Here's what I mean:
I know of one affiliate program that pays a one time payment of $200 plus 10% of revenue created PER month (not on Clickbank, because they max out their commissions at $100) .
Now let's assume that their conversion rate is 1%. So for every hundred people you send to the affiliate salespage, you'll average one sale ($200 plus the additional monthly payout).
If you could manage to send it just 3-4 visitors a day, you should average one sale per month (ie. $200).
Now let's assume that you could generate 30 visitors in a month's time from one article written and submitted (which is low according to my personal experience - I sometimes get 5-10 times that amount).
If you wrote ten articles that month (which is just one article every three days), you should be able to generate around 300 visitors to the affiliate salespage.
And with a 1% conversion rate, you should make about 3 sales, resulting in $600 in commissions (plus the extra that you make each month the person is subscribed).
And this is from a "plan" in which you write just one article every three days.
What if you wrote an article a day? Or 3 articles a day?
Its a numbers game, but you get better at the game as you progress. Most people fail at bum marketing because they simply give up too early, not really because of a flaw in the strategy.
And look at it as a short term plan. Can you struggle through it for just a month? You can then use the profits to make things easier (outsourcing, hosting, autoresponders).
Best wishes,
JoeMack