Most of the people who start an affiliate business make the mistake by considering it an income opportunity rather than a business. Neglecting the importance of this business approach can determine pour results. Affiliate campaigns are very serious activities. You need to manage your affiliates, for this reason nowadays people are talking about affiliate management. An affiliate program is a network and it needs to be managed by a project manager.

In the case of affiliate marketing, the project manager is the affiliate manager. The project is not related to a product development but to a product promotion. An affiliate manager should be skilled as a project manager to manage:

i) Time

ii) Cost

iii) Risks

iv) Resources (if any) dedicated to the promotion.

An affiliate manager (AM) should be able to recruit JV partners and affiliates very carefully. He should create the tools for the promotions and monitor the product launch. In general an affiliate and an affiliate manager does not need deal with problems like:

i) Creating products

ii) Own and manage inventories, equipment, etc.

iii) Shipping

iv) Monitor and track payment transactions

v) Manage refunds

vi) Own a web site and

vii) A shopping cart

You can learn more about Outsourced Affiliate Program Management at advertisepurple.com and many more. Affiliate management networking is a business. You should be very clear about what you are doing. Your goals, milestones, achievements should be clear in your mind so that you can obtain the desired results.