Affiliate Quiz: Do You Have What It Takes to be an Affiliate Marketer?

Are you thinking about trying to make money as an affiliate marketer, but you're not sure it's for you? Here's a quick quiz I dreamed up to help you answer the question for yourself. Scoring information after the quiz.

1. Do you work hard? (Be honest.)
2. Do you enjoy working?
3. Do you believe in the slow and steady approach to making money?
4. Do you save money on a regular basis?
5. Do you know or are you willing to learn html?
6. Do you know or are you willing to learn to write well?
7. If you fail at something, are you willing to try again? And then try again if you fail at the next thing? And then try again if you fail at the next thing again?
8. Do you have enough money saved to live for six months without an income?
9. Do you keep a to-do list?
10. Do you read a lot?

Give yourself 1 point for each "yes" answer and 0 points for each "no" answer. If you score below a "5", then affiliate marketing is probably not for you. If you scored a 6 or 7, then you might make it as an affiliate marketer, but you've got some challenges to overcome. If you scored an 8 or above, then you've probably got what it takes to work as an affiliate webmaster and make some decent money.

About the questions.

1. Do you work hard? If you're not willing to work hard, then you will not be successful as an affiliate marketer unless you're really good at delegating responsibility and you have a lot of money available to you for outsourcing.
2. Do you enjoy working? Affiliate marketing is not an easy road to riches, and it's not for people who hate working. You get to set your own hours, but to be successful and stay successful, you absolutely must be willing to work hard and like it.
3. Do you believe in the slow and steady approach to making money? You might be able to make a quick buck in affiliate marketing if you're the type that doesn't mind spamming blogs and autogenerating tons of bogus content, but those techniques don't work nearly as well as gradually building quality content and links over time and enjoying the benefits of that type of traffic. And if you want to make a lot of money with affiliate programs, the best way to do that is to be a long term success.
4. Do you save money on a regular basis? If you're an affiliate marketer, you are self-employed. If you can't save money on a regular basis, you won't be able to pay your income taxes or ever retire. Neither are good for a self-employed person.
5. Do you know or are you willing to learn html? While it's not strictly necessary, knowing html is extremely helpful if you're going to be an affiliate webmaster. The more you know, the more you'll make.
6. Do you know or are you willing to learn to write well? This is another of those items that you can outsource if you have to, but you'll make a lot more money if you're able to do it yourself.
7. If you fail at something, are you willing to try again? Not every website will work. Not every affiliate program will make you money. If you quit because something doesn't work, you're not going to make it as an affiliate webmaster unless you're very lucky.
8. Do you have enough money saved to live for six months without an income? If you don't, you're going to need to keep working a day job, which will cut into the amount of time and energy you'll have to run your affiliate business. It can be done, but it's not easy and it takes more of a toll on you.
9. Do you keep a to-do list? When you start making money from affiliate websites, you're going to start having ideas about how to make more money. You'll think of content to generate, places to find links, and new niches to explore. If you don't keep a to-do list, you'll forget and/or lose some of these valuable ideas.
10. Do you read a lot? It's important to keep abreast of what's going on in SEO (search engine optimization) if you're going to succeed as an affiliate webmaster. To be able to do that, you're going to need to read SEO blogs and forums. You'll need to read until your eyes hurt. You should also be reading a daily newspaper, a weekly news magazine, and several monthly magazines that you're interested in, and also various books about subjects that interest you. This will keep you thinking three-dimensional and keep ideas about trends that will affect your marketing flowing.