The beauty of affiliate marketing  is that you don’t have to own a high-traffic website to get started. If you play your cards right, you can offer products to your friends and family on Facebook through your affiliate program and generate a little side income from their purchases. You obviously don’t want to spam anyone nor beg them to use your link before buying. However, you can promote products you already use and are happy with. That way, you end up genuinely recommending products and services without coming across as pushy.