What Can I do to earn money from my Website

Many people are involved in Web Site Development to set up their personal web sites. The reason for creating such sites could be to communicate with family members, some of whom may be living far away. Another reason could be you would want to talk about something which you feel others also should know. Whatever the reason for you to build your Website, it would be very nice you could earn some money out of the website you have built.
It would not be very difficult for you to earn some money from the website built by you. It would only require you to fill some of the empty spaces in your web site with some small advertisements. Of course, to earn from these advertisement you should attract decent traffic to your site.
To fill your website's empty spaces with advertisement, you will have to sign up with an affiliate program. To select such a program, you should find out why people visit your site and what do they look for in your site. If you are a dog lover and your site is all about these dogs, you would expect other dog lovers like you would visit your site. Therefore, it would be natural that you will sign up with an affiliate who is selling dog foods or any other products used for grooming of a dog like dog soap, shampoo etc. Similarly, if your site is about child development, it would be natural that you would like to be associated with an affiliate program regarding children's dress or toys. But, it would not make any sense if you are talking about trekking and mountain climbing in your site, and being affiliated with a program selling baby dresses.
After you have decided about the kind of affiliate program you want to get associated with, it requires you should come in contact with such people.
One way of contacting these people is to search for affiliate programs of these companies on the net and sign up for such a program.
There are many companies on the net who would like to help you getting associated with an affiliate program. These companies would not only display different affiliate programs but also statistics regarding each of these companies regarding how well they pay and on the average, how much you may expect from them. After signing up with one of these affiliate companies with the assistance of them, they will track how the program is progressing. When you log on to their site, they would so a list showing the names of affiliates you are associated. It would also show the statistics showing how many people has clicked on the ads on your site and how much sale this traffic has produced.
There are many companies who are involved in helping you to choose an affiliate program. But, most popular amongst them are Commission Junction and Linkshare. You will have to sign up with one of these programs, which would require you to provide them with lots of personal information. This is because commission earned by you will be paid by them. Your selection of an affiliate program would also depend on the amount of commission you would earn. Some of them even pay you bonus. Generally, the rate of commission varies from 5 to 10 per cent.
After your choice is made, some of them would allow you to join immediately. Some would like you to comply with some more criterions before joining. On being accepted by them, an acceptance mail would be sent to you. This mail would advise you the way the advertisement would be set up on your site. They would provide you with link to do so. You have an option of either going for text links or banners. If you select the option of banners, you have to decide on the size and where on the page you want these banners. These banners could be very small to very large. They could be put up on the top of the page or the bottom. After this decision is taken, the relevant HTML code would be sent to you for pasting into your webpage design. You could attach to only one page, all pages or some specified pages of your website. By incorporating these HTML codes in your Web Site design, you are improving the possibility to earn money.