Originally Posted by signupdamnit

i only give general advice mainly because i don't want more competition but also because that's what works best in the end. You have to find your strengths and put your own spin on it. Here it goes.

1. Try everything you possibly can a little bit and set things up so you can track performance.
2. Take what is working and determine how much you can scale it realistically.
3. Scale it to the max until the returns don't justify further expansion (returns will usually diminish).
4. Go back to #1 and repeat. Do this constantly.

Hint: Sometimes the craziest things actually work and work very well particularly when there is nearly unlimited scaling possible. You almost have to go a little blackhat these days to survive as an affiliate.