Doing Something Wrong? Affiliate Marketing Blog & Traffic

you have 3 banners

1. Target...has nothing to do with tires

2. Best Buy, focus on small appliances??? nothing to do with tires

3. for tires but like most banners I really have not been convinced to click it.

Then there are the tire reviews. not one of them has a clickable affiliate link to that tire.

al

I have no idea what your blog is about. You are covering a handful of topics, meaning you are being a generalist, not a specialist. Specialists convert. Generalists? Not so much. Stay on topic - by picking 1 - and make all ads align with the single topic.

You have nice posts about finances and people who find that interesting want to save or make money.

Understanding your traffic is the most important part of converting that traffic into income and in your case the main topic is Finances. So, try advertising financial services, affiliate programs, finances management tools, etc.

It's tough to make affiliate sales without a single link to the vendor's site.

Interesting your selling tires on a finance blog ? If someone is looking into finance why not sell them financial products...

Looking at your advertorial there is no real reason to buy any tire. Type in tires and see what you come up with. The ads will not look like that page. Just a FYI 2 months ago my car needed tires took a look online to see the best tires. Your ad did nothing to give any real reason to click on your links.If I was still in the Market !

Awww geeze

Target seems to be wrong.
Do you use organic seo in your articles?

What is the point of your blog? Are you looking to make money? If so, then you need to show it. Obviously not by hard-selling, but:

1) Where's a link to subscribe to your blog?

2) Do you offer a free ebook to download?

3) Where's a hover ad to capture leads for those who first visit your blog?

4) How do you make it easy for people to stay on your site long enough before clicking away (as i did)

5) What's your long term strategy for maximizing income with your blog?

6) This is a quote from the bottom of your blog:

"Finance Doggy is a Financial Blog aimed at helping the masses. From debt to investments, saving money, and just learning how to better handle your checkbook. We are here and happy to help offer solutions to all those out there! "

How does this quote reach a specific targeted group of people, and separate you from your competitors like Suze Orman, Dave Ramsey, or Lynnette Khalfani Cox?

Follow the customer path.

Tires are a major purchase for most households. Especially 4x4 tires. Not cheap. $ 1000 or more for a set.

So why would they click on a random ad ... hit a generic list article ... click through to another site they probably never heard of ...

And pull out the credit card on impulse?

That's what you are expecting them to do. Make an impulse buy on something that's not an impulse buy ... and do it through a path of randomness.

It ain't happening.

The first problem I encountered was I had to really search for the affiliate link. I suffer from banner blindness like most web surfers.

The second thing I noticed is that the offer is for the Nitto brand, so why include info on competing brands?

Why not target people who are already fans of the brand.A quick search on facebook shows that Nitto tires usa has 11 million fans. You may or may not be able to target fans of that page directly from your ad manager (I'm not a facebook expert, but here is a link to a quora thread that explains how to do this https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-tar...n-Facebook-ads )

I wouldn't send any more traffic to that page until you fix it.

The first thing I would do is research which nitto models preform best under varying conditions.

tire buyers are looking for different things. such as

tires for off roading in mud

tires for off roading in mud and rocks

tires for off roading in sand

best off road tire for hill climbing

best off road tire for daily driving

off road tires for highway driving

racing tires

You get the idea, be specific.

After you research you can write a blurb about each of the concepts and tie it to the best nitto model for that road condition and oh BTW you get a $100 rebate when you purchase through this link (add affiliate link) at TireBuyer. Your tires are delivered fast and free to a nearby, expert installer. With free 45-day returns and guaranteed installation rates.

everthing about your page is too broad and not specific enough to the brand or the offer.Your ad targeting is too broad as well which might explain why your getting so many "tire kickers"......

Disclaimer, these are only my opinions and I could be wrong!

Bob

You could also try niche related forum posting

You could stay to a particular topic and cover all the aspects of that topic

Im on mobile, and i find it difficult to know the point of clicking. The links are just like ads and you are not directing users to buy through that link, rather juat bouncing off

It all depends upon how many conversions you are getting from doing such activities. If the conversion rate is consistent or increasing then there is no issue!