The easiest way to increase your affiliate income is to get the basics correct...and I mean the very basics. You will be able to increase your affiliate income by following each of the simple tips hereinafter described. The best thing about these tips is none of them should take you any longer than 10 minutes to implement.

Check Links
Check that all your links are properly functioning. Affiliate links could be long and wrap around 2 or more lines. It is not difficult to copy them incorrectly. Sometimes affiliate links are deactivated. Check your links on a weekly basis against the links offered by the merchant.

Check Programs
If you use a back-finish affiliate provider like Commission Junction or TradeDoubler, check that the affiliate script is still being operated. Occasionally, programs are stopped. Check on a weekly basis and also check the electronic mail account you initially signed up with for messages.

Appropriateness
Consider whether the affiliate programs you are selling are appropriate to your audience. You might increase your affiliate income by simply joining programs that your visitors will be interested in. Look at the content and theme of your website and join appropriate programs...commonly that means going for those which DO NOT pay the highest commission, but have the greatest relevancy.

Text and Product Links
Consider making greater utilize of text and merchandise links instead of banners. Often writing and merchandise links could be weaved into your web copy in context and backlink directly to a relevant page on the merchants website. Stats seem to show writing and product hyperlink up to 10 times more efficient than stale banner adverts.

Improve Your Credibility
Give a telephone number, fax number and e mail for your visitors to contact you. If they are more willing to trust you, they should be more willing to take on your recommendations.

Update Your Site
Spend a few minutes each week looking at your site and updating it. Move old knowledge to an archive page. Adding fresh content will give not only give you more credibility, but encourage visitors to return.

Domain Name and Email Address
Do not use a free domain when your own domain title might be purchased relatively cheaply. Get your own it will add to your credibility.

Too Many Affiliate Programs
Dont promote more than 2 or 3 affiliate programs. Promoting too few programs makes you look less than independent, while too many makes your internet site look tacky and will only serve to confuse your visitors.

Presell with Content
Pre-sell not "sell" to your visitors. This way you will be more credible in your recommendations and those visitors that click-through will do so with an open mind. Do not try to sell off your affiliate page . Visitors will recoil at the hard sell and even if they do click-through, what do they get but another sell (most definately repeating exactly what you said). Warm your visitor by selling nothing more than your credibility with content.

Review Affiliate Statistics and Test
Look at your affiliate stats each week. Look at which links are performing well and ruminate on why this is. More importantly, which links are not performing? Only use the best performing links if you wish to maximise your click- throughs. Of course, you should test different links on different pages for the most objective results.