off of.The whole key to succeeding at selling affiliate products,while ideas for your own product ferment, is a verysimple formula. It is presenting the right product, tothe right audience, in the right fashion. Get any one ofthese parts of the formula wrong and you're wastingyour time! So let's look briefly at each part of theformula.The products you choose to promote is a personalchoice but one you need to give a lot of thought. Youshould promote products that you really like, believein, and enjoy offering to others. You should feel thatthe products are so good that you are doing your customersa big favor by making them aware of the products. Youshould believe in the products so much that you considerit a dis-service not to tell you customers about them. Ifyou don't sincerely feel this way about the products thatyou promote then it's time to change your product mix!The products that you choose to promote should alsopay a decent commission. It's very difficult to recoupyour promotional costs on a product only paying a fewdollars commission. There are best-selling affiliateproduct that pay hundreds of dollars in commission persale. Why not market the high end products if you can.Also look for products that pay residual income.Affiliate program where customers that you send to thecompany is considered "your customers" are also highlyrecommended. If you need help finding either, just emailme at: [email protected] for my current"Top Ten" recommendations.The products have to be right for your target audience.Listen to, or survey your subscribers and websitevisitors to confirm what products they want. Listen inon discussion boards to see what problems they aretrying to resolve. Really listen to what they aresaying in emails to you. They will often tell you whatproducts they really want. All you need to do then islocate these product and make your audience aware ofthem. If you cannot locate these product anywhere, youmay have discovered what product you need to create ;-)The final part of the formula is presenting the productin the right fashion. Sometimes that means sending apersonal recommendation or solo mailing. Sometimesthat means running ads in ezines frequently enough towork. Don't forget that you need to run an ad manytimes before many of your prospects even becomeconsciously aware of your product. You can run thesame ad 10 times, and then have a slew of customersnotice your product on the 11th time. The key is beingin front of your customer when they are ready to make apurchase.You also present your products to your audience inprivate one on one email, or in your signature file.For "high ticket" items, this is a big source of salesfor me.The parts of your formula are integrated. That'sbecause your relationship with your customers alsoenter the formula. It is a constantly shifting situationsbut with some constants. Certain principles governinghuman nature never change. To fully understand themyou should begin studying advertising psychology andcopywriting. You written communication is what yourprospects are going to see. It makes sense to learn tocreate the best-written communications possible.You probably should plan on producing your own productsor services if you're serious about being in business foryourself on the internet. You should also makes surethat your products are of the highest quality. Whilewaiting for that great product idea, offer only thehighest quality affiliate products. There are thousandsof affiliate products you can market to earn a nice income,don't waste time marketing the garbage. Long-term, when youbegin marketing your own products, you will already have areputation for providing real value to your customers.This will jump-start sales of your own products. Article Tags: Affiliate Products Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com