1. Hire Right
There are thousands of affordable and talented freelancers out there to hire on an outsourced basis. However, make sure that they have a good understanding of affiliate marketing, how it works, what prospects they are looking for and how to differentiate your organization every step of the way. This will make all of your affiliate marketing efforts a lot easier.

2. Provide Training
Everyone does things a little different so if you don 't take the time to train you can 't expect everything to come out just the way you want from the start. This doesn 't have to be incredibly lengthy or costly, though some upfront training is smart and will help you get the maximum ROI from your labor budget and your own time for your affiliate marketing efforts.

3. Clear Expectations & Goals
To build a profitable network and run a successful affiliate marketing program you need to set clear expectations and goals for both your campaigns and outsourced contractors. Affiliate marketing can be easy and extremely profitable but unless you have crystal clear goals in writing you won't achieve them. Remember this will also keep your outsourced team on the right track, motivated and create healthy competition in teams to drive better production.

4. Kill The Meetings
Even though you are already saving money, time and overhead by outsourcing your staffing needs this doesn't mean that you can afford to waste time in meetings. It is good to be in constant contact with remote workers and to have real time updates but meetings can drain your productivity. Avoid meetings unless absolutely necessary if you want your team to be producing the maximum numbers of new affiliate marketing partners and getting the most value out of the ones that you have.

5. Be Organized
It takes systems to be consistently successful in every part of your business and affiliate marketing is no exception. If you aren't organized then you will quickly burn new affiliates that you bring on. Make sure your affiliate software is working smoothly, links are delivered promptly and that you have plenty of marketing materials as well as constant support available.