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It doesn ’ t matter if not all your products meet all these criteria , so long as at least a couple of them do . But the more products you can find that meet these criteria , the better your chances of making good money .

Why You Need More Than One Product to Promote

While it ’ s certainly possible to make money with just one good affiliate product to promote , it ’ s a case of “ putting all your eggs in one basket .” If that product doesn ’ t end up selling well for you and you don ’ t have any others , you ’ re limiting your chances of making good money .
Another reason it ’ s good to have a few products to promote : You can make multiple sales to your visitors ! This becomes especially lucrative if you run a newsletter , where you ’ re constantly emailing people about different products - more about that in Chapter 9 .
Once you ’ ve found at least three good products you want to promote , and they ’ re all around a certain topic , you ’ ve found your niche ! The next step is to have a look at what else is going on in that topic , so you can see how competitive it is .

Competition Research

You don ’ t want too much competition
You don ’ t want a lack of customer demand
You DO want to find the most customer interest for the least competition
Profitable Niche > Targeted Sub-Niche
Lots of Customers
Lots of Affiliates
No Customers or Affiliates
Highly Targeted Customers
You !
The ( unsurprising ) fact is that where there ’ s a lot of money to be made … there will usually be a lot of other people trying to get their slice of the pie ! This means that the usual avenues that affiliates use to get visitors to their websites will be jam-packed , like the freeway on a holiday weekend .
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