Social media,forum posting ...and so on and so on my conversions are so big like 1000:1 I don't know why is this I have websites that are on page 1 with great keywords and no one buys a thing.I am definetely going in another direction-ADSENSE.
Unless your website has a high volume of traffic it can be hard going to make money using affiliate advertising on your website. It really is a numbers game, as the percentage of take up is not high, so the higher your volume the better chance you have of making some money. Not as easy as it sounds !!
My experience with affiliate marketing has been, i accept that may be am a bad promoter or rather doesn't work what is really required because when others can make it happen why not me. Affiliate marketing is not the one for me.
I guess you just haven't paid enough attention to where and what to share, the topic should be relevant. I remember my experience with FileTram - I shared interesting books on programming on related forums, that was pretty much a success)
Affiliate marketing can bring a good revenue but you must be prepared to work extremely hard at making a go of it..
Haven't found any luck with the social media posting yet, but article marketing might be good and offcourse use a forum.
I strongly suggest Article Marketing. It helps you get more efficient results and traffic rating than the other methods in promoting. Other than that, Social Media is a great way too.