Affiliate marketing is the easy way to make money online. If done with a plan it can bring you a huge fortune over a short period of time.

For new comers just started in the affiliate marketing industry, here are 7 keys to get success and receive affiliate commission in just 7 days.

Finding A Profitable Affiliate Niche Market

This is a very significant step. To find a profitable niche is not that difficult. First create a list of topics from your interests, hobbies or the problems that you can easily solve. Next search the internet to discover the demand of that list. You can search in Google or various forums. Now use Google keyword tool or the wordtracker to determine the profitability of that niche. A niche is said to be in the profitable market, if it has a high level of interest in the public and has a good range of affiliate products.

Setting Up Your Affiliate Website

Now you need to set up a website so that you can build your mailing list and market your affiliate link. It can be a product review site, article website or just a one-page website with a redirects to the affiliate site. Always provide an opt-in form to get the leads and to build your mailing list. This list will help you to make profits repeatedly.

Building Relationship With Your Leads

This can be done by setting up an autoresponder. You need to write content rich email and set it up in your autoresponder. The idea behind this system is to follow up your leads, and the same time educates and builds a relationship.

Check Website Before Launch

Make sure everything is running smoothly. Check for spelling and grammar mistakes, image layout, browser compatibility, etc. Also checks for broken links if any. Don’t forget to check your autoresponder messages too.

Generating Traffic To Your Website

This is the most challenging step. Use pay-per-click advertising, article writing, forums posting, a joint venture, etc. to drive traffic to your website.

Back End Affiliate Marketing

This can help you to generate some extra revenue. You can place your affiliate product on checkout page, thank you page and error404, to market your other affiliate products.

Duplicating And Leveraging

Once you get the success, use your resources to market other affiliate products.