If you are an affiliate marketer using social bookmarking or social news sites as part of your marketing mix, you are leaving a lot of money on the table, plus you are destroying your web authority and branding with this killer mistake.

Before I tell you what's the killer mistake you need to remember that the new Internet also called "Web 2.0" is a social based community that give you the power tools of finding your thirsty crow fast, build credibility, establish yourself as an authority in your market, and help you develop strong relationships with future customers, only if is use right. Social bookmarking sites are one of those tools that like any of the other web 2.0 services it need to be use carefully. The best approach to these kinds of web communities is to be helpful and contribute to the network to build relationships.

The #1 Killer Mistake You Need To Avoid.

To make your social bookmarking marketing efforts effective you need to avoid bookmarking the next affiliate links, links to:

• Sales letters.
• Squeeze pages.
• Landing Pages.
• Etc...

Why? First, any successful affiliate marketer will recommend that you shouldn't be direct linking to a merchant's site because this way you will not build a long term income. The second reason is that you want to develop a brand, your own brand, one that is recognize as an authority in your niche. This works for affiliates and for network marketers or MLMers, because if the merchant you are promoting goes bankruptcy, if you've been marketing your own brand you can just adjust your promotions and promote a different affiliate program, a joint venture or your own product, the thing is that your Internet business will continue to run without any problems.

Tips On How To Avoid It.

Simply, post all your best articles that link to the affiliate program or even better to your own squeeze page or lead capture page so you can start building your list of opt-ins. Another way is to use social bookmarking sites to promote your blog or blogs content, actually social news members prefer to read blog post or articles than just the promotional description of a merchant's site or product, there is a way to do this, but you really need to focus on building a loyal community of followers.

I recommend you to learn advanced social bookmarking sites and marketing tips and apply it strategically in your Internet marketing plan to help you boost your web authority in your niche. About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online and offline using little or no money. More marketing tips visit LuisGalarza.blogspot.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Luis_Galarza