You are new to blogging. So, first, learn what is blogging, the types and most importantly are checking their Terms of Service and Content Guidelines.
If you are going to build a long lasting affiliate marketing business you should look at getting your own hosting and website. You have more control this way.
So let me get this straight. Blogger doesn't allow affiliate marketing, but you may get away with it.
So I recommend you have your own domain (preferably our SFI prestige domain) and use Wordpress.
Blogging –
In the history you can see that most successful affiliate marketers have blogs. Because they use their blogs to build the trust in their brand and to show that they are in control of the respective niches and build relationships with their customers. People tend to get into the business because they like and trust the person they knew.
This trust and like will be built by providing useful and relevant information to your target customers that reach your blog. This will make them rely on your service and product.
Types
Broadly classified as Rational and Emotional
Rational – Preacher (politics, religion), Techie (IT, gaming), professional (corporate, consultant), Life Improvers (sports, health)
Emotional – Beauty hunters (fashion, beauty), hedonists (food, travel), Life stagers (student, senior)
There is an article “Affiliate Marketing Experts Share Their Strategies for 2013”
Kindly read at http://www.affilorama.com/blog/affiliate-marketing-experts-share-their-strategies-for-2013
We have TripleCLicks that would help a lot.
Tips for affiliate marketing in blog:
Consider the audience – relevance is the key
Genuine recommendation – personally you like the best
Link to quality products (select from our TripleClicks)
Posting banners
Diversified without clutter – too many products is not good
Track the results
Now Promotion of your blog
1. Use of Social media – e.g. Facebook, Twitter, google+, LinkedIn
2. Comments – make your comments on another blog. This will create a link to your blog
3. Voting – submit your post to voting sites. e.g. Reddit, Stumbleupon, this makes your post get noticed. This will also help with back links and traffic to your blog.
4. Readership – making the reader to subscribe to your blog through their email. It helps you to send regular, promotional mails to the subscribers
5. Twitter – using it as a networking tool. Get the network of blogging friends and acquaintances on twitter. Read and comment on theirs. Get into a relationship with them
Latest Trend
E-newsletters – don’t crowd the Inbox of the member. Instead send a weekly or monthly highlighting the work in SFI and TripleClicks
Press release - A press release is a great way to gain some publicity. Anchoring the correct key words and distributing the press release to many sites will spread your URL like wildfire throughout the web.
About Page - Just because you’re a blog and not a company website doesn’t mean you don’t need an about page — a place to write down a static version of your goals, dreams, mission, and purpose.
Guest Blog - Writing guest blog posts can be an amazing way to gain attention and traffic to your site
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