With the current economic uncertainty it is becoming even more urgent to earn a significent proportion of my income online. I’ve made about $12,000 dollars so far this year but that’s mostly selling second hand books on Amazon, it’s also turnover not profit. What’s frustrating about my pure-play Internet marketing is that it is so sporadic, you know you make an affiliate sale and then are disappointed that you don’t make another in the following days.  I’ve kept a diary of my activities http://makemoneytips.org/diary.php Some good friends of my mine have got it right. They research niches, research keywords, research products for affiliate sales and have develope sites that generate regular adsense and affiliate sales.