Using Affiliate Ads in Your Posts
Here’s some good views and advice about using Affiliate ads on your blog from another blogger. Robert Cyr is one of the many good blogger friend’s I have made here on MomsCashBlog so he has written a post about his experience with Affiliate ads and Affiliate Marketing.
Making Money with Affiliate Marketing – Crash Course
I have been an avid follower of MomsCashBlog ever since JJ took over the reigns. My name is Robert Cyr and if you have read some of the comments here my name might be familiar to you. If you have researched blogging I am certain that you have read that blogging is about networking and establishing friendships. I am pleased to let you know that JJ and I have emailed back and forth on several occasions sharing and helping each other out.
Let me give you a little of my background; I started blogging back in March of 2008 with the sole intent of making money. Yeah, I know they say if your goal from the beginning is to make a ton of money chances are you will fail. I am proof positive that what “They Say” is not always true!
I have four blogs, two of which I keep secret as they are my “Bread and Butter” and are very niche specific. When I comment on JJ’s blog I always leave a link to one of my blogs about Wholesale Closeout Merchandise. In addition to my own blogs, I am a freelance contracted writer on several other blog like TopTenWholesale.com
I am going on my seventh month blogging and I am making money. I am making more money than I thought possible…and it grows each month. I have shared one of my last checks from Commission Junction with MomsCashBlog readers….Here it is again.
JJ asked if I would take some time to help her community understand affiliate marketing and I am pleased to share what little information I have learned since I started. Please note that there is tons of information on the Internet showing you how to make money blogging, but I will honestly tell you that there is no “One Guaranteed” way. My success has come from intense reading and trial and error.
I want to share with you a simple concept today that has brought serious dollars my way. In the affiliate world there is jargon to learn. Every industry has terminology which you need to understand. Today I will share a couple of terms:
Landing Page –- A Landing page is simply a page your visitors reach by some means of Internet search. This page is typically where the affiliate marketer would review and talk about a product and hopefully send the visitor on to the site selling a product or service. A Landing page is where you, as a publisher, must convince your visitor that the product or service you are reviewing is worth the purchase.
If you investigate landing page techniques on the Internet you will find that many affiliate marketers spend hundreds of dollars in PPC (Pay Per Click) advertising to get visitors to Landing pages.
Do not be afraid! Here is what I have learned and I have made thousands of dollars without spending one cent on PPC advertising… Are you ready for the big secret?
Every blog post you write is a landing page. Blog posts are indexed almost immediately in Google. I can write a blog post and within hours someone out there has found it by keyword search.
When you write a blog post and fill it with appropriate keywords you will get Organic Traffic.
Organic Traffic -– The best traffic to have to your website or blog because it is FREE. Organic traffic is any traffic that comes to your site without being paid for
Lets make a little formula for earning money through affiliate marketing:
Start a blog + Write blog Posts (Landing Pages with affiliate offers) = Commissions through Organic Traffic
Caution! Make sure that each post you write has value. This is why most successful bloggers will tell you that you must be passionate about the topics you blog about.
For example: If you love cooking, blog about cooking. Write blog articles about preparing meals, buying ingredients and maybe entertaining with food. You can integrate affiliate offers in each blog post such as… A blog post about pan frying steaks might chronicle the advantages of using Rachael Rays non-stick cookware. And then, of course insert your affiliate link to Rachael Rays cookware, where your blog readers can visit and hopefully buy the set of pans you are promoting. Viola! You have just earned a commission!
You cannot monetize a blog without first having a blog. If you have been reading JJ’s blog for sometime thinking about starting your own blog…what are you waiting for? If you want to become an affiliate marketer making money blogging about your passion (Whatever that might be) get started with JJ’s FREE blog tutorial. It will guide you through the process of staring your own blog and hopefully a second income!
Questions about affiliate marketing? Ask me through comments- Let me know if you learned anything through my rambling and maybe I can make a future guest post.
Comments
Thanks Robert for the crash course.
I have been educating myself about affiliate marketing for two weeks and have found a wealth of information right here alone.
Last night I finally got started using JJ’s blog tutorial. I found it very easy to follow. Thx JJ.
You are right about blogging about your passion. When you love talking about what it is your talking about it’s easier to add value.
I’m looking forward to having by blog up and running with affiliates. I will be back to add value, passing along some great resources.
~consultelaine
Consultelaine…
Good job using JJ’s tutorial….She makes it really easy to get “Rock and Rolling”…..keeps us posted as to your success!
consultelaine… Thanks for using MCB’s tutorial and I’m glad you’re getting into blogging. Take it from me, once you’ve got the “Blogging Bug”… there’s no going back. lol
Thanks Robert, for a great and helpful post.
