I want to share a fast way to make money as fast as today.  You can tweak this and use different tactics you’ve learned , like using PPC or other traffic techniques, but what I’m about to show you is a free way to make some money fast.

I’m going to go through it step-by-step, and this can be done in as little as an hour.

Step 1 – Go to Google.com/trends

You’ll find 10 hot search trends that have been updated within the last 2 hours or so.  Below number 10 you’ll see a link to get more hot trends.  Click that and it will take you to a list of the 100 hottest search trends on Google.

Look for search terms that indicate someone is looking for something specific that you can monetize.  Here is one that is listed as I write this post, “pure digital flip ultra series f260 camcorder.”  As I write this, that list was last updated 55 minutes ago, so this something people want right now!

This is something that is hot right now, and you should jump on it fast to try and make some quick money.

Step 2 – Find an affiliate program

This could be the most time consuming step, depending on where you already have affiliate accounts setup.  Search for a program that you can to the specific product that you want to offer.  Not a landing page, or optin page or anything like that.  A page with the product on it, and a link that lets people buy it right then.

Step 3 - Setup a free blog

Go to Blogger  and setup a free blog real quick.  This won’t work with Wordpress because as of right now, they don’t allow affiliate links on free blogs.  The blog doesn’t have to be something real fancy, we’re not worried about making it pretty or setting up any SEO plugins or things like that.  Just throw it up and get it ready for content.

When you choose your blog name, choose something that has to do with your offer.  This will help with people understanding what it is you have to offer, and that you have what they want.

Step 4 – Write an article about the subject

This is pretty self explanitory.  Write an article about the product you’re promoting.  After you post your article, make sure you have your affiliate link in the article so you can direct people to the product so you get paid.

Step 5 – Social Bookmarking

Go to Digg and other social bookmarking websites and bookmark your page with them.  Visit as many of these sites as you can and get your new blog listed.

Now you’re done.  You’ve spent about an hour doing this now.  Maybe a little more, maybe a little less. 

Not all of them are going to work, but you will hit some BIG money makers from time to time. 

I don’t have any statistics to give you yet on how well this works.  I just started doinbg another variation of this technique a couple of days ago.  I got to thinking about it and was thinking about the possibility of using free blogs to do this.  Then I saw a guy I know in a forum I’m a member of and he was talking about this. 

He is successful about 40% of the time.  Since he is not spending any money to do this, 40% success is great!

Anyway, hope you found this useful.  If you’ve got any ideas to share about this, please post a comment and share with everyone.

So you’ve heard how easy it is to make money online with affiliate programs and how much money can be made. You think you might want to start an affiliate marketing business, but you’re not sure how to do it. This article will walk you through the three most basic steps to get you started. I know 3 doesn’t seem like much, but right now you need to take baby steps to do this right.

A good affiliate marketing business must be built step by step, piece by piece. Follow this guide and you will be well on your way to building a solid foundation for your business.

First you need to identify an area that you have an interest in. You want this to be a natural interest of yours. That way you will not get bored with it and decide to stop, but will look forward to working on your business. And yes, it is work. There is no such thing as get rich quick. You can get rich in affiliate marketing, but it will take a little time and effort.

Think about your hobbies, or some knowledge that you have about different topics. These will be things that are of natural interest to you, and therefore easy to write about. Make a list of these ideas, try to come up with at least 3. You should make your list about whatever topics come to mind. Don’t worry about trying to think of things that will let you make money online with affiliate programs. You will research how to make money with your ideas later. Just about anything you can think of will have a program that you can make money with.

Next, join an affiliate program clearing house like Clickbank.com. You can join for free and then search for programs related to your topics. It will even tell you how much you will get paid each sale you generate. Write this information down and use it to decide which topic to concentrate on.

Once you have decided on a topic, and chosen the programs you will promote on your site, go to WordTracker.com. Use their keyword selector tool to help find a domain name. Take the keyword you think you would use to find your topic. Enter it in the tool, and it will give you all search combinations in the last month that were made using your keyword.

The results can help you find a domain name. These terms are searched every month. If you can register one of them as your domain name, you will easily reach the first page on search listings. It’s getting harder to find names using this method, but it still works.

Once you find a name you need to register it, I recommend you use NameCheap.com. Then find a hosting service. I recommend HostGator.com, you can get started with them for about $5 a month.

Now you are ready to start building your site. Write some articles about your topic and start posting them on your website. An easy way to get started without needing to know much about how a website works, is by setting your site up as a blog. I’ll show you how to set up a blog and start posting to it soon.

If you can’t think of what to write, use a search engine and type in your keyword. Visit other sites about your topic and read what they have written. Do not copy what they have, simply use it as a guide for ideas. This will continue to help you make money online with affiliate programs.

You can even link to the websites you got your information from. This makes your readers want to come back for more because you are providing them with resources. If you provide good resources, they will know they can get what they need from you instead of having to spend their time researching it.

Write and post articles at whatever pace you want, but the more you put up the faster you will start getting a good ranking in the search engines. If you post 5 or 6 articles a week related to your topic, then in about 5 or 6 months you should be getting some pretty decent traffic. Then you can slow down and write 1 or 2 articles a week or a month, depending on your needs/goals, to maintain a high ranking at the search engines.

Writing articles about your subject in order to make money online with affiliate programs is called article marketing. What if you’re not sure how to write an article? It’s easier than you might think, but to help you out I share some resources for how to find free articles others have written. To learn more about article marketing and get access to my article resources, visit my Article Marketing page.

Pretty soon you will start getting sales to your products and you’ll be cashing checks.