annej - 1:05 am on Apr 29, 2007 (gmt 0)

7. Have direct product links or data feed. (not just links to home page)

I make most of my affiliate money by having a picture of the most related product right on my pages. So if the article is about 'flying widgets' I have the cover of 2 or 3 flying widget books pointing to the exact page where the book (0r other item like flying widget making supplies) can be found.

That takes a lot more work than just having general links to the company. As was mentioned above, it's my job to sell the product and finding exactly what the visitor is interested in based on what topic he or she is looking at then sending them directly to the products they might want to buy is the best way to get sales.