Affiliate marketing does sound nice but this technique of making money is actually not for everyone. If you have a blog or a website whether it's personal, social or corporate, you can utilize it and use it generate money for you through the power of affiliate marketing. The concept of affiliate marketing is very simple. You sign a contract with a brand or company to promote their products through your website by adding a banner or an ad. Once a user clicks on those banners / ads and buys something from that brand or company, you will be paid some commission. Thus you make more money with more sales. The orders that happen through your website or blog are tracked by a tracking ID. You don't have to worry about tracking and verification of the orders placed through your website because it's an automated system. Most popular affiliate marketing programs include Amazon.com, Ebay.com and Linkshare.com.

You can start by simply joining an affiliate program that you think is most suitable for your website / blog. Then you need to grab those banners and ads from your affiliate partner and put them on your website. If your website has a good flow of visitor traffic then you will see how your revenues will start to grow.