To find our product, we are going to look at the Clickbank network.  Although there are several good affiliate networks out there, Clickbank is one of the best for beginners.  They have an enormous selection of affiliate marketing products to sell, they always pay out on time, and it is easy to get accepted into the network.  Unlike other networks that make you apply to promote a certain offer, Clickbank lets you promote every offer on their network right away.

The first thing to do when deciding on a product to promote, is to decide a niche.  The best way to do this is to brainstorm and write down 5-10 niches you think you would enjoy researching about.  When promoting a product, you will be doing a lot of research and writing about it, so make sure the topics are something you can have fun with.

Once you have everything written down, go login to your Clickbank account and visit the Marketplace section.  Clickbank has its products separated into categories, so choose an appropriate category and do a search for each of your topics.  In the search results, you will see a list of affiliate products that best match your search term.  Below each product description, you will see a list of different metrics.  

The key metric to look at, is the product’s gravity score.  Gravity basically tells you how many affiliates have made sales with this product recently. If a lot of people are making sales with this product then you should have no problems promoting this product as well.  As a rule of thumb, try and pick a product with a gravity score over 50.  The other metric to look at is the dollars per sale.  If you are going to use PPC marketing to promote your product, then pick a payout greater than $25 per sale.  This allows you to cover your advertising expenses and still make a decent profit.

Using the two metrics talked about above, write down the products that meet these criteria.  Now pick the one that you would be most interested in learning about and promoting.  You already know that other affiliates are having success making money with these products, so the key here is picking the product that will keep your interest so you can promote it successfully.  This is the first step towards making money online.  The next step is to join a program like Dominate IM and learn from some internet marketing experts on how to setup your sites and promote them effectively.