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By Lahle Wolfe, About.com Guide to Women in Business

6 Tips on How To Make Money From Affiliate Ad Programs

Saturday November 29, 2008
Affiliate programs are not likely to make you rich overnight but joining the right programs can help you earn several hundred dollars per month on a moderately sized website in a relatively short time. The larger your website is, generally the greater your traffic draw from content will be. The higher your traffic rate is, the more likely you are to be successful with affiliate ads.

Much of your success with affiliate programs depends on two things: the quality of your website content and how selective you are in choosing affiliate program ads to compliment your site.

I have successfully been using affiliate ads on two of my own business websites for several years now. I draw a reasonable monthly income from affiliate ad revenue for a website (of about 1,800 pages) that I now only maintain. I spent many long hours perfecting my affiliate network, but it was time well spent. I did not just "sling" ads onto my website in hopes of getting rich. Ads that did not perform, I moved or removed. Ads that did well, I analyzed why they were doing well to come up with a model that works best for my site visitors.

To help other business women who might be interested in learning how to effectively use affiliate ads to earn extra income, I put together the "6 Tips on How to Make Money From Affiliate Ad Programs."

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