As the Internet Marketing Industry grows, more and more people are also getting into Affiliate Marketing, who wouldn’t if you’ve heard about the financial changes that it is bringing to other people. It is one of the most effective way in starting a business online, some start part time later-on becoming full time replacing their 9-5 job with just half of the time spent and earning at least twice what they earn on their typical job.The concept is fairly simple, one can start out by selling other people’s product and in return get commission ranging from 5% up to even 75% of the product sales price. Affiliate Marketers responsibility is to basically drive traffic (potential buyer) to a merchant or product owner’s website through his/her own advertising and promotional campaign and with the aid of special programs, this is tracked via a special code or ID associated with the Affiliate Marketer and the rest taken cared of by the system who monitors these activities and transactions online.But why is it that many Affiliate Marketer still fail? Although simple it may seem there are a lot of factors involved that contributes to this failure and many new Affiliate Marketers fail to realize that one cannot just simply jump in and select a product or buy into the hype of a particular product without considering the real quality that the product is offering and the people who might be willing to buy it.It is very important to start right and know the big picture about getting into this type of business model and there should be a stage or preparation for the Affiliate Marketer wherein he/she must take the necessary time to learn and know the fundamentals of Internet Marketing before even considering to choose a product to market.Research is the main key in Affiliate Marketing, an effective Affiliate Marketer should know how to properly research his/her target market to determine the need, research for the most appropriate product possible to satisfy the need, determine the most effective marketing approach to reach out to the target market or group of people to let them know that you are providing the solution.Researching Target Market or NicheThis very daunting task, many Affiliate Marketers fail to start by knowing their potential customers first, if there are any, they just push their products into the Market and just hope that people will buy it. Although this can be done as well depending on the product the Affiliate Marketer is promoting, it is a lot more realistic to close a deal faster if you already know that you have a ready buying crowd looking for a particular product. There are a lot of ways to research for a Target Market or Niche, you can visit forums and see what people are talking about, you can research product trends using magazine, news paper, tv, internet or even what people discuss when you walk around, you are bound to stumble into a particular question or requirement that can give you an idea of a possible need.Researching Products To Satisfy The NeedThis is were new and even savvy Internet Marketersometimes fail, there are a lot of good products out there that you can sell online and there are products also that are bad. One big problem that is faced in Affiliate Marketing right now is the over hyped presentation of products, more and more product owners and even Affiliate Marketers are becoming very good in creating outstanding sales copies that lures everyone in buying the product only to find out that it is all hype and no quality. Sometimes it is a lot better to buy the product first and test it out before an Affiliate Marketer attempts to promote it, this might be possible for some products but might be very expensive for some as well. The other alternative is to put in time and extra effort in reading reviews, testimonials, getting into forums and looking for any information relating to the product. You will not get 100% good info but you will definitely have enough to balance the positive and the negative.Reaching out to the Target Market (Marketing Approach)Many Affiliate Marketers employ paid advertising to promote the products they are endorsing but there are some who just get into this type of marketing approach without knowing the pit falls and there are lots of techniques here that needs to be learned first because if don’t know the ins and outs of online paid advertising this will bury any Affiliate Marketer in credit card debts. This is where a lot of money is lost, again before this is employed better have a real study on it first.Another way is the free advising approach, but a lot of internet marketer are too lazy to do this and is always looking for shortcuts. If a person is new in Affiliate Marketing, this is the most recommended path to start out with in doing the activity, although it does eat up a lot of time on the part of the Internet Marketer it is a safer and wiser approach financially. This requires a lot of patience and perseverance but will be a good learning foundation in creating good sales copy, delivering quality content and building your reputation as a good source of relevant and valuable information. Some Affiliate Marketer still fail on this because they don’t follow certain rules which also affects other Internet Marketers. Again there are no real shortcuts, this is business and it has to be done right if you want to succeed.There are other approaches such as building a website and creating your own presentation about your offer. Again some are too scared of learning new things and fails to realize that technology is evolving everyday. Not like before that you have to go through a lot of codes and must know at least HTML programming in order for you to create a website, now a days there are programs that basically creates the website for you as easy as typing a word document without even knowing HTML. As an Affiliate Marketer grows in this business so should his knowledge about the different tools that are required, and must be open to continuous learning to coupe with the changes in the Internet.Certainly, there are still a lot of things to learn and so an affiliate marketer must continue to educate himself so he can improve his marketing strategies. Many fail because they don’t grow in the business and they are merely concerned about earning big quickly. If you want long-term and highly satisfactory results, take time to learn the ins and outs of the business. Continue to improve your knowledge especially with the basics in affiliate marketing ranging from advertising to programming, web page development, and search engine optimization techniques. Likewise, study the needs and wants of your prospective customer and the different competition.Persevere, keep on trying and keep on learning.