Best combination of ad+affiliate programs?

Hiya, I’ve been browsing these forums for a bit now, and I have a question so I thought I’d register and post it
I was just generally wondering, what would be a good combination of ad+affiliate programs for a website that’s just starting out – so I can’t meet any traffic requirements.
Right now I was thinking of using AdSense with amazon’s affiliate whenever I talk about a certain product, would that be a good idea? I know it’s against the TOS to use other contextual ad programs with adsense so that puts a damper on things.
and another question, I want to use a CPM service for more ‘reliability’ – I’ve heard that adsense offers a CPM service, but just wanted to double check that – does it? and, is it a worthwile CPM service to use?
so, theoratically, I could have adsense contextual links together with other banners or […]

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