Riffs on becoming MCSA professional: Other way of income: affiliate marketing associate program

Ok, while making my bachelor work I was thinking about earning some money with affiliate marketing. This is simple, you register at affiliate marketing associate program and then advertise some thing on your site. If someone buys something you recommend than you get your 40 cents. (Joke :-)) You get some per cent which depends on your status or flat fee.
Looks simple enough. I thought this way too. I register myself a LinkShare account and approved this site. But there was no click first day, and no clicks other day, and whole week passed without a click! I searched through the Net and found that LinkShare is old and stable merchant, but their promotions for affiliate marketing aren't the best.
And than another question was bring alive:

What is the Best Affiliate Program For You

Affiliate networks are the middle man between affiliates and web sites with affiliate programs. Look for affiliate networks that provide all the tools needed to set up and maintain an affiliate program. What to Look for?

The best affiliate programs will be those that target your customer base. An on-line florist would get little traffic from a pet supply website. You want an affiliate whose business is similar or comparable to your product. Avoid affiliates with low quality products. Ask to speak to existing affiliates to find out if a company is reputable.

Referral traffic may link to the merchant site and not buy initially but return to make a purchase weeks later. Look for affiliate programs that remember your site was responsible for that customer. The best affiliate programs remember you for 60 days by using cookies to tag the customer's computer when he visits the merchant site.

Ok, so what is the common result of all this? The result is small article on finding affiliate marketing associate program that will suite your site and work. Using this information, I changed the banners downthere, and guess what? I've already got first signup on free RapidFax testing program.

If you're blogger like me, which knows what a bucks worth, than try this way of revenue. Registration is free, and you do not lose much time trying how much money will affiliate marketing bring to you.