I've been doing affiliate marketing for about 2 years now. So far my best months have been five figures of profit (my best day was four figures of profit). But I know of other folks that are doing much more than that..
I guess someone could say "You're doing it wrong" to me here. I've tried integrating affiliate adds with blogs and another site that did rental listings. I've made 18 dollars after tens of thousands of impressions.
I've come across so many affiliate marketing "seminars" and eBooks, but they all smell of "get rich quick" scams to me.
Anyone care to share what works vs what doesn't? I'm really confused on the topic.
I'm not sure if a discussion of affiliate marketing is really relevant to "Hacker News".
There are a couple of eBooks I would recommend, but you can get most of that info for free if you read some blogs and forums. Just search for "super affiliate blog" and start your research there.. :)
Notice: feel free to check out all of the links, or ignore them all. I have nothing to gain either way. :)
Recommended forums:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/
http://www.wickedfire.com/ (not for the easily offended)
http://www.quityourdayjob.com/forum/
Recommended blogs:
http://www.superaffiliatemindset.com/
http://www.quityourdayjob.com/
Great articles worth reading:
http://www.superaffiliatemindset.com/how-much-money-have-you...
http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/04/08/the-1000000-experiment-w...
http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/04/13/10k-ppc-experiment-part2...
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/09/24/pwning-facebook-how-to-t...
http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/05/16/as-success-grows-opportu...
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/11/04/the-adsense-check-for-13...
http://www.superaffiliatemindset.com/theres-a-secret-to-ever...
http://www.superaffiliatemindset.com/how-to-properly-setup-a...
http://www.superaffiliatemindset.com/how-to-properly-setup-a...
http://www.superaffiliatemindset.com/how-to-properly-setup-a...
Great free learning materials:
http://www.quityourdayjob.com/learning (he used to charge $50 for the "Quit Your Day Job" eBook - you can get it for free now)