One thing that I see new affiliate marketers do day in day out is look for a short cut, a quick path to success, but then when they can't find one they get disapointed and ask others what to do. Now this is a good way to learn however what new affiliate marketers need to be aware of is others don't always have the answers, others may also be looking for answers, maybe everyone is trying the same thing and it just isn't working. So how do you get around this? Simple.
You need to be creative. Try new ideas, put your nicely disguised affiliate link in places where others don't, try new ways of marketing, try making webpages, make review pages, make a blog reviewing affiliate products, join social websites like myspace, facebook, bebo, yuwie and send out friend requests telling them about your website/blog promoting the affiliate link, make videos, print off some flyers and then go out for the day leaving them at local business' restaurants and street lights, get on a rado advertisment and on and on and on the list goes.
I kid you not, if you're not making your fair share of online sales then you aren't trying hard enough. If something doesn't work, stick at it for a while and then if you still get nothing like a week later try changing it around or try a new method. Whatever you do, don't look at all those methods above and try all of them and then complain when none work. Try 1-3, stick at them everyday for 2 weeks and then if you get nothing perhaps move on, however if 1 started paying off and the others didn't, then keep that 1 going and swap the others. Don't be afraid to try new things and have a go. After all, you could stumble your way onto a goldmine. Hope this helps some of you finally make a buck or two online!
Good luck!