Many bloggers shy away from affiliate marketing thinking it's too complicated or afraid it will turn off their readers. Affiliate marketing, done right, can be a bloggers best friend. Let's look at how a couple top rated blogs are optimizing their online revenue with affiliate programs.
<a target="_new" href="http://www.thetechzone.com/">The TechZone</a> sells over $200,000 of products each month through various affiliate offers and John Chow stresses they don't do it with banners, banners don't work, they use text links. He also stresses how important the pre-sell is and shares some of the pre-sell blog entries he has written as well as some of his results. It's a good read.
<blockquote><strong><a target="_new" href="http://www.johnchow.com/the-proper-way-to-do-affiliate-marketing/">The Proper Way To Do Affiliate Marketing ? John Chow dot Com</a></strong> "It is really too bad that bloggers don?t look at affiliate marketing because when done correctly, affiliate marketing can be one of your biggest moneymaker. Many people point to Shoemoney?s $140,000 AdSense check but what many don?t know is he makes more from affiliate marketing than Google. How do you properly do affiliate marketing?
<strong>Affiliate Marketing Is All About The Presell</strong>
Most people think they can stick a Dell or Office Depot affiliate banner on their blog and watch the sales comes in. When they get no sales, they view it as proof that affiliate marketing doesn?t work and quit. Affiliate marketing is nothing like normal Internet advertising - it is all about the presell."
</blockquote>Today Darren over at ProBlogger who generates a 6 figure income from blogging shares his top earners and explains how he monetizes his blogs with affiliate programs and other options. Check out: <strong><a target="_new" href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/02/08/how-i-make-money-from-blogs-my-top-earners/">How I Make Money from Blogs - My Top Earners</a></strong>
On an older post Darren also offers a few tips that should help bloggers get the best results out of any affiliate program that they choose to run with. <strong><a target="_new" href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/08/26/10-tips-for-using-affiliate-programs-on-your-blog/">10 Tips for Using Affiliate Programs on your Blog</a>
<a target="_new" href="http://www.thetechzone.com/">The TechZone</a> sells over $200,000 of products each month through various affiliate offers and John Chow stresses they don't do it with banners, banners don't work, they use text links. He also stresses how important the pre-sell is and shares some of the pre-sell blog entries he has written as well as some of his results. It's a good read.
<blockquote><strong><a target="_new" href="http://www.johnchow.com/the-proper-way-to-do-affiliate-marketing/">The Proper Way To Do Affiliate Marketing ? John Chow dot Com</a></strong> "It is really too bad that bloggers don?t look at affiliate marketing because when done correctly, affiliate marketing can be one of your biggest moneymaker. Many people point to Shoemoney?s $140,000 AdSense check but what many don?t know is he makes more from affiliate marketing than Google. How do you properly do affiliate marketing?
<strong>Affiliate Marketing Is All About The Presell</strong>
Most people think they can stick a Dell or Office Depot affiliate banner on their blog and watch the sales comes in. When they get no sales, they view it as proof that affiliate marketing doesn?t work and quit. Affiliate marketing is nothing like normal Internet advertising - it is all about the presell."
</blockquote>Today Darren over at ProBlogger who generates a 6 figure income from blogging shares his top earners and explains how he monetizes his blogs with affiliate programs and other options. Check out: <strong><a target="_new" href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/02/08/how-i-make-money-from-blogs-my-top-earners/">How I Make Money from Blogs - My Top Earners</a></strong>
On an older post Darren also offers a few tips that should help bloggers get the best results out of any affiliate program that they choose to run with. <strong><a target="_new" href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/08/26/10-tips-for-using-affiliate-programs-on-your-blog/">10 Tips for Using Affiliate Programs on your Blog</a>