Make Money On YouTube - Lesson 3 - Affiliate Marketing

Anything that you make a video out of, has a monetization angle. The easiest source is Amazon Associates. It's free. It's been around since the mid-1990s. It's a way for you to net a commission of up to 15% -- but typically closer to 4% -- of any sales resulting in leads you send to Amazon.

Amazon allows you to link to any product in its store. Once you have your unique link you can use it on your blog page (which you link to from your YouTube page) to open up your potential. If you're doing skateboard tricks, link to Tony Hawk games of protective gear. If you're making funny videos, go ahead and put up the Amazon links to funny DVDs you like. It's that easy. There are other programs like Commission Junction and Linkshare with thoustands of lead referral programs, but Amazon is the easiest to get started with.

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