Affiliate Marketing
Okay, so you've bought a domain name & hosting,
set up Wordpress, chosen a theme, optimized your blog, and added some content.
Now how do you make money from this thing?
One of the most popular and effective ways of
monetizing a blog is by using affiliate marketing. Basically, you become a
salesman for a particular company / product, and you receive commissions on
everything you sell.
Many bloggers are affiliates for Amazon or Ebay. If we
made a blog on “bamboo fly fishing rods”, this would be a good option because
it is a physical product, and chances are good that people searching for that
keyword might want to buy it.
It's extremely easy to sign up as an affiliate for
these websites.
Another highly popular website is Clickbank. Clickbank
specializes in digital products like eBooks and software. Affiliates love to
promote these products because they usually offer high payouts ($15+ per
commission).
A quick search on the Clickbank marketplace and I was
able to find “Deadly Fly Fishing Tactics – Revealed” which might be okay to
promote to someone looking for bamboo fly fishing rods. However, it's not
terribly targeted like an ACTUAL bamboo fly fishing rod for sale on Amazon or
Ebay would be.
Keep these things in mind as you choose a product to
promote. You want to be as targeted as possible.
Other websites where you can find products to promote
are Commission Junction, PayDotCom, and Share A Sale. Also, sometimes
individual companies offer affiliate programs on their websites. There's also
CPA (Cost Per Action), which is in a whole other ball park. Do some research
and see what you come up with.
When you find a product you want to promote, you'll
receive an affiliate code to put on your website. It's good to put some kind of
ad on the sidebar of your blog, which you can do by accessing the “Widgets”
page and adding the code into the “text object” box.
Also include text affiliate links throughout your blog
posts. But not too many, otherwise it'll look spammy.
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