You make money online as an affiliate by simply selling other people's products or services. You join their affiliate program, get your own unique affiliate link that identifies you as the person who made the sale and you then start promoting the product or service. There are several ways that you can get the word out and get exposure to your affiliate link. Here are a few ideas that are proven to work.

#1. Pay Per Click Advertising - Pay per click is a proven method of generating traffic that's TARGETED to your offer. You only want to generate target traffic to your offers if you expect them to convert into sales. "Targeted" means that the people searching for the keyword phrase that you bid on are actually looking for information about that product. An example would be "tennis shoes". If you (or your merchant) have a website that has a page that sells tennis shoes then you'll want to point your visitors directly to that page, not the home page. Make your pay per click ads as relevent as possible and you'll be rewarded by the search engines, by getting lower costs per click and by your visitors because your sales will increase.

#2. Write Articles - People are always looking for content that they can use in their newsletters and on their websites. If you write a compelling article on a topic related to what you're trying to sell then there's a good chance that it will be picked up by other webmasters and distributed throughout the internet. You benefit by this because you're allowed to place a few lines at the bottom of your article that encourages people to visit your website, download your free ebook, sign up for your free five part course that explains how wonderful your product is, etc. Article marketing can be hard work, but it's free and it works like a charm.

#3. Pay For Ads In Ezines - This is similar to Article Marketing above, only instead of the Ezine owner finding your article in a directory and using it, you would actually pay them to run it. You could be at the very top of an ezine with several thousand subscribers. Some ezine advertising costs can be quite high and you'll definitely want to track your clicks, sign ups and sales so that you know if it was worthwhile or not, but this method can be pure gold with the right ad, the right ezine and the right offer. Your best bet here is to try to get people to sign up to your list by offering a freebie that they can't refuse. By having them on your mailing list you can sell to them over and over, rather than just one time.

These are three proven methods of generating targeted traffic to your offers. Try every one of them and find out which method works the best for you, but make sure that you test, test, test everything you do. Your advertising dollars are gold so make absolutely sure that you don't waste them by testing EVERYTHING you do! Good luck! Stop! Before You Start Out In Affiliate Marketing You MUST Read This FREE Report Called "Top 10 Affiliate Mistakes". Go Right Now to MakeAffiliateCash.com Or Simply Click On Affiliate Marketing. Joe Stewart Is A Full Time Affiliate Marketer That Enjoys Helping Others.