Comments on: Search for an Affiliate Program that fits your Blog

By: John

John — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:42:08 +0000

@timmyjohnboy, I’ve used the Zazzle API and have found that it works and converts very well! There are 10,000’s of affiliate programs out there, it’s just a case of finding them!

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:21:15 +0000

Thank you for all the great information in this 31 day event. I have only been blogging for a few months and I am learning so much from people like you. I have yet to find an effective way to monetize my blog but hopefully that is coming.

By: timmyjohnboy

timmyjohnboy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:13:25 +0000

Great post, darren! I have been working on a good way to utilize zazzle’s affiliate program to help monitize my blog. In fact, I get paid an extra commission on products that I actually design! I think eventually I will have worked out a “store” page with “timmyjohnboy.com” products. Have you heard of this and what’s your thoughts on zazzle?

By: Wayne Tully

Wayne Tully — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:05:24 +0000

I search alot for new affiliate programs and as a general rule I go with the ones that are in my niche area but ones that pay high commissions if possible around 50% – 70% is the commission rate you should be aiming for.

Thanks for this post, it erved as a reminder to do a new search every now and again as it keeps promotions fresh!

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:07:46 +0000

Cj is best. try them even on blogs.

By: Sangesh

Sangesh — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:57:30 +0000

Wow, there were so many affiliate programs and i wasn’t even aware of them?

Thanks for this.

By: MyBlogContest

MyBlogContest — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:02:53 +0000

Making money online is a great thing but it is important to carefully choose ad and affiliate networks.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:07:21 +0000

I have heard of clickbank and linkshare but I haven’t heard of commission junction. I’ll have to try them out over the next month or so and find out how they do.

By: garrett

garrett — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:15:17 +0000

I use IndieClick and Adsense, but would love to find something new to replace IndieClick with. I keep their ad at the top of my site ( http://CrownDozen.com ), but get paid pocket change. Anyone have any recommendations for youth-minded or hipster-centric ad networks?

By: John Hood

John Hood — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:20:47 +0000

Amazon and AdSense are performing well. I’ve just started to dabble with RSS advertising via FAN too!

By: Blog Opinion

Blog Opinion — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:07:14 +0000

If you have pasted google adsense code on your site. I think you can’t paste Clickbank, CJ or anyother competiting code on the same page. Please check the program policies friends .

By: gaman

gaman — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:21:45 +0000

I’ve written an intro to affiliate program if anyone interested :)

http://www.sabahan.com/2007/07/28/affiliate-marketing-101-%e2%80%93-almost-everything-you-need-to-know-to-get-started-making-money-with-affiliate-program/

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:55:20 +0000

Repost- Sorry the URL didn’t work. That’s no use to anyone. (Hopefully Darren can remove the “dud” post) :-)

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I dont thnk you can go past social networking for finding great affiliate programs. There are plenty to choose from out there (social networking sites AND affiliate programs). Obviously you want programs that line up with your blog. I LOVE the one associated to my blog. In fact, it inspired me to START a blog.

Another program I like though is http://www.abundancebydefault.com . But if you look at that one it has NOTHING to do with my blog. So my plan would be to set up a SEPARATE blog and have appropriate product placement for it.

You will be amazed how effective related programs are for your blog compared to the “default” landing pages for these same programs.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:51:47 +0000

Another program I like though is http://www.abundancebydefault.com. But if you look at that one it has NOTHING to do with my blog. So my plan would be to set up a SEPARATE blog and have appropriate product placement for it.

You will be amazed how effective related programs are for your blog compared to the “default” landing pages for these same programs.

By: John

John — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:52:59 +0000

I am having a decent success with CJ. The most important thing to be successful with any affiliate program is choose the right programs which are extremely relavant tou your blog topic. And never try to promote the product, just create a need for that product and leave the rest to merchant :)

By: Shine With Grace

Shine With Grace — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:13:41 +0000

Been trying out CJ, Linkshare and of course, Google. All provides very professional services. Now it comes to how is my blog converting. A big topic…

By: Brad V.

Brad V. — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:00:02 +0000

I’ve made a little bit of money from Adsense, but not even enough to pay my hosting fees. I’m not blogging for the money though, I just love doing it!

I recently canned my Amazon affiliate program because they are selling dogfighting magazines – which is something I’m very much against.

So I signed up with Commission Junction. Haven’t made anything yet, but I like the variety of programs they offer and the easiness of implementing new links onto my blogs.

Maybe in a year or two I might start making a little more money. But in the meantime, I’m perfectly content writing quality content for the small group that reads me on a regular basis.

Great Post!

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:56:23 +0000

The Google Adsense Referral program is getting pretty interesting – starting to compete with mainstream affiliate apps.

By: igizmore

igizmore — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:01:09 +0000

google affiliates kinda suck … but ain’t chitika an Affiliate program ? i am pretty happy with chitika atm .

By: Cigar Jack

Cigar Jack — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:52:21 +0000

I actually got contacted by a merchant looking for affiliates. I haven’t been using it effectively yet, but I’m hoping my new layout for cigar reviews helps that. I add a Buy it Now link next to the price. My only problem is I need to cover more of the cigars they carry.