Which is the best method to promote Clickbank Affiliate link, Is it to get a website or simply take the affiliate link and promote?
I would set up a website, But I would promote it every way I could, Articles, Social media, and more So What I am saying don't limit yourself just to one method
^ I agree. Use a combination of methods to increase exposure and, therefore, the possibility of making a sale(s). Marketing on forums can be effective as long as you're promoting the product on a relevant forum AND you actually contribute to other sections. People will be less inclined to buy from you if you only post an ad and don't provide any useful information in other discussions/threads.
do some keyword research for the product you are promoting. build a site with your product or with a few similar products. focus on onpage optimization and once the site is built, promote the site using SEO. pick keywords that are moderately competitive and have decent search volume. lot of people pick keywords that have high search volume not realizing that those keywords also have high level of competition. keywords that have moderate competition are lot easier to rank than keywords that have high level of competition. good luck
If you are looking for the best long term method to promote any king of program/affiliate link, you will need to create a website and spend some serious time (and maybe money) and do some serious SEO before you see any results... If you are looking for a quick sort term method, the affiliate link is all you need. I have a tool that finds people on twitter that are tweeting about something they are looking for, and you can tweet them back with the appropriate affiliate link...
Article and blog marketing is best for promoting CB products-in fact they are useful for promoting any affiliate link.
The thing to keep in mind is that there is no single definitive answer and might depend on the product, your goals, the time and resources you have at your disposal. before you commit to building out a dedicated website to promote a product you might want to consider testing out if the product will convert for you and there are several ways to go about this. You could use; youtube and record a short review style video with your affiliate link in the description. Article directories with a short article about the product giving the pros and cons and why it might be of benefit to the reader. yahoo answers to search out people asking questions about the product if its already known or search out questions and keywords/phrases related to the product your looking to promote. Write a useful answer for the poster and suggest looking at the product your wanting to promote. Try not to make this a blatant sales pitch as your answer could get flagged as spam. always try to be helpful. find forums related to the niche/product your looking to promote and take the same approach as yahoo answers. Start interacting with the community with your affiliate link in your signature. From this you should be able to see if your chosen product is converting for you without any money being spent at this stage. After this and you have deemed that it might be worth some more time and resources you can then think about building out a dedicated website and see if you can rank that website for related search terms. Hope that helps, there should be plenty of things there to get you started