A great way to help boost your website's profits is to consider using affiliate programs. Affiliate

programs allow affiliates to boost their own online income while allowing the program owners to

boost the advertisement and sales of their products. There are so many affiliate programs online

that finding one to suit you and your website's topics, themes, and subjects is easy.

First you will want to do a search for affiliate programs. Two very good, informative websites to

help you in finding profitable affiliate programs are AffiliateGuide.com and AssociatePrograms.com.

Both give lists of appropriate and popular affiliate programs from which you can choose, and you

can find out more about each affiliate program listed with just one click, rather than spending a lot

of time using search engines.

AffiliateGuide.com has an extensive list alphabetized by category to help you in finding profitable

affiliate programs. It posts a news section where you can find out the latest news regarding

various profitable affiliate programs, an affiliate blog to keep you up-to-date on what's going on

with affiliate programs and further help you with finding profitable affiliate programs, advice for

starting your own affiliate program and tips for those who are already affiliates.

Commission Junction also has listing of many profitable affiliate programs. Pay per lead programs

can be very profitable as it is easy to get people to fill out a form where there are no financial costs

involved. Many lenders such as mortgage and credit card companies offer a pay per lead type

program. Although the competition is great for these kinds of affiliate programs, if you can find

a unique way to market it then there is great profit potential.

ClickBank is another great source for affiliate programs. They specialize in digital information

products or software. The great thing about marketing information or software products is

that you usually receive between forty to sixty percent in commissions. Find a product that

is fairly new to the market and is something that you believe in and have used personally.

It is very important to believe in what you promote otherwise you will have a very hard time

convincing others to buy your product in your marketing efforts.

Aside from providing lists of profitable affiliate programs, AssociatePrograms.com also offers a

newsletter, a forum, a free 18 step tutorial on how to be successful with affiliate programs,

and tips on pre-selling, using keywords and making the most of your AdSense revenue.

Finding profitable affiliate programs is just the first step in boosting your online income; take

that step! Find an affiliate program that suits your website. It won't be difficult; affiliates are

looking for people to help them advertise and market their products. You'll get paid a commission,

and they'll get advertising and increased sales. It's a win/win situation.