Whatever it is that you are selling online, there is a simple truth. You will need to get your offer in front of enough people to be able to make a single sale. Once you know your conversion rate (that is how many people you need to put message in front of to make a single sale) it is simple enough to calculate how many people need to see your message for you to achieve kind of sales and profits you want to make with that particular online product or service.That's how simple an online business can be. Forget all those complex, confusing pieces of advice flying at you from all directions on net. Just get back to basics. If you do not have your numbers correct, you'll go nowhere.
A business venture starts with setting of goals. What do you want to achieve? How much money do you want to generate? What kind of profit do you want? When you answer that question, all rest of your business plans will fall into place.
This applies to affiliate programs and it is easy to see why so many people spend time joining them and getting frustrated, when all they need to do is find a way of making this simple calculation. Most good affiliate programs will show you number of hits you are achieving and how many you are converting into actual sales.
One of most effective ways of going about getting your offer in front of as many people as possible, online is by posting informative, useful articles on subjects related to your offer. You then direct this captive audience to your web site or where ever your offer message is. Articles (and not ads) work best online and that is simply because world wide web is an information medium.