Many times you see titles for articles that talk about the best of something. This is always a good idea because people like to be associated with the best. When it comes to starting an affiliate marketing business most people fail to do so because they do not pick the right products to sell.

In this article I thought we would take a look at the worst ideas for running an affiliate marketing business. Not so much specific businesses, but more general ideas to avoid when you first get started.

1. Starting a portal website is not the best way to get started in affiliate marketing. A portal website is a broad themed website that sells many different kinds of products as it relates to a broad theme. Cars would be an example of a broad theme and a narrow theme would be car parts. An even more narrow theme would be car parts for Corvettes.

The mistake that people make is they try to sell to many different things, as opposed to specializing when they first start out in their affiliate marketing business.

2. Another mistake people make is they do not choose a market that can be profitable for them. The best way to make money with affiliate marketing is to identify a problem, determine that people are seeking ways to solve that problem, and then help them do it.

An example of that would be how to stop sweating. This is a problem that many people face, and you could sell an information product that helps them deal with that. Clickbank offers e-books that you can sell and earn commissions on. You could find a stop sweating ebook to sell from them.

3. One of the most common affiliate marketing business mistakes is using the replicated website that comes from the merchant. Many times this is a bad idea because the website itself is just plain bad. Another reason you do not want to do that is you are not differentiating yourself from the thousands of other affiliates using the exact same website.

One way to sell more products in affiliate marketing is to try and be different. Creating your own website and putting your personal testimonial on it is a much better way to make money selling their products.

These are three of the worst mistakes you can make with your affiliate marketing business. If you want to be successful you must create a narrow theme website, solve people's problems, and do it with your own website. Only then will you have a chance to make money selling other people's products.