While there are currently tens of millions of blogs worldwide, your blog can be a powerful way to advertise your SFI Business. Many bloggers are not yet monetizing their sites. If you're one of these bloggers, a good place to start is with affiliate marketing: directing readers to a product or service in exchange for a commission on the sale (or other action) when it occurs.
If you are looking for to monetize your blog, I would make a strong case for affiliate marketing as I said above. "Blogs with quality content attract loyal readers. Since readers benefit from the content offered, they grow to trust the authors of that content over time. Consequently, an author's blog posts are a logical place to promote relevant products and services without compromising the integrity of the content."
Here are some steps to monetizing your SFI blog through affiliate marketing.
1. Choose Relevant Affiliate Programs
Affiliate ads pay per action, which means that readers will need to click on the ad and then either sign up or register for something, or make a purchase before you get paid for the action. The more relevant the ad is to your content, the higher the likelihood visitors will click on the ad and perform the desired action.
To find other targeted affiliate programs, check out popular affiliate clearinghouse sites such as Commission Junction, LinkShare, and ShareASale. All three offer access to thousands of affiliate programs, but you must apply separately to each one.
While you should choose programs related to your content, you don't have to feel restricted to stick too closely to your niche. You can load “Deal of the Day”, TripleClicks, Wave 3 and ECA Programs on your blog.
2. Consider an Affiliate Aggregator Service
If your blog topics are more diverse, you might consider a program such as VigLink, which automates access to more than 30,000 affiliate programs and monetizes the links on your site for you.
3. Create Content That Sells
Many bloggers will actually write reviews of products with affiliate marketing in mind. "The power of a blog is that it's easy to aggregate a lot of loyal fans for niche topics. This lends itself to making recommendations and providing affiliate links to those recommendations.Think of affiliate ads as additional resources that complement your content. Take some time to write a detailed review, and use affiliate ads to point them in the right direction if they decide to act on your information.
4. Integrate Affiliate Links Appropriately
If you do add affiliate links to your site, make sure you maintain a balance between monetization and user experience. One way to do this is to keep the majority of your content ad-free. What I would recommend to people is to think of 5-10 great pages that you could use to promote affiliate offers related to your niche. Then link to those money pages from your sidebar, footer or somewhere else that will give them a lot of visibility from the other pages on your site. Keep the rest of your site ad-free.
Above all advertise your Blog on all Social Media Networks and search engines to get maximum exposure.
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While there are currently tens of millions of blogs worldwide, your blog can be a powerful way to advertise your SFI Business. Many bloggers are not yet monetizing their sites. If you're one of these bloggers, a good place to start is with affiliate marketing: directing readers to a product or service in exchange for a commission on the sale (or other action) when it occurs.
If you are looking for to monetize your blog, I would make a strong case for affiliate marketing as I said above.
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