There are a lot of people who turn to affiliate marketing as a way to create an additional income for themselves on the internet. Many even use it as their primary source of income, but what is it exactly that separates those affiliates who make some money online, and those who make a TON of money online? The difference is that Super Affiliates use every form of marketing available to them in order to drive traffic to their site, while others simply let money slip through their fingers. Here are three different tips other than Google AdWords for affiliates to help drive traffic to their sites:

Finding Profitable Blogs

This can be an incredible source of extremely low cost business for you. By identifying and locating bloggers who have a substantial following, you can contact the owners of those blogs and ask if they do sponsored or endorsed posts. These are simply posts that the blogger makes for all of their readers giving a review of or promoting your product, and providing a link to their followers to visit your site. If the blogger has a substantial following you could essentially get your message out to thousands of readers via e-mail (without spamming them) for a very nominal fee. If you are unsure of how much you should pay for such a post, sign up for PayPerPost.com as an advertiser and you will be able to get an idea of what most bloggers are charging for their work.

Finding The Best Ezines

If you are not using Ezines as a way to market to mass groups of people you are letting money slip right through your fingers. Ezines have been a jewel for internet marketers since their existence. After all, an Ezine is an electronic magazine and the last time I checked, any magazine that I pick up at the grocery store has tons of Ads in it. Many Ezines serve a massive audience and can also reach thousands and thousands of people at a price that is a fraction of the cost of a pay per click campaign. This form of advertising usually works well in conjunction with the next form that I am going to talk about, which is Article Marketing.

Article Marketing

This may not be the easiest way to generate traffic because of the work involved, but with constancy it can generate a great amount because there are ways to distribute your articles across hundreds of article directories allowing you to get a massive amount of hits for pennies on the dollar. The best advice that can be given for this type of marketing is that once you start publishing articles be consistent. Even if you are only writing 3 to 5 articles per week, continue doing so on a consistent basis. This is so your readers will know how many to expect, and when to expect them. In addition, know that in the long haul, if you are known to contribute useful and quality content, publishers will be looking for that content on a regular basis.