Most of us can relate to this, can't we? 

Another venue for making money on the Internet is through affiliate marketing.  Individuals without their own products to sell can promote other people's products.  

Again, article marketing is the least expensive way to do this if you don't want to pay per click or use adwords.  And again, it takes a tremendous number of keyword rich articles to really begin making money doing this.  The goal is to have your article (with the permitted links to affiliate products, services or landing pages) rank high enough in the search engines that a web searcher finds your article, reads it and clicks on the link that will (hopefully) entince them to buy the product or service you're promoting.  Here's an example of one of 8 articles I submitted to introduce an ebook called The Magic of Making Up and other relationship-related goods and services.  At the end, the reader is directed to a Squidoo lens (site) where they can purchase books, music, and other relationship mending products. 

I am an Amazon Associate (affiliate) meaning if a person clicks to buy books or music, I receive commissions on some of them.  (I created this lens with some Amazon links to products for which I will not receive commissions and some for which I will.)

It is important for you to consider integrity when you decide to become an affiliate of any product.  Promoting products for which you have no first hand knowledge may not sit right with you.  I get this.  I'm much more comfortable telling people about goods and services I believe in from personal experience.  In the end, it is up to you.