Ever heard of different "rags-to-riches" stories about the affiliate marketing bandwagon? If you are quite inspired of such stories, then probably you are considering jumping into the latest craze of earning huge revenues from different affiliate marketing programs through different online-based tools. However, before you start earning on any of these affiliate marketing programs around the Internet, you need to accomplish first 2 essential things: first is determining which affiliate program you wish to dedicate your time and effort, and second is determining the online-based tool that you will use in earning through the affiliate program you have chosen. Let us tackle the first requirements. Probably you are aware that there are several affiliate programs over the Internet. One of which is the Clickbank affiliate program which is spearheaded by no other than Clickbank, one of the premier retailers of digital products over the Internet. The online firm was founded in 1998 and sold thousands to millions of units of digital products, such as software programs and electronic books. They have become one of the Internet leaders in terms of online digital products marketing, with over 10,000 product publishers and more than 100,000 registered affiliates. Everyday, they are completing nearly 20,000 orders from about 200 countries around the world. Thus, it is no wonder that their website is one of the highly-trafficked sites over the Internet. Clickbank affiliates earn by endorsing digital products to their sites and they will receive a 50 percent commission for each sale that you will be able to make. There are also instances wherein affiliates are not directly connected to Clickbank, but rather to another affiliate marketing programs (such as Google AdSense). Clickbank makes use of the services of other affiliate marketing programs to effectively endorse their products. At this point, you already know how you will be able to earn through the Clickbank affiliate program. It is quite simple - you choose a Clickbank digital product that you think is profitable, and endorse it to the public. Once you have made sales, Clickbank owes 50 percent of the deal to you. Now, you need to decide which online-based tool you would like to use to endorse Clickbank digital products. You may consider writing blogs about the Clickbank product you are endorsing. You may provide description as well as the features and probably include some reviews or comments about the previous users of the product. You may also write articles about these digital products and provide links directing to your blogs. Submit it to free article directories and let them republish your articles. Once readers show interest on the Clickbank products you are endorsing, they will just click that link you have provided at the bottom of the articles back to your blog and let the blog do the rest of the "endorsing task". With an effective blog, you will be able to reach hundreds to thousands of potential clients all over the world. Thus, there is the opportunity of earning more than any other existing affiliate programs over the Internet. Just imagine receiving 50 percent of the payments made on every Clickbank deal. Good enough for a deal, isn't it? Create the best possible blog out of your wildest ideas and earn more Clickbank profits throughout the rest of your affiliate marketing career.