Affiliate Marketing Tips for Your Blog

one of the best ways to monetize your
blog is through affiliate marketing in
this video i'm going to be giving you
the rundown on what affiliate marketing
is and why you should be using it the
best affiliate programs to join and how
you can maximize your earning potential
using affiliate marketing
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first let's get you familiar with what
affiliate marketing actually is
affiliate marketing is when you link to
a product on your blog and make a small
commission if someone visiting your site
clicks the link and buys the product
having affiliate marketing as part of
your monetization strategy is really
important for a couple of reasons first
of all it allows you to create set it
and forget it income you set the links
up once on a blog post and as your
traffic grows and that blog post is seen
more and more you'll begin generating
more and more income from people making
purchases through that link this is
what's known as passive income and what
is considered to be the best type of
income that you can make in the online
space second it's another stream of
income that you can add into your
business it's incredibly important as a
web creator to never rely on just one or
even two streams of income you never
want to put all of your eggs in one
basket
there are a ton of programs out there
but these are the most popular and most
reputable first amazon associates
amazon's affiliate program is absolutely
worth signing up for because there are a
ton of products on amazon that you might
find yourself promoting or talking about
in your blog content organically no
matter what your niche is amazon
associates pays up to seven percent
commission on any purchase made after
following your link what is extra cool
about amazon associates though is that
the commission is not just given when
someone buys the specific product you
link to but any product in the next 24
hours after clicking your link next
booking.com booking.com is a hotel
booking website and it's a great
affiliate program to sign up for if your
blog focuses on travel and the
commission rate is high 25
the one downfall of booking.com's
affiliate program is that the cooking
duration is not long at all meaning that
if someone does not book directly after
clicking on your link you won't get
commission still if someone has searched
google for a blog post about the best
hotels in mykonos for their upcoming
trip for example that likely means that
they're ready to book and the chances
they click on that affiliate link on
your site and book a stay immediately is
pretty high the next program is reward
style a great affiliate program to sign
up for if your blog covers lifestyle
fashion beauty and or wellness they
offer between a 5 to 15 commission and
they work with over 4 500 brands pretty
much any product you recommend or talk
about will be on reward style reward
style also owns like to know it which is
their mobile platform that allows you to
monetize your instagram
now let's talk about the top five ways
to maximize your earning potential using
affiliate marketing first never forget
to place them organically in blog posts
the vast majority of the blog posts
you'll publish on your site will talk
about or recommend some kind of product
or hotel so whenever you speak highly
about something go find the proper
affiliate link i know this is a pretty
straightforward tip but it does take a
little bit of extra time to find the
right affiliate links for the thing that
you're recommending and so this step
shouldn't be skipped second create
roundup blog posts to generate affiliate
income this is a bit different than the
first method because it isn't just
placing links where they fit in a blog
post this is really about creating a
blog post solely for the purpose of
placing affiliate links and generating
income and of course giving value but
the focus is much more on revenue
generation than it normally would be a
roundup blog post is usually a list of
like 10 to 40 products that you
recommend that fit a certain topic or
solve a problem for example if you're a
travel blogger a great roundup post
might be about the 10 best hotels in
tulum with booking.com links to those
hotels thirdly create seasonal content
seasonal content is content that is only
relevant at specific times of year for
example this post of mine called 30
holiday gifts for female entrepreneurs
always sees a spike in traffic and
therefore a spike in affiliate income
around the holidays fourth if you have a
list of email subscribers don't forget
to drop your affiliate links in your
weekly emails to them for example if
you're mentioning a trip you went on and
linked the dress you wore that everyone
was asking you about over on instagram
pro tip i limit the number of affiliate
links in one email to a max of one or
two per email the next strategy for
replacing affiliate links is to create a
shop page on your blog this is a page
dedicated to sharing your favorite
products that relate to your niche with
every single product linked with an
affiliate link if you're a travel
blogger and photographer you could have
a shop page dedicated to your favorite
photography gear you could link to this
page on your blog's top menu or on your
blog sidebar or as a header or footer
within your blog
affiliate marketing is an easy way to
set your blog up for success for years
to come so i hope after this video
you're feeling ready to start using
affiliate marketing to monetize your
blog i have lots more videos coming soon
that will help you monetize through
brand collaborations online courses and
more bye for now
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