Tired of Google's Ad-cents ?  I know the feeling! Well, here's a quick and informative guide on how to make it with, and most importantly, without Google Ad-cents.

Before I start blubbering I need to tell you that to make this work you need to

a) Have a significant and satisfactory amount of traffic coming to your site.

b) Make RELEVANCE a priority on whatever you publish on your site.

It's simple, it's a numbers game, more traffic leads to -> the more tries -> the more hits!

However, with some ad-marketing agencies, they STILL don't pay as much as you would like for having your clients in your social networlk (or any other site) click, lead or purchase their clients' products. Some still don't give out due credit for referring new customers to them.

 AFFILIATE COMPANIES

The good news is we can use affiliate companies that can bail us out of our misery, and start making money from the ads on our social networks! Big brand name companies out there want us to help sell their products! With the same amount of clicks, you can make more by referring 1 CUSTOMER to a company as compared to what you would get from Adsense in the same environment. For Example, if you make like $100 from 5 clicks which lead to customer signups on adsense, then you can probably make from 5 to 10 TIMES more by referring the same customer Directly to the Merchant. No wonder why Google has it's own version of affiliate program, I don't mean adsense, I mean a proper affiliate program. To have a look at other affiliate programs I have included a list of some you might want to consider, later on in this article.

AD MARKETING RELEVANCE

Talking about affilfiate companies, there are so many that pay SO MUCH for a sale. Credit card companies, banks, web hosting companies can pay well over $100 per sale. I would say that looks attractive, wouldn't you? Look at the following scenario:

" I run a site that gives tips on social network hosting. I have loadsa traffic coming in, so if I just put these loan and credit cards adverts I will get many clicks and sales and get loadsa money!! Cool!!"

What's wrong with it? Well, for starters, the people coming to my site are NOT looking for loans or credit cards, or pet insurance. Though these ads pay out Gazillions of $$$, my clients are NOT going to click on them, since it's NOT relevant to what they are looking for! They are looking for good social network hosting, how on earth is a pet insurance banner going to solve their problem? All that glitters is not gold, unfortunately. What I would do instead, is put adverts and banners with alternative solutions that would deal with the main reason why they came to my site, and they are more likely to click thru as compared to a pet insurance banner. This would mean a BETTER CLICK-THRU RATE for my site! If they don't buy from my site and then they go and click and buy through my banner, then I get the commission, which makes it a win-win situation for me! When you choose your affiliate comapnies, make sure you choose the relevant ones.

FACT: AD RELEVANCE INCREASES THE CHANCES OF CLICK-THRUS, WHICH IN TURN LEADS TO MORE CHANCES OF A SALE.

For more information I recommend you to buy a book I bought, by Rosalind Gardner. The book is a bestseller, called the Super Affiliate Handbook.  Click here for more info. This book is guaranteed to help you all the way. You can't just go out there and signup and put banners up. You've got to plan it. 90% planning, 10% execution. There's no better place to start than with this book by Rosalind Gardner .

QUICK "MUST DO" TIPS WHEN SIGNING UP FOR AN AFFILFIATE PROGRAM

1. Work with reputable companies, and affiliate companies

2. Check for relevancy to your social site, and your cusotmers 

3. Read the affiliate agreement, or you might be booted out of the program before you know it

4. Check if they charge to join, because they shouldn't!

5. Check their commision rates, how much they payout per sale-> that's where the MONEY is

6. For MORE Important and Informative Tips, you can sign up for our newsletter for FREE and get them FULLY explained. You can Alternatively get the Super Affiliate Handbook which provides all the information and more "MUST DO" points.

LIST OF SOME REPUTABLE AFFILIATE COMPANIES

Commision Junction - So many big brand merchants, various products to choose from

Forex Affiliates  - Forex trader referrals

Affiliate Future - Lots of big brand merchants, various products to choose from

MarketingTips.com - internet marketing affiliate

Deal Group Media - Many big brand merchants, various products to choose from

OMGUK.COM - huge number of big brand merchants, various products to choose from

GOOGLE AFFILIATE PROGRAM (Not Adsense) -  lots of big brand merchants to choose from