All time exist others choices , many bloggers make more than affiliates monthly only be posting some helpful articles in their page in facebook or instagram and here in steemit too .
only need to find good writer spend 15$ per article and 15$ in facebook ads or in steem to get earning of 150$ par article , many guys here do that 10 articles every 2 days here in steemit , to make profit from 6 or 7 articles and grow their steem power day after day , you can imagine the quality of this business after one year when value of steem more than 15$ !!!