Affiliate programs are a very easy and effective way to make money on Internet right? so how do they work? Essentially, affiliate programs are a way that you can promote other people’s products and get paid a commission for promoting them. You can get paid to promote almost any type of product and service on web. Most of top companies on web have Affiliate Programs. Dell computers, Amazon, Expedia, AT&T, Chase bank, Delta airlines and Walmart are just a few examples - did you know that you can be paid a commission to sell products online for any one of these companies? The best thing about affiliate programs is that it is so easy to set up a relationship with any one of these companies. Normally in business you would have to spend weeks or months of meetings, proving that you are a worthwhile partner to be able to do business with these sorts of companies. However, an affiliate program allows you to get commissions straight away as a little guy,without all hassle of meetings and forming that relationship. There are thousands of affiliate programs that you can promote on web. You have so many choices that you could pursue. The key factors for success with affiliate programs are following: Choosing right affiliate programs. If you choose certain affiliate programs you will likely only be able to earn a small income because their payouts are small. Other affiliate programs have very large payouts and high earning per click (EPC). If you don’t know what earning per click (EPC) is, it is average amount that affiliates earn from each click to site that they are sending money to. Some networks express it in earnings per one hundred clicks.

Okay, you want to promote affiliate programs. You have one or two that you are very interested in. But - you don't have your website created yet and you don't even have your own optin-in list. What do you do? Here are a few things you can do before you get your website created.

1. Write articles. Yes, I know. It's like being in school again and learning something for first time. It's really not all that difficult. Think about affiliate product that you want to promote. How does that product help person using it? Now, think of a story of someone who is struggling (with whatever task they're trying to do without product) and then provide solution to that problem.

You must be careful, though. If story sounds like a sales pitch, your article won't be published.

Let's take as an example: Autoresponders. Tell story about a person trying to send out a message every week manually. Talk about frustrations. Then, provide solution by explaining how autoresponders work and why they should be used for that task. But don't mention autoresponder product you are promoting in article. That's what article's Resource Box is for! The resource box will contain a "mini" ad of sorts with a link to your affiliate product's website.

Submit your completed article to article announcement lists, article directories and newsletter publishers.

2. Start your own opt-in list.