Basic things to be successful at affiliate marketing:

It takes some basic things to be successful at affiliate marketing:

The most important thing is to STAY FOCUSED.

Pick a niche, try to pick a product which you got some interest in. This will help you to stay focused. Once you have picked a product then go ahead and START.

Read these posts and follow the STEPS.

Make a schedule which you can stick with 

STICK TO THE SCHEDULE.

Start small and apply what you learn as you go. 

APPLY.

Stick with small level when you are learning, this will help you stop you from becoming 

OVERPOWERED. 

Once you have basics under control then start to 

SCALE UP.

As you start taking the step you will start to make some money. Stop I mean avoid the multi-tab DISTRACTIONS.  As we all know nowadays you can open so many websites at one time which in the beginning is bad idea. 

 For Example: If you made a plan (which will be covered later) to answer your emails between certain time then avoid reading them before that time. Tell yourself they will still be their when I check them at set time.