If you are not making money on the internet right now, you should be. It is too easy to make extra money from home with an affiliate site to not give it a try. Once you set up your website the hardest part of making money is getting the traffic. Here are five affiliate marketing ideas that will get you more traffic and more money.



The most passive way to get traffic on your site is to be found through the search engines. If you want this to really bring you traffic you must get a good search engine ranking. Search engines look for certain things such as titles, headings and Meta tags. By properly labeling your site you will get more traffic.

Once a person finds your site encourage him to tell his friends with a "tell friends about this site" button. When a customer clicks on it they will email their friends and encourage them to come visit your site. People always trust a friend more than an advertisement.

Make a name for yourself by participating in forums and blog as an expert in your niche market. Just find forums and blog with a topic that relates to your niche market and you can subtly advertise your site by including a link in your signature. The more you participate the more traffic you will generate. You will also be creating incoming links which will increase your search engine rating.

Give away a short, free e-book or newsletter that will appeal to the interests of your customers. Include permission to share the information so that your customers will share your information with other potential customers. This is just a good way to encourage word of mouth advertising.

Be sure to include on each page of your site how often the information is updated. This will entice people to return later to read your new articles and look through your new products. This is a great way to get repeat customers.

As an affiliate site that makes money through links, making sure all of your links are working is the most important thing you can do. Despite the fact that you cannot make a sale if your links don't work, broken links will also drive away potential customers. If you have too many links to check regularly on your own, use a free link checker like Xenu's Link Sleuth.

The sooner you get started with this affiliate marketing formula the sooner you will be making fast cash. Making money from home is possible you just have to know how to get started.