Ah, the affiliate known as amazon. What does it take to get money from amazon's affiliate program? I went to www.amazon.com and it took me the better part of an hour to sign up for ads. How do you make the program work for you? Well, to start it takes the right thing put in front of someone's face.

Amazon's ability to tailor the products shown as an ad on your site has got to be its greatest benefit. I found that products like beef jerkey, or popular snacks are actually a really good thing to show from www.amazon.com. Also the addition of a product that matches closely to your content is a sure winner.

Honestly there are hundreds of affiliate programs out there to try to monetize your spots on the web, but amazon's customization edges it above most all of the rest.