We hear a lot of negativity about using affiliate marketing to create a revenue stream on a blog, but the truth is many are making an income stream through their blog by finding an affiliate that matches their brand. Let's look at four of the top tips for you to enjoy successful affiliate marketing on your blog:

1. Remember content is first affiliate is second - while it is very important describe the product you are voting the main focus of your blog needs to be about quality content, and then you can work in the information pertaining to your affiliate. Never write blog posts that’s only goal is to advertise your affiliate.

2. Only promote the products that are going to make you money - don't waste your time on the products that are going to generate a solid income stream. Instead, focus your time and energy on promoting the products that will make you money. The only way to know this is through trial and error, so do the basic work first, determine, which products are make you money, and get rid of the rest of them. Don't waste your valuable space on ads and content that are not going to make you money, so test, the test again, then test again.

3. Create a resource page for your visitors - resource pages of great place to promote your affiliate by including links to their site. Visitors love resources and having a resource page means your visitor is far more likely to spend some time there, and click on the link to your affiliate. Everybody wins here. Your visitor gets valuable information and you get the click through.

4. Your affiliate marketing should create a passive income - when it comes to affiliate marketing in your blog, your affiliate income should be secondary. The focus of your blog will be to write quality content that your visitors want to read, and it should keep them coming back for more. Your affiliate links should be embedded in that content and be passively available to your visitors to click.

There are those in affiliate marketing that fail, but there are many that are successful at affiliate marketing creating long-term income streams that allow them to retire early, live the lifestyle they desire, and enjoy a way of life that would not have been possible without creating the affiliate marketing income stream.

So when you start your affiliate marketing keep in mind that hard work in the beginning will be rewarded with long-term income streams.