Great post, really useful for me…
Really good and niche post plus a very related affiliate product surely going to sell.
Thanks.
Very helpful post. But I didn’t get what I expected when I saw this post’s title…! Anyway thanks Robert.
I Hope JJ will continue with more posts about ‘Affiliates’ this month.
Hey Shafar -
The intended post title was, “Making Money with Affiliate Marketing – Crash Course”.
JJ has a plans for future posts an affiliate marketing blog-style ———–STAY TUNED!
Shafar (and Robert), sorry about that title. I did it because I get quite a few e-mails from newcomers who are confused about affiliate marketing since that term gets used for ads and for niche affiliate marketing so I wanted them to know this was about ads with blogs and posts. (maybe I used the wrong wording) Robert is right though, I’ll be doing a little more on affiliates for the group of new bloggers out there who are thinking about blogging.
Hey JJ and Robert,
Great job with the post. The title is great, draws attention and lives up to the Crash Course! I plan on blogging about Affiliates so, I do intend on sending people your way to do homework!
Follow your passion and make it a great day!
Thanks Laura, and thanks for telling us about selling things online. I especially liked the “Everyplace I Sell” post.. it’s good to know about that (and the other things you post about). I have some left over merchandise from a specialty retail we had and I’m going to have to get it out of storage and get it ALL sold online now. As it is, my loyal customers call me and ask if I have this or that and if the orders big enough we meet at the storage place. lol Not a good way to be selling things so I better get on the ball and learn about selling online.
Why would you keep 2 blogs secret? Isn’t the point of blogging to get your blog noticed and have traffic? I don’t get that. If they are your bread and butter, those are the ones I would like to know about. Deb
great post robert…coincidentally, i actually have affiliate ads/links embedded for the very first time in my latest post.
Deb – It is always best to keep some Niche sites a secret otherwise competition can become fierce as everyone will “Jump on the Bandwagon”.
Anthony – I really like your blog. If you have traffic and are diligent/patient with affiliate marketing…you will make money. Stay in touch-
This was really clear thank you! Your formula is on the money – Nothing hidden straight to the point. Thanks again!!
Thanks ROBERT.. for the wonderful post. It’s always good to get different perspectives when learning something and I know that was very helpful for many bloggers.
Deb… the two blogs that he keeps secret are what I call “Affiliate Niche Marketing”. The term affiliate marketing is tricky because it crosses over into different categories. Niche Marketing is when someone has a blog that sells one specific product (and some call it affiliate marketing). Those blogs usually have no posts as it’s a blog used just for an advertisement. I haven’t done any online niche marketing, so I don’t know a lot about it, but I will have someone do a post on it as many people want to know how it’s done. Or I’ll find out myself how it’s done and do a post on it. Check back and I’ll have something on it soon.
P.S. Glad you decided to start a blog!
I Wanna Be Just Like You Robert!
I’m new to blogging and just like you I really feel (know) I can make some decent money doing it. I have gained a wealth of info, reading on everthing from affiliate programs to pinging and everything in between.
But I have a serious problem.
According to Google AdSense I can’t write about my passion because it has “potentially sensitive, negative, or non-family safe content, including potentially mature or adult content.” So I will never have appropiate ads running on my blog and if no one clicks those ads, I don’t make any $$$$!
What do I do now if my blog is mature (not pornographic) and I want to make money blogging?
Sorry for the long comment. Thanks for any help you or anyone can give.
~Desperate for Cash
Ever M. Famous
Hey There Ever M. Famous!
Wow, great comment…I am running to your blog now to read and see what you are talking about! Let me take a look and I will come up with some ideas for you………………
Ever M Famous… I also looked at your blog and I have to chime in with Robert…
I think you have 2 choices. Either just go with the sex full on and forget abut Google, if that’s your passion. Find the type of soft porn ads that fit your blog… OR you could tone it down a bit and make it a “relationship” blog. If you really want Google Adsense you’ll have to to mainstream it a little. (Just using the word “porn” in your titles can be scaring Google, because many blogs use adult language and talk about sex in their posts.)
You don’t necessarily need Google AdSense. Look for ads like “Frederick’s of Hollywood” and different “adult toy” ads, and adult dating ads. They all should make very good money and are not considered “porn”. Good luck.
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Great post Robert. You have enlightened on a new subject today! Thank you.
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future. Thank you