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Article Title: Affiliate Marketing: Turn Your Blog Into Cash
Author: David Hudson
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So your home business blog is doing pretty well. Hundreds or
thousands of visitors flock to your site each day, dedicated
readers who return nightly to absorb your profound wisdom on
life, foreign policy and the human condition. They�re receiving
your priceless insights into the world, and you�re not making a
dime. All that hard work isn�t doing anything for you except
maybe making you feel good about enlightening the world, but
come on! There�s got to be a way to also benefit financially
from all your hard work.
It�s time for you to hear about affiliate marketing.
Simply put, affiliate marketing is a partnership with other
websites. You put a link on your site to their site and get
paid for each click, registration and sale. If you use
affiliate marketing well, you can generate a high Return on
Investment (ROI) with respect to the amount of time and effort
invested in your home business blog. Used poorly, however,
affiliate marketing can just be a waste of space on your site.
Here are some tips on how to use affiliate marketing as more
than placeholders.
1. Make the links relevant.
Your readers come to your blog for a reason. They come to read
about your exploits in the jungles of South America or your
forays into the vicious world of international politics.
Chances are readers in these areas aren�t going to want to go
to a site selling Barney toys. Things they might be interested
in are products that will save the jungles of South America or
a book about an international diplomat. You don�t have to
totally exclude the random Barney toys, because maybe some
tree-huggers are into Barney, but make sure that most of your
affiliate marketing links are related to your content. Users
will be more likely to click them.
2. Imbed affiliate marketing links in your articles.
If you just discovered a great charity for saving the jungles
of South America that has an affiliate marketing program,
include the link in the body of one of your articles. Links on
the side can get lost by resized windows or ignored completely
as useless advertisements. Anything within an article, however,
will be read and considered, because the author of the article,
whose opinion the reader respects, feels that the other site is
useful or worthwhile. The reader will be more likely to visit
the link, and you�ll be more likely to make money.
3. Change the affiliate marketing links.
This is especially important if you have a returning user base.
If your affiliate marketing links never change, people will not
go to them because they will be old news. Always be on the
lookout for new affiliate marketing opportunities that you can
take advantage of. New links will add mystery and intrigue to
your site. Users will be more likely to notice changes than to
let the links simply fade into the background.
4. Make text of the affiliate marketing links exciting and
inviting.
Most people aren�t going to click on a button that says �Click
here.� Other than pure curiosity, which admittedly should never
be ruled out, there is no incentive for users to follow these
directions. �Save the South American Jungle From Certain
Slaughter� has a much more enticing ring to it, what with the
alliteration and all, and is sure to get your tree hugging
audience interested. Along the same lines of interesting and
exciting, whenever possible include some kind of picture or
banner with the links. A list of blue underlined words on the
left hand side of a page is tough to wade through; a banner
with a forest fire draws immediate attention, and drawing
attention to your links should be the goal of any affiliate
marketing plan.
5. Don�t rule out unpaid opportunities.
Some affiliate marketing programs are simply an exchange of
links, a �you link to me, I�ll link to you� deal. While these
don�t directly make you money, they do increase traffic to your
site, and increased traffic means more money. While your
marketing plan obviously can�t be using all this kind, they can
be useful in boosting traffic, and through traffic, revenue.
About The Author: David Hudson can help YOU start your own
profitable business on the Internet within the next 24
hours...To learn more, visit: http://www.dreamsr.us/pips.html
or http://www.googlebaycash.com
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