Comments on: How to Make Money With Affiliate Programs on Your Blog – More Thoughts

By: uwak

uwak — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:33:02 +0000

great tips…..I alresdy use no 1 with good result, thanks

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:18:40 +0000

I would be curious to know what you consider “few” people instead of many.

I’ve been blogging about cookies since June of 08. My blog readership is over 4000 per month and climbing. For me (being a new blogger) this is a huge number. But I also realize there are blogs out there getting far larger numbers than this.

Is it to late to make this change? Are my numbers to large? Or is my blog still considered a baby next to some of the others out there?

By: gout

gout — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:15:59 +0000

with low traffic under 500visitor/day very difficult run affiliate program like amazon, my earning stag…..then I use adwords as fuels….

By: Mosun

Mosun — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:33:53 +0000

Darren,

You’re great! You give everything for others to learn.

I’m still new to blogging, affiliate marketing though…

But I’m hell bent in following your footsteps. This article is really enlightening.

Thanx

By: obes

obes — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:54:52 +0000

I still don’t have good placement adsense after doing some split test….maybe some mistake, I will try again, thanks

By: amy

amy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:02:21 +0000

Its a nice article and gives a gud knowledge abt making money through blogging. I tried working on what u hav said in your article but found little problem with somethings like how to knwo which banner add is giving u more reevenue.
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By: egbsystems

egbsystems — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:45:20 +0000

I like the method you choose for the advertising. Advertising is the most important way that makes popular our product or services
Nice Post and thanks for your useful information.

By: Dainis Graveris

Dainis Graveris — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:12:48 +0000

Thank You for response and advice! I got Your point and yeah, I am sure You are right, I will monetize my website immediately! :)

By: gout

gout — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:14:33 +0000

it’s srcond time for me to read your posting above, I think your suggestion are right…. I must learn and evalute my mistake to be more better…thanks

By: Protecting Websites Legally

Protecting Websites Legally — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:37:38 +0000

These two posts, about affiliate programs were sensational, thanks Darren!

By: Chad Timms

Chad Timms — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:35:57 +0000

The main key I tell everyone with Affiliate Marketing is to stay focused on what they are doing. Focus and improve everyday.

By: Nappy Rash

Nappy Rash — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:40:44 +0000

I must admit to being somewhat mind boggled by the complexity of this, as the internet matures, the nuances develop and the need for more and more knowledge is so apparent. It’s just lucky that good people write wise words like they have here. Good for novices like me :)

By: Omar Abid

Omar Abid — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:20:40 +0000

Thanks Darren to mention my question, I was just wondering if there’s a list of affiliate program (not associated with Amazon, like the Co.cc). It’s easy to integrate and liked by readers or visitors.
I tried to search with google, but it gave me many irrelevant results any ideas?

By: mrmuggles

mrmuggles — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:25 +0000

I’ve got another question that I never saw anywhere… How much traffic to my website does it take to justify looking at the statistics and concluding that a program is better than another ? after 1k hits ? 10k ? 100k hits ? For little websites, it’s hard to figure out if the stats mean something or not… if you got 3 clicks on a banner and 7 on another, it doesn’t tell me much.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:37:27 +0000

I am still a bit unsure why Affiliate ads are the way to go as I have used them on my sites and have not even earned a penny. I believe it is because they are based on that company getting a sale from someone clicking through and then buying. That seems like a slim chance when the person viewing your site probably wasn’t planning on “shopping” when they are on your site. If they came to one of my blogs it would be for information, not to shop. Maybe I am doing something wrong?

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:38:35 +0000

Can’t agree more with all of these great tips. When we first started trying affiliate programs I thought we would never see more than a few cents! Then one day we hit upon an ad that did fabulously. We recognized that it was a product very well matched to our readership’s interests, and have since added several more promotions from the same company with equal success. It’s not about what great products are being offered out there – it’s all about the match! I personally like Linkshare because of the ease of which you can create individual product links through their traditional log-in layout and their great reports.

By: Tip Dad

Tip Dad — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:18:54 +0000

Interesting thought from Bobby Rio in the comments above on selecting a niche affiliate that not a lot of others use. Of course, that is tough to do and stay on theme with your own audience. However, I can see the value in offering a unique opportunity to readers that they haven’t seen elsewhere around the web.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:08:52 +0000

Darrin, you are 100% right about Amazon. Alot of affiliate marketers don’t like it because of the small payouts, but they add up fast and readers are more comfortable buying something at Amazon. PLUS, this opens the Amazon door, almost 80% of the time, the purchases made have nothing to do with my door-opening link!

By: Jeff Jones

Jeff Jones — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:49:56 +0000

Darren,

This is a great reminder for bloggers who either dabbled in a few affiliate banner ads or wrote them off because they didn’t think they had enough traffic.

The voice of experience(ahem)speaking here.

I’ll take another look at my stagnant Amazon program and look for ways to build product recommendations for stuff I’ve bought and liked into my blog posts.

Thanks again for the reminder to all bloggers who have so much on their plates they actually don’t even see their nose.

Jeff

By: wayne tully

wayne tully — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:47:56 +0000

I do think it s best to start as soon as you can with an affiliate program,places like Amazon are great for all manner of promotions as the range of products on offer are of a more recognized brand and standard and since Amazon is one of the original affiliate programs, there are great ways of building links from your Amazon account now.

They say that the best affiliate programs are the ones that provide you with the best tools for spreading the word, lots of choice makes for more creative ways to earn an income online.

A collection of some of the best affiliate programs have some special points to note that they all should have in common.

1. uniqueness of the product – a high demand makes it irresistible, as does the quality of the actual product.

2. The price does effect the sales conversion somewhat especially if the sales copy is rubbish, sometimes a cheaper product could be a bargain to buy and to promote as it’s less cheaper, but if the quality of the product is naff then there is no point to promote garbage.

$7 products often are a good choice and work both ways for the affiliate and affiliate company or sole trader, a good $7 report or ebook could provide some value at around 25 plus pages and still be worth the price of $7, so this cuts down on refunds.

Just by looking out there at as many affiliate networks or places to find affiliate programs you are sorting through the best opportunities for you and you particular situation and that’s all that matters!