Those long-tail keywords could easily be no one else happens to be searching and you might end up waiting ages until you have your first gold bar
YouTube spam eh? People are getting banned from their CPA networks for posting their affiliate links in video descriptions, what's the best way to do it without getting yourself banned?
Try Squidoo, Hubpages, YouTube, Article Marketing etc. Create a review page or a CB Mall and promote it.
I'd have thought some sort of re-direct to your affiliate link would convert best, it's just a question of doing it in such a way that the affiliate networks don't mind/notice which I'm not sure about.
Those points are kind of obvious, but the problem is you could still get banned from some affiliate networks if they don't know where the traffic is comming from (and you don't want to tell them it's from youtube).
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i wouldn't recommend spamming or getting banned from networks. create your own landing pages i guess or use a good CPA network that allows for incentive and non-incent. not having a starting bankroll makes it difficult true.