put some on every page(post) until you have them all out and do some more posting

Why do you feel the text must be a question? Makes more sense as the answer to a question. That's the most common way to do things. You're going to find a MUCH better conversion rate from text links than you ever will from banner ads. Use text links. Write articles that are reviews of individual products or a small group of like products, with links in their names to buy them from the individual merchant.

Yes, I would definitely be doing blog posts to incorporate affiliate links. Are there products associated with those programs that you could review? You can even earn commissions from a negative review as sometimes people still go ahead and buy the product (or a suggested alternate)

I wouldn't put too many ads in the sidebar. A few are fine. I have never generated much from ads in the sidebar on any of my sites though. Most of my commissions come from clicks through blog posts.