Affiliate Revenues
An affiliate is a company/website that pays you a percentage (or flat amount) from each referral. No matter which affiliate you are promoting, the main goal is to make Affiliate Revenues, or money from promoting the goods/services. If you are not currently promoting an affiliate, commission junction, 000webhost, ebay, amazon, adfly, and swagbucks are all good places to start. To my knowledge, none of these services have any fees and are used by many webmasters! If you own more than one site or just want to promote many affiliates, though, then Commission Junction is the way to go (as you can partner with multiple affiliates through their service).
There are many ways to earn Affiliate Revenues. The most popular (and probably most effective) is creating a website/blog and displaying banners on it to earn commissions. However, this method is complex as you have to create a website and several articles, as well as retain a reliable source of traffic. This is usually done through SEO, or search engine optimization.
Other ways include soliciting friends, distributing fliers (whether in person, on mailboxes, or under cars windshield wipers), forum promotion, as well as the ever (in)famous tactic of spamming. I discourage spamming, as you will most likely have a very, very low sign up rate and most affiliates ban this method. Forum promotion and soliciting friends can work, as long as you don't repetitively ask (or beg) for sign ups, so use this method wisely. Finally, the method of handing out fliers for Affiliate Revenues can work great, as long as you don't intermediate or argue with others. If you search forums I am sure that you can find a lot more ways too!
Make sure that you read over each affiliate's terms and conditions, as some will outlaw some of the listed methods. Also, make sure that whoever you share an ip address with does not sign up for your program(s), as this can lead to some issues too. I wish you luck and hope that you will start making Affiliate Revenues!
There are many ways to earn Affiliate Revenues. The most popular (and probably most effective) is creating a website/blog and displaying banners on it to earn commissions. However, this method is complex as you have to create a website and several articles, as well as retain a reliable source of traffic. This is usually done through SEO, or search engine optimization.
Other ways include soliciting friends, distributing fliers (whether in person, on mailboxes, or under cars windshield wipers), forum promotion, as well as the ever (in)famous tactic of spamming. I discourage spamming, as you will most likely have a very, very low sign up rate and most affiliates ban this method. Forum promotion and soliciting friends can work, as long as you don't repetitively ask (or beg) for sign ups, so use this method wisely. Finally, the method of handing out fliers for Affiliate Revenues can work great, as long as you don't intermediate or argue with others. If you search forums I am sure that you can find a lot more ways too!
Make sure that you read over each affiliate's terms and conditions, as some will outlaw some of the listed methods. Also, make sure that whoever you share an ip address with does not sign up for your program(s), as this can lead to some issues too. I wish you luck and hope that you will start making Affiliate Revenues!