Step 1: Get a clickbank.com affiliate username and account.

We use Clickbank.com as our affiliate program provider. They handle all the billing and check payments. All you have to do is sign up for a free account with them. This is simply an account that gives your name, address (where to send your checks) and you will get a username and password with them. Once you start making sales you can log in to your clickbank account and see how much you have made 24 hours a day.

Step 2: Get your affiliate link to refer sales.

After you get your clickbank account and know your clickbank username, simply use the below link to for your website, sendouts and banners.

Replace the xxxxx with your clickbank username. Make sure to keep the rest of the link EXACTLY as you see it!   For example – if your clickbank username was kim – your link would look like this:

Once you have signed up with Clickbank can start earning money straight away. Below are a few good examples of how you can do this.

Yahoo Answers If you sign up with Yahoo Answers and search for “Barista Training” you will notice hundreds of people are asking questions about Barista Training. If you post a good answer that helps people you can get chosen as “best answer”. This will keep you in Yahoo’s data base. Add your affiliate link and you have a recipe for money making.

Blogs You can set up free blogs with sites like Blogger, WordPress etc and start writing quality information about guinea pigs or even a daily guinea pig related blog. People love to read what other people have to say. Again, add your affiliate link and start earing. If you already run a coffee blog then you should already be doing this.

Social Networking sites. If you have a Facebook, Twitter or Myspace account you can refer your friends and family via your affiliate link. You can even set up accounts and add friends and follower with a related interest. i.e Barista Training or Coffee. Add your affiliate link and take advantage of that commission.

Remember, we dont condone spamming so if this is what you are considering then we’d like to ask you now not to bother. In worst cases spamming can lead to legal problems.

Google Adwords. You can find targeted traffic who are looking for Barista Training. Adwords provide very easy traffic for a low cost. If you are looking for a quick start then this is something to look at. Often when you sign up google will send you a free voucher in the post for around $75 too. Little to no competition for Barista Training in Adwords can keep costs down.

Here are 10 effective methods to generate traffic to your website:

1. Leave comments on other people’s blogs with

a backlink to your site.

2. Advertise your website or service in the

appropriate category on Craigslist.org

3. Participate in LinkedIn.com

4. Exchange reciprocal links with other related

sites in your niche.

5. Purchase ad spots or solo email ads in

popular newsletters or ezines from

directoryofezines.com

6. Submit articles to trade magazines with a

link to your site in your bio

7. Use OnlyWire.com to automate your social

bookmarking and automatically generate

backlinks and traffic

8. Promote your website on the “Thank you” page

of other sales sites related to your niche.

Work out a mutually beneficial commission

with the site owners.

9. Participate in online forum conversations that

are related to your product, and insert your

site link into the signature area.

10. Create your own blog at blogger.com. Blogging

is a powerful and effective way to get free

traffic from search engines, RSS feeds, other

blogs, blog directories .. and more!

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5 Bonus Blog Traffic Tips:

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1. Submit your blog to all major blog directories

like Technorati.com

2. Participate in blog carnivals. This is very similar

to submitting articles.

3. Provide an email subscription form that allows your

blog readers to receive your blog posts via emails.

Use the WordPress plugin “subscribe2″

4. Rewrite some of your blog content and post it to

articles directories to increase backlinks and

traffic. Try using ArticleMarketer.com

5. Find a hot topic on Technorati, post about it on

your blog and then ping Technorati with your new

post.