Affiliate Marketing Favorites

It was around 1998 or ’99 I started creating websites and not long after that, I discovered affiliate marketing.. while I was working at home, enjoying my new web design hobby and already promoting tools and resources I found interesting online.. why not make a little money in the meantime? The very first affiliate program I joined was for Club Mom, back in 2000. I was a proud member of Club Mom back then as I had two young children at home with me and they offered an online mom-community, tips, etc.. and fun sign up freebies like Chocolate – Yumm! So I found it easy to promote something I enjoyed myself.. and I made money! This program ran for 6 or 7 years. Sites grow and change and Club Mom became Cafemom, which I still promote from within it’s new home at CJ, or Commission Junction. CJ, Like LinkShare, are affiliate publishing networks. You join as a publisher, add your site info, and choose individual sites and products to join/promote. I’ve been promoting some of my favorite places online for a decade now.. for example, CoolSavings, CoffeeCup and 123Inkjets.. just a few of my favorites. The next affiliate I joined was Google Adsense, a popular and widely used program. Recently, I joined Google’s Affiliate Network, LinkConnector’s Affiliate Program and PepperJam. All programs offer you the ability to browse for some of your favorite sites or products and earn money promoting it online. If you have your own site or blog, you have what you need to get started. if you are going to be writing about your love of Freebies, Ghirardelli ® Chocolate or Animal Jewelry anyways.. why not get some cash as an affiliate for them!?