Affiliate marketing has grown to the point and there are thousands of affiliate marketers all over the world.

This is happening because of how easy it is to join affiliate programs.

Not all affiliate programs are very good however.

Here are my three top affiliate programs and the reasons I like them.

1. The Affiliate Power Group. Not everyone knows how to do affiliate marketing correctly.

You will learn how to do affiliate marketing and build your own online business at the same time. The private forum they have offers direct contact with mentors who do affiliate marketing full time. This is different than many membership programs where the owners are not active.

They also have a residual income payment plan where you get paid every month that members you sign up are active. This is a good way to build an ongoing income and provide a much needed service to affiliate marketers.

2. Submit Your Article. I like to join programs that are a little different than the others and ones that attack a need or solve a problem.

This is why I like SYA. They are an article submission company with a different twist.

They provide a system using a unique technology known as Article Leverage. This allows you to create hundreds of unique versions of your articles before they are submitted to various article directories.

Not only should you be using the service, you can also make money referring their affiliate program. This is a good residual income program because you get paid every month the people you refer keep their membership intact.

3. Cash Crate. This is a very good affiliate program for paid surveys that is very easy to earn money referring people. I always like to sell tools and resources as opposed to actually doing the work.

This means instead of taking surveys I earn money with CashCrate referring new members. However this is also a two-tier affiliate program so you can earn money when people take surveys and on the new members they recruit as well.

It’s free to join, they have great promotion materials, they have a free list of companies to take surveys from, run contests, and have a discussion forum for members to hang out in. They also pay consistently on the first of the month and offer direct deposit.

I understand there are numerous affiliate programs in various niches. Whether you join the ones I am in or not there are a couple things keep in mind.

Try and find affiliate programs that are unique and provide a different twist than all their competitors. Go for programs that pay you over and over whenever possible. Residual income allows you to continue to get paid if you ever decide to stop working.