One of the most important reasons for failure in affiliate marketing is not having proper tools. Proper tools will make your journey in affiliate marketing easy and fruitful. A combination of proper tools and techniques will make your affiliate business very rewarding.

In this post of the five part series of how to overcome failures in affiliate marketing, I am revealing all the tools that will accelerate the process of making money using affiliate marketing.

The lists of tools and resources that will aid you in your affiliate business venture are listed below. Some of these tools are free and some require you to buy them.


EMAIL AUTO RESPONDERS
Aweber Auto responder :
Unlimited auto responders follow up messages, and campaigns are at the heart of the AWeber system. With 99.34% email deliver ability, this is a must have tool for any affiliate marketer.

Get Response Autorseponder :
Get Response is easy, web-based email marketing software that delivers your campaigns, offers, newsletters, follow-ups and auto responder messages. This is the second most used auto responder after aweber.


ARTICLE MARKETING
EzineArticles.com :
The number one Article Directory. Submit your articles for distribution in front of our content-hungry audience. Also find articles to publish on your Blogs and web-sites.

GoArticles.com :
GoArticles.com is one of more than 15 web sites comprising the Jayde Online Network. It is a well established article directory with a nice page rank. Get a lot of exposure by submitting articles to this directory.


SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO) TOOLS
Web CEO :
Web CEO is one of the most complete SEO software. There is a free version available. The free version offers many features, which you don’t find even in some paid SEO software.

SEO Elite :
SEO Elite is one of the best products by Brad Callen. It’s written for the absolute beginner, but covers things that only the most advanced search engine optimizers know. SEO Elite is one such software which I recommend very much.


MARKETING & KEYWORD RESEARCH TOOLS
Word tracker :
Word tracker helps website owners and search engine marketers identify keywords and phrases that are relevant to their business and most likely to be used as queries by search engine visitors. Marketers can also determine how many competing sites are using those keywords and can identify the phrases that have the greatest traffic potential.

Keyword Elite :
Keyword elite is again one of the most powerful products from Brad Callen. And it justifies the statement on his site ‘The most powerful keyword research software on the planet!’ A must have tool, if you are serious about making money online.

Keyword Discovery :
Keyword Discovery compiles keyword search statistics from over 180 search engines world wide, to create the most powerful Keyword Research tool. KeywordDiscovery can tell you the search phrases people use to find products and services, as well as the search terms that drive traffic to your competitors.

Keyword Suggestion Tool :
This is a handy little tool that will show you the phrases that are searched more often from both Word tracker and Overture. This tool is Free.


TRAFFIC ANALYZERS
Google Analytic :
The new Google Analytic makes it easy to improve your results online. Write better ads, strengthen your marketing initiatives, and create higher-converting websites. Google Analytics is free to all advertisers, publishers, and site owners. It’s one of the best traffic analytics software on the web.

CrazyEgg :
Create tests to figure out what people are doing on your website. This tool tracks where readers of your site click when surfing. It creates a heatmap of the results.


BLOG SOFTWARE
Wordpress:
Wordpress is the undisputed the best blogging software. The best part of the tool is that it’s absolutely free. The tool is comprehensive software which you can use for your blog or CMS. With thousands of themes and plug ins, you can customize the software as you want.

Blogger:
Blogger is also one of the powerful blogging platform which is hosted freely. The tool is also easy to use and widget ready. You can make your site live in minutes with this tool and that too absolutely Free!


These are some of the tools that will help you accelerate your journey to make money online. Do share the tools you are using in comments!