How to Make Money Blogging About Your Favorite Topic
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Do you have a topic you love to discusss and write about? Maybe you're an animal lover and breed Pugs. Maybe you enjoy cooking or baking and want to share your amazing recipes with world. With a little planning you can make money discussing your favorite topics in your blog or website. How? You can become an affiliate marketer.
What is an Affiliate Marketer?
An affiliate is someone who promotes products or services for a merchant. If you sell a product or service for the merchant you earn a commission. It is a win, win association for both parties involved. Having a team of affiliates promoting a company’s products is great for sales. It’s good for you too. You can spend your days discussing a topic you’re passionate about and make money while your doing it.
Here’s an example.
Perhaps you are passionate about dogs and Pugs in particular. You can create a blog about dog care and specifically related to Pugs. You can write about health issue related to that particular breed. Dog training, nutritional supplements, doggie treats that you're familiar with and would recommend to other Pug owners. You can post on Facebook about new dog supplements and dog care products you use and like. In your blog posts and occasionally on Facebook you can post a link, to the company’s sales page or offer. If someone clicks on your link and makes a purchase, you earn a commission.
The awesome aspect about being an affiliate is that you’re promoting products that you believe in. You promote products that you like, respect, and own or would buy yourself. And you don’t have to sell the product, just talk and write about it and link to it.
The most successful way to earn money as an affiliate is to simply discuss the products and link to them. Just use a common product review - in other words you post an article on your blog reviewing the product or service. Reviews work quite well.
How Do You Get Started As An Affiliate Marketer?
There are really only four things you need to get started as an affiliate. You need:
* A niche topic – What are you going to write about? The more specific it is the better. For instance technology is a broad topic. So why not focus on mobile technology which is more specific. Android mobile technology is an even tighter niche and Android phones are extremely popular now.
* A website – A website or blog is an crucial. This the plaform you will use to communicate and build a relationship with your readers. It’s how you promote your affiliate products. It’s how you provide benefits to your readers.
* Affiliate accounts with products/services that fit your niche – You can find affiliate products to represent by looking on affiliate directories. You can also visit the websites of products you love. Many companies have affiliate programs.
Two of the most popular are Clickbank and Commission Junction. You sign up on their website and they throngs of companies with affiliate products in every niche under the sun.
* Content – Content is extremely vital for your blog or website. You can create audio, video or print content. Post it on your blog, on your website, on article directories. Podcast and share content on social networking sites which will attract tons of traffic. This is your chance to talk about your favorite topic and make money.
You don't have to be a professional writer to create content for your website or blog. You can buy quality PLR articles, reports and guides at very affordable prices. Then you can either rewrite, or have a freelance writer rewrite for you. You can use several PLR article bundles to create your ebook to sell online and make a nice profit.
Being an affiliate marketer doesn't require a huge financial investment. All you need is a website or a blog. That’s basically all you need to get started. Since there are so many top notch blog templates to work from, you can set up your blog yourself. So you only have to buy a domain name and pay for hosting.
So, what are you waiting for? Start planning your affiliate business NOW. Find your favorite topic, select products to promote and start making money.
Dania
www.homebusiensstalk.biz
www.momsebizblog.blogspot.com
www.miamimommyblogger.wordpres.com
What is an Affiliate Marketer?
An affiliate is someone who promotes products or services for a merchant. If you sell a product or service for the merchant you earn a commission. It is a win, win association for both parties involved. Having a team of affiliates promoting a company’s products is great for sales. It’s good for you too. You can spend your days discussing a topic you’re passionate about and make money while your doing it.
Here’s an example.
Perhaps you are passionate about dogs and Pugs in particular. You can create a blog about dog care and specifically related to Pugs. You can write about health issue related to that particular breed. Dog training, nutritional supplements, doggie treats that you're familiar with and would recommend to other Pug owners. You can post on Facebook about new dog supplements and dog care products you use and like. In your blog posts and occasionally on Facebook you can post a link, to the company’s sales page or offer. If someone clicks on your link and makes a purchase, you earn a commission.
The awesome aspect about being an affiliate is that you’re promoting products that you believe in. You promote products that you like, respect, and own or would buy yourself. And you don’t have to sell the product, just talk and write about it and link to it.
The most successful way to earn money as an affiliate is to simply discuss the products and link to them. Just use a common product review - in other words you post an article on your blog reviewing the product or service. Reviews work quite well.
How Do You Get Started As An Affiliate Marketer?
There are really only four things you need to get started as an affiliate. You need:
* A niche topic – What are you going to write about? The more specific it is the better. For instance technology is a broad topic. So why not focus on mobile technology which is more specific. Android mobile technology is an even tighter niche and Android phones are extremely popular now.
* A website – A website or blog is an crucial. This the plaform you will use to communicate and build a relationship with your readers. It’s how you promote your affiliate products. It’s how you provide benefits to your readers.
* Affiliate accounts with products/services that fit your niche – You can find affiliate products to represent by looking on affiliate directories. You can also visit the websites of products you love. Many companies have affiliate programs.
Two of the most popular are Clickbank and Commission Junction. You sign up on their website and they throngs of companies with affiliate products in every niche under the sun.
* Content – Content is extremely vital for your blog or website. You can create audio, video or print content. Post it on your blog, on your website, on article directories. Podcast and share content on social networking sites which will attract tons of traffic. This is your chance to talk about your favorite topic and make money.
You don't have to be a professional writer to create content for your website or blog. You can buy quality PLR articles, reports and guides at very affordable prices. Then you can either rewrite, or have a freelance writer rewrite for you. You can use several PLR article bundles to create your ebook to sell online and make a nice profit.
Being an affiliate marketer doesn't require a huge financial investment. All you need is a website or a blog. That’s basically all you need to get started. Since there are so many top notch blog templates to work from, you can set up your blog yourself. So you only have to buy a domain name and pay for hosting.
So, what are you waiting for? Start planning your affiliate business NOW. Find your favorite topic, select products to promote and start making money.
Dania
www.homebusiensstalk.biz
www.momsebizblog.blogspot.com
www.miamimommyblogger.wordpres.com