How do I earn money from poker without playing - as a poker affiliate?

Earning additional income from poker is a big business. You can promote poker rooms in your blog, email, and even by "word of mouth." Almost all poker rooms have affiliate systems.

The biggest affiliate system belongs to PartyPoker. PartyPoker Affiliates offers a share of the rake from every player an affiliate signs up. You can also get paid a flat rate for each person you sign up. You can create a special URL and bonus codes that you can advertise online and offline.

Some tips on advertising your affiliate links

- Put the link to the signature of your email.
- Explain poker benefits to your friends, colleagues, relatives, and neighbors. Give them a special bonus code in case they decide to sign up.
- Create your blog. Write about your wins, losses, bad beats, family attitude towards poker, etc. etc. Put banners in your blog.
- Advertise your blog in message boards (please do not advertise your links in forums, this is considered spamming and is frowned upon). Try these free blogging sites: www.blogger.com, www.tblog.com, and www.livejournal.com
- Help your friends open their accounts (Editor's personal experience: At a party everyone was watching someone play online poker, giving advice, and helped the player win $250.) Get some drinks and snacks and invite your friends over when you're playing in a big tournament.