1.Getting started with affiliate programs is simple. Here are some tips and ideas to consider as your research niches, keywords, site content and design, and ad placement. 

NiNiche sites. Niche sites tend to get higher search ranking and can develop a consistent audience. Keep your niche specific and provide useful content and you’ll see your traffic hit the roof. However, be sure that your niche has enough ads to be effective

2. Target good keywords. When determining what topics and keywords to target, consider what an advertiser will pay for space on your page. Get on Google Adwords and use the Traffic Estimator and Keyword tools. Find keywords that have high search rating, low advertiser competition, and a high estimated Cost Per Click (CPC). These keywords will provide more valuable traffic, higher search rankings and less competition.

3. Targeted Advertisements. The higher the relevance of your advertisers to your content, the high your click-through and sale conversion ratios will be

4. Ad Coding. If order to save time with ad placement experimention, load your advertisements from a template or an include file. By putting your banners or Adsense code in an external file, you can swap out ads site wide easier.

5. Tracking. On Adsense, use channels to track what placement strategies and sections of your site are working best. Many affiliate programs provide similar link tracking. If not, install a redirect click counting script for your affiliate links.

6. Ad Placement and Colors. With Adsense, blend your ad background color into the background of your page. If your page background is green, set your ad background and border color of your Adsense ad as green. Make your ads fit naturally into the content of your page. Square Adsense ad units tend to generate more clicks that traditional banner units.

7. Don’t clutter your page with ads. Adsense limits you to 3 ad units per page – this is a good guideline. By adding too many advertisements to your page, you discredit your site to visitors and the value of your ad inventory decreases.

8. Hot spots. Place ads above the fold. This means that an ad can be seen when the page is loaded without the need for scrolling. Google recommends certain hot spots on a page for higher clickthrough rates. View the Google Hotspot Map.

9. Diversify and experiment. Try different ad networks and different affiliate offers until you find what works for your site.