If you are trying to generate a revenue stream with your website and you do not have your own products you can sell others by using an affiliate program like CLICKBANK. If you are thinking about selling a product or if you have an e-book your want to promote… CLICKBANK is a good choice. It has a history in the marketplace and when investing your time into building a successful online business you want to partner with a vendor that plans to be around for the long term.

Now that you have selected your product to market you should consider using a statistical program to track results and performance. Here is a great tool to help you follow statistics generated by your link. As much as some of us hate tracking or reporting, to be successful, it is critical that an affiliate marketer glean results from their links to determine effectiveness.  http://bit.ly/

By paying others a commission to market your wares is a great way to encourage webmasters with high traffic sites to add your banner and send you some business. The banner below is not tied to an affiliate program as I did not register with CJ as an affiliate but wanted to touch on how to use affiliate marketing to help promote your website. This particular program pays 15% commission for sales.

This is one of the better marketing banners I have seen in the online marketplace. To be successful in online sales you need traffic, exposure, affiliates and a good marketing plan. No traffic, No mola (profit).