Getting the most out of your Google adsense:

• Position your ads at the top of your site for maximum profit
• Use Google tools to target and filter out competition.
• You can make whole websites out of niche high bidding keywords
• Try to use text ads they have a better click through rate.
• Check out Google’s little tricks and tools they will help you make extra money

Affiliate programs: Tips for success and making income

• Do your research and be careful to choose a good program with a reliable Sponsor who pays good commissions on time with reliable tracking tracking.
• Join 3-4 that all target your market.
• Make landing pages for PPC advertising and Google adwords
• Add reviews and informative content for each product and service to presell your visitors and get the click through for your Sponsor’s site.
• Have a free newsletter to build your business list and enable you to advertise affiliate products to your own opt-in-list.
• You can also invite your subscribers to join as affiliates in any 2-tiered programs you join.

You can also accept paid text links and ads on your site. Be careful not to let this get out of hand keep the ads and text links to the side of your site either the left or right. Keep them small and targeted to your visitors. You can charge a small weekly or monthly fee

• Good payment system-easy to use, secure site, accepts credit cards
• Good sales copy
• Newsletter subscription
• Good informative content-presells warms people to the sale

Of course none of this will work unless you build multiple streams of targeted traffic. This should be your first and ongoing goal. Building targeted traffic in as many ways as you can. Here are a few ways to do this.

• Search engines
• Pay-Per-Click engines
• Linking to relevant sites
• Article distribution.

Build traffic, tailor your website around your most wanted visitors, and always have your sale objective in mind. When you keep these points in mind you will be able to take advantage of the many small ways of earning money from your website at no cost to you.