However, it wasn't always like that. There was a time when I used to really struggle as an affiliate.

I promoted tons of products and never made any sales... and I didn't know why!

I would watch the latest JV competition and see the same names time and time again at the top of the leaderboards. Some were winning expensive watches, cars, top of the range laptops and more in JV prizes...

...and I wanted a piece of the action!

I Began to Study The Big Launches

I studied almost every big launch that came along and kept my eyes glued to the JV leaderboards so I could learn every single tip, trick, and hidden technique that each marketer was using to make sales.

I knew most had a massive advantage over me because of the sheer size of their lists... but that didn't stop me studying what they were doing.

Some seemed to be able to mail out just once and win a JV competition. I suppose when you have a mailing list of 500,000+ you don't really need a formula, you just need to hit the send button every now and then.

However, some marketers seemed to work much harder and from these guys I started to notice a pattern. So I started to study these patterns and began to devise a system of my own...

...and then suddenly some amazing things started to happen.

I Started to Make Affiliate Sales

Now don't get me wrong... I didn't make millions overnight.

But the sales had finally started trickling in, and soon I was already earning the equivalent of my regular day job... but for less than half the time and effort.

Trust me, when you make your first affiliate sale... it gives you such a buzz!

And you just want more and more.

So I worked at my system and began testing new methods - ones that I'd never seen tried by anyone else before. Some of my methods worked while some didn't.

You can guess what I did with the methods that worked, can't you?

I Took The Methods That Worked
And Slotted Them in to my Formula

This was way back in 2006, and since then I've worked on my formula and finely tuned it to a point where I can almost guarantee a top spot in any JV competition I take part in.

Fast forward to 2010 and I've generated over a million dollars in affiliate sales, I I've won numerous JV competitions and won a ton of prizes including iPhones, laptops, watches, flip-cams, iPods, HD camcorders and even a jet-ski worth over $6000... not to mention tens of thousands of dollars worth of prize money.

Sadly, for most affiliates it's not as straightforward as this.

In fact, let me ask you a question...

Have you ever promoted a product in the past and not received a single sale?

Have you ever wondered how the gurus make hundreds of thousands of dollars in affiliate sales, while you struggle to make just one?

Its a sad fact that most affiliates make very little or no sales at all during the big product launches. Some even send a ton of traffic but still cant make any sales at all.

This is Because Most Affiliates are
Doing Things Completely Backwards.

They're trying to follow the same tactics that gurus with 1 million plus mailing lists are using.

You see, if you have a 1 million plus mailing list, then you can afford to use tactics that simply wont work for the average affiliate marketer.

But if you're just starting out... then you need to "up" your game a bit.

Keep reading because I'm going to reveal 3 key strategies that helped my affiliate marketing business explode!

In fact, you can implement these strategies in your affiliate marketing business right now... and instantly boost your affiliate marketing business to the next level:

Key Strategy #1 "Market Ethically & Honestly"

Have you noticed that more and more marketers seem to be using bad tactics these days?

By that I mean pitching products every day using hype-filled emails... blatantly telling lies... or perhaps telling you they've found the best product ever that will change your life only to tell you they have found something even better then next day.

These are usually 'loopholes' or 'traffic systems' that never work.

I think some marketers forget that the tactics they are using can ruin peoples lives, yes, that's a strong thing to say but they know some of the garbage they push simply won't help anyone. I bet if they had to pitch to you face to face they wouldn't say half the things they write. In 2010 this has gotten a lot worse, however, in a crazy sort of way that helps us ethical marketers as our offers stand out even more. So be sure to market ethically and honestly and leave the shady marketing tactics to people who know no better.

Let the 'shady' marketers use bad tactics that are now so ineffective they are lucky to make one sale from an affiliate campaign. Let them wonder why their open rates have dropped to record lows and let them wonder "what the hell happened to my affiliate earnings".

2011 will be the year that ethical marketing shines so don't use hype, don't pitch products every day and think more about helping others before thinking about your bank balance.

Let me assure you, if you market like this you don't have to worry about your affiliate earnings as they will take care of themselves.

Key Strategy #2 "Don't Follow The Affiliate Herd"

Let me tell you what most affiliates do when promoting a product on launch day. They will go to the product creators affiliate tools page and find some content they can use such as some ready made email copy. They will then copy the email word for word and then paste this content into their autoresponder and hit send. The result is their email looks the same as everyone else's on launch day.

I'm sure you've seen this happen before... a big launch comes along and you receive the same email over and over again from tons of different marketers.

Most can't even be bothered to come up with their own email subject.

Now like I said earlier, if you have a 1 million plus mailing list this tactic will still work. However, if you have a smaller list like most of us your emails will just get lost in all the noise on launch day.

It still amazes me that most affiliates can't be bothered to spend 5 minutes re-writing an email copied from an affiliate tools page. Sure you can use the content supplied by the product creator, but at least spend 5 minutes personalizing the email to make it look like you've wrote it yourself!

Look! You have to stand out on launch day, you have to be different, you have to rise above all the hype and noise that goes on when a product goes live...

...but you won't do this if you use 'copy and paste' tactics.

Key Strategy #3 "Don't Promote Rubbish Products"

This is probably the best piece of advice I could ever give you. So many marketers simply look at what products pay the most commissions and don't even bother to evaluate the product they are promoting. Why would you promote a product you haven't even looked at? It's crazy, yet so many marketers do it. Let me tell you that promoting sub standard products is the quickest way to lose trust and ruin your reputation.

If you are lucky you can get away with this once or twice but no more. You see people remember who recommended the product they bought and if it doesn't deliver do you think they will come back for more? Of course not, so never ever do this, be sure to get a review copy of any product before you promote it. If you have to go and buy the product, you can always get a refund if it doesn't deliver.

Only when you are 100% sure that the product can deliver awesome value should you then begin to promote it. By reviewing products first your reputation will remain intact and you will develop a following of raving fans that will devour anything you recommend.

So there you have it, 3 simple strategies that can bring real results, but let me warn you this is just the tip of the iceberg. If you want to become a super affiliate and play with the big boys you need to learn a lot more.

So what if I said I could show you the formula I have perfected that would enable you to start generating sales as an affiliate regardless of list size and achieve super affiliate status, would you be interested? Well allow me to introduce the ultimate affiliate solution:-

This is a tried, tested, and perfected method that works every single time without fail. Remember that I've been perfecting this method since 2006 and I can guarantee it works flat out every time I put it into practice.

Once you start applying the Affiliate Promo Formula you will see your affiliate earnings soar.

What makes Affiliate Promo Formula different from anything you've ever seen is I am backing it up with rock solid proof. Remember that JV leaderboards don't lie, you're not seeing some phony screenshots of earnings that aren't even related to the product for sale. You're seeing real results from real JV competitions.