Brand YOURSELF. Yes, promote YOURSELF, not some company or product to get the best long-term value for your time and ad dollars!
Sorry if this offends some, but if you are promoting using only an affiliate site, it probably will put you in the 97% bracket that never earn any money on the internet.

You need your own website, even if it is nothing more than a series of splash pages which direct the viewer to one of your affiliate sites.

Plaster your name and picture everywhere you can.  People buy you, not your products.  It may take time to develop that trust, so don't be surprised if nothing happens for a while.  Becoming a millionaire overnight is a "pipe dream" anyway.  Just like any other business, most fail to turn a profit in the first 5 years.

It is much easier to bring your one domain up in the search engines and keep it there, than it is to bring up the rankings of several sites.  Since 80% of all online purchases come from a direct result of a search engine search (google for example), it is important to get your site on the first page of all of the major search engines.  Easier said than done.  It seems they like to change the rules a lot.

These splash pages are also the best way to use the traffic exchanges as they are quick loading and catchy.  Changing them frequently will improve your conversion rates.
If you are brand new, I have hosting available on my server.  I created a baby account at $2.00/month to help you get going affordably.

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