All the income sites out there have affiliates. They also have/contain many tools that you can use. There are many ways to waste time and money on the sites. So many things you can purchase. Even the pay processor makes money for the site. Though the bottom line is you are just an affiliate and all you want to do is build a downline of other affiliates.

It is easy to be lead astray and lose focus of what you need to do. What you really need to do is make a commitment to a website and build paying members. This website builds list  and promotes for you. Contacting members in your list personally can be done to build trust though not so much a sales pitch. Let the website do the sales pitch. Just be an affiliate, forget the tools.