Affiliate Marketing Secrets

From an advertiser /affiliate or publisher stand point..What is the best places with the most ‘best bang for the buck ‘ to submit your banners to for either CPC or CPM traffic?..Listed in the order of; the one with the most options for the expense?, to the one with the most potential/traffic for being a free submission?. Obliviously now, this question is directed at the everyday ‘non-business owner’ who isn’t looking at a website to promote his huge corporation to the homepage of a major website(such as Yahoo,etc) that is going to ask said owner for anyway near 2k to 15k or more a month to advertise on their site?. No,This is not that ballpark at all, or what this is about, this is about the regular everyday on-line advertiser looking for results for a website that will bring in well targeted/good niche traffic, based on this what are people’s personal experiences around this topic, or what do people personally recommend?

I am moving to Portland in January 2012 but I am going to visit this coming week to check out how I like it. I would love any info any one has about Portland: work, where to live, where to find places to live, bookshops, farmers markets, parks, transportation, neighborhoods, downtown, places to hangout, best kept local secrets, best places to eat, etc. Anything you can tell me will be helpful. I have done some research in books, but I am looking for something beyond the tourist guides. I want to experience the local culture.
I am going to be attending PSU in a graduate book publishing program in the winter semester.