There are so many little tips and tricks that can help you make a lot more affiliate sales, but the one I am about to share can really bring A LOT of commissions if done right.

The basic idea here is to use private label rights material, your affiliates links, and make it to viral! So here’s the quick version of how to do this.

Step #1. You need to find a good topic/market for this, as the main way to get your affiliate links out there is by using a popular topic that people want to learn more about, something which can go viral (meaning that it will spread quickly from people passing it around).

To do this there are a few ways. If you are already familiar with a market and know what they like and what ideas might “take off”, then try to use that market as it will be a bit easier to work with because you already know a few things about it.

On the other hand, if you really want your material to go viral, then go look at what the mainstream market is looking for and searching about. One neat tool you can use is the Google Trends tool, this will show you some popular search phrases that users are looking for. But make note that some of the keywords listed there are searched for A LOT but in a very short period of time, so maybe tomorrow it won’t be a good keyword at all. But if you can get in on the keyword while it’s hot… you should see a lot of traffic.

As for what types of topics/keywords to look for, you will want something that can be easily delivered in text (or maybe audio/video) format and can be something that you can deliver on, as well as being not too competitive if you will be trying to become #1 in the search engines. Also, as for making affiliate commissions, there will have to be some way to make an offer to the readers/views of your material, so keep that in mind as well.

For example, the keyword of “the bee gees” (a popular music group), at the time of writing this the band name was showing up in the Google Trends tool. But since that band has been known about for a long time now, there are already many other web sites talking about them and the competition is probably too tight for a project like this. But looking back at the keyword if it wasn’t to competitive, it could be a great money maker because you could have an affiliate link to some of their music and you could easily make an audio or video about them.

Step #2. The next step is to find some kind of private label rights material that you can use to help deliver the material to the market. This step really depends on which market you go into, as not every market has material with PLR available. Example, I don’t think you can find “the bee gees” content in PLR form… but you might be able to find other content which the same market might be interested in. However, in the Internet marketing niche and other popular niches, there is a lot of PLR material available which can help make this step a lot easier.

What you want to do is create a report, audio, or video which answers the reader’s/viewer’s question about the overall topic. In step #1 when you found a good topic, this step is about answering that topic or giving them what they were looking for.

If you can’t find the answer using PLR material, then simply do some research online for the answer.

When you have the answer you will need to put it together in a downloadable format. Simply answer the question that they had or supply whatever it is that they were looking for. But since this whole project is about making affiliate sales, you will want to include a few links throughout the report or in the audio/video to the affiliate product. The product will have to be something that the market would want to purchase, something similar to the overall topic.

For example, if the topic was about a music group then you could link to some of their music on Amazon.com.

Once you have the answer put together in a report or other downloadable format, then now you just have to make it available online. The reason I am suggesting you put it together as a downloadable product is because people generally value a downloadable product higher than if they just found the answer written on a web site.

Step #3. Now it’s time to get your product out there quickly. There are a few ways that you can do this and it depends on the market and what the topic was.

If your topic had to do something with Internet marketing, then you might be able to get a lot of downloads from popular Internet marketing forums. If you have an email list, then tell them about it and what questions or issues your product can answer for them.

If your topic had to do with something you found in Google Trends, then it will most likely be something that you need to act fast on and to get noticed quickly. With many Google Trend keywords, it can be quite easy to rank high in the search engines for it. So first you will need to place your product for download on a web site, so places like Blogger and Weebly can be great for getting quick search engine placements. Then just use the popular web 2.0 type of web sites and article directories to get your site noticed as quickly as possible.

With any luck your site will be ranked high in the search engines and you should start seeing some traffic.

Step #4. Now it’s time to make sure your product goes viral!

Note: There is no real guarantee that people will pass along your product, but if it’s a popular enough topic that might also have some interest built into it, then it should do well.

There are two ways that you can go about doing this, and both are total opposites of each other. So decide which way your market might react to better.

• Viral idea #1 is to make sure to state in the product itself that it can be passed around for free and try to give them a reason to do so. Make it easy for them to tell others about it, maybe by giving some links to use or ready-to-go email copy to use.

• Viral idea #2 is to say that this product is worth $xx amount and is “secret” information. Since they were able to download it for free they may feel like they got away with something and that it’s worth a lot of money. In some markets products like this are passed around a lot with real products which have sold for a lot of money. As you can probably see though, this method will not work in all markets and in some it may backfire and not get passed around at all.

So decide which your market would react better too, a product which is telling them to pass it around to share the tips/ideas, or a product which is worth some money and might be “secret” information.

These are 4 steps that you can use to drive more traffic to your affiliate links and hopefully in return bring you a lot more affiliate sales!

If you are familiar with creating reports or short videos, than I don’t think these steps should take you too long to do, probably just a few good hours. Find the right topic or keyword and you can be well on your way!