There are many inexperienced marketers who make money online with affiliate marketing without their own website. They do this by sending traffic to some pre-sell landing pages or directing it to the merchant's affiliate page. However successful marketers will tell you this is a bad strategy to use if you want to build your assets and sustain your business.

Here are three quick tips on what is a good affiliate marketing strategy to use:

1. SEO Using Keyword Domain

It is well known that Google's algorithm favors domains that contain the exact match keyword that you are ranking in its search engine. The strategy is to do your backlink building using this keyword, which helps in gaining Google's trust in your domain. Choose a domain name that is related to a topic supported by the affiliate programs you promote.

2. Have a Balance in Content and Affiliate Programs

The old saying that 'content is king' applies to your website containing your affiliate programs too. However finding a good balance between what content you put and all your affiliate product promotions is important. You want to write content that offers your readers useful information yet have a subtle way to introduce your affiliate product recommendations.

3. Email List Building

There could be no wrong in starting to build a list right from the very beginning even if you are a new affiliate marketer. Essentially what you need to do is just drive traffic to your landing page whose primary objective is to persuade your visitors to opt-in to something useful and interesting. This ranges from a simple newsletter to a free ebook to free PLR articles.