My Tips for Making Money As a Blogger Through Affiliate Marketing
Today’s episode is all about how to make money as a blogger through affiliate marketing. Making money through affiliate marketing is not easy money, but there are things you can do to increase your chances of earning a regular stream of income from it. I share insider tips about what’s worked for me in making money through affiliate marketing on my blogs.
In This Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today’s episode:
- What is affiliate marketing?
- Why affiliate marketing works
- Why the rewards from affiliate marketing can be greater than advertising
- Real-life examples of affiliate marketing
- 3 different types of affiliate programs you can use
- 3 things you can do to make sure affiliate marketing will work on your blog
Further Reading and Resources for Making Money As a Blogger Through Affiliate Marketing
What is an affiliate promotion (infographic):
The affiliate sweet spot graphic mentioned:
Here’s the Promotion Sequence mentioned:
Best Seller List Examples:
- The 30 Most Popular DSLR Lenses with our Readers
- The 19 Most Popular DSLRs Among our Readers
- The 19 Most Popular Compact System and Mirrorless Cameras with Our Readers
Affiliate Networks Mentioned:
- Rakuten/Linkshare
- Commission Junction
- Avangate
- Clickbank
- Shareasale
Full Transcript
Hi there. This is Darren from ProBlogger. Welcome to the ProBlogger Podcast episode 51. Today I want to talk to you about affiliate marketing and how to make money as a blogger using affiliate marketing. Today will be a bit of an introduction to how I do it. I want to talk a little bit about what affiliate marketing is, but then get into some tangible tips that you can take away, and put into practice for your first affiliate promotion or to improve the affiliate marketing that you’re already doing. You can find today’s show notes at problogger.com/podcast/51.
Creating great content. Finding an audience. Engagement. Monetizing your blog. This is ProBlogger.
