Finding the right product to promote is essential to succeed with affiliate marketing. There are millions of affiliate marketing products out around, but only a few can make you money. Some products are horrible and don’t work right at all. Another product might be fantastic, but its landing page leaves something to desired so nobody is buying it. To make money as an affiliate marketing, you need to find a product that’s proven to sell well. Why sell something that nobody is buying?

To find our product, we are going to look at the Clickbank network. Although there are several good affiliate networks out there, Clickbank is one of the best for those starting out. They have a large selection of affiliate marketing products to sell, they always send your checks on time, and it is easy to get accepted into the network. Unlike other affiliate networks that make you apply to promote specific offers, Clickbank lets you promote every offer on their network right away.

The first thing to do when choosing a product to promote, is to decide a niche. The best way to do this is to brainstorm and write down five or ten topics you think you would be interested in. When promoting a product, you will be spending a lot of time with it, so make sure the topics you write down aren’t something that will bore you to death.

Once you have everything written down, go login to your Clickbank account and visit the Marketplace section. Clickbank has its products separated into categories, so pick an appropriate category and perform a search for each of the topics you have written down earlier. In the search results, you will see a list of products that Clickbank sells that best match your search term. Below each product description, you will see a list of different metrics.

The most important metric to look at, is the gravity. Gravity is a Clickbank formula that tells you how many recent sales affiliates have been making with this product. If a lot of people are making sales with this product then you should have no problems promoting this product as well. Usually I try and pick a product with a gravity score over 35. The other thing to look at is the dollars per sale. If you are going to use PPC marketing to promote your product, then pick a payout greater than $25 per sale. By choosing a high enough payout, you can cover any advertising expenses and make a good profit.

Using the two criteria talked about above, write down the products that meet these criteria. Now pick the one that you would be most interested in learning about and promoting. You already recognize that other affiliates are doing well with these products, so the key here is picking the product that will keep your interest so you can promote it successfully. This is the first step to becoming a successful affiliate marketer.