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So, you have some traffic and you want to convert it to cash.
I'll start you off with three options:-
1. You can run some form of advertising program like AdSense or AdSonar. You may not be able to do that on your current "free" host if that current host already has advertising on your website, excessive pop-ups etc. Have a look through the AdSense forum [webmasterworld.com] here for more info. Essentially, you get money when people click on your adverts. The adverts displayed will be contextually relevant to the content on your site. It's automated, so it's quick to setup and it's very easy.
2. You run some form of affilliate marketing program (have a look through the Affiliate Marketing [webmasterworld.com] forum). You'll then link to various online stores or service providers, sending your traffic over to them, hopefully for a sale. You'll get a commission, plus possibly something for the original referral whether or not they make a sale. It takes a little extra work as the process is not automated. You'll need to do your own contextual matching of advertisers. The revenue rewards, with good quality traffic, can be better though.
3. You start your own online store and send the traffic from your current site over to your own online store (a kind of self-affilliation). This takes the most amount of time inevitably.
Which way you jump will depend on the amount of traffic your site is getting and the value of the market "space" that you are in, combined with the amount of time that you have available to you.
TJ
