How would I go about becoming an affiliate?

[Imperivm]

My apologies if this is a stupid question, but how would I go about becoming an affiliate for a site?
I see a lot of guides here that proclaim that you should do x and y and then leave your affiliate link for a site, but when I visit that site there's no clear specification on how to become an affiliate. Do I have to contact the site directly and ask? Is there a site that allows you to become an affiliate for other sites?
Again, I apologise if this seems like a stupid question, but I can't find a clear answer.

 

[cjbmeb14]

There are many ways to become an affiliate.
One of the easiest ways is to become an affiliate for Clickbank products.

You can create blogs or promote the products in other ways such as Google Adwords. You have to be careful with Adwords though because it can cost you a lot of money if you do not know what you are doing.

The way to start really is to make blogs and direct traffic from writing articles on Ezine Articles or other article directories.

Then of course there is offline affiliates like in my previous post.

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/affiliate-programs/352922-new-unique-property-related.html

 

[Thisguy18]

Join a Network
Clickbanks cool
VanceAd
AffiliateBot will auto approve you
Get a couple of affiliate offers and start promoting like on Facebook or Plenty of Fish or Myspace
Get a blog on wordpress and blogger
Tweet about ur deals and offers

 

[bs7280]

Adscend media is a good one.

 

[Affiguy]

How are you going to promote? What traffic do you deliver?

If you have site related to mobile technologies, cell phones, parenting control gadgets, you can join some affiliate programs for those related topics. PM me if you are interested.

 

[yousif mhmd]

and if you have a warez site just PM me

 

[redrhino]

Which would be best paying affiliate programs? If you have any lists of good programs please PM me (no adsense please).

 

[hoangminhnhat]

Which would be best paying affiliate programs? If you have any lists of good programs please PM me (no adsense please).

I need a list too, can anyone help?

 

[hoangminhnhat]

bump it again.

 

[Affiguy]

there are many affiliate program directories, have you searched them?

Sorry, cannot post links here still.

 

[evolwebsolution]

There are many good affiliate network right now. You can just get sign up over there and you will get a confirmation call from network for verification. Some sites are below..

Affiliate Future

AffiliateBot.com
CPAPark
*******.com
Affiliate.com
FluxAds
VanceAd Network
CPAway.com
AdsMain
CPAThunder
Epic Edge Media
AdWork Media etc.

 

[``Yousef]

General practice is to join a network which brokers offers for multiple vendors/advertisers rather than approaching the company and asking them if they have an affiliate program.

Of course, there are a few companies that run in house affiliate management, but the upside of joining a network often out-weighs the downside of paying the network a commission, which is why 95% if not more of companies who are advertisers in the affiliate industry, use a network.