Affiliate Marketing Ethics for Bloggers

[Linda Buquet]

Bloggers often have questions about how to monetize their blog and are especially concerned about how to add affiliate links without having readers question their integrity. CT Moore from <strong><a href="http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com/shareresults">Share Results</a></strong> just wrote a good article over at Blogging Tips I wanted to share.

<strong><a href="http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/09/25/ethics-of-affiliate-blogging/">Ethics of Affiliate Blogging</a></strong> - "The decision to monetize your blog through affiliate marketing isn’t as simple as using your blog posts as advertorials. The real affiliate marketing potential of your blog, after all, lies with the influence you have over the community of your readers...

<strong>Don’t Abuse the Trust</strong> If your potential as an affiliate marketer lies in the trust you have with your readership, it’s imperative that you don’t ever do anything to compromise that trust. Without it, not only will you not be able to refer any of your readers (and make a commission), but you’ll end up losing them, and the community that they make-up..."