// Here is what Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income says are the two most important rules for affiliate marketing:  1. I only recommend products as an affiliate that I’m extremely very familiar with—preferably products that I’ve used before and have helped me achieve something. If I’m not confident in the product and I don’t feel it will positively help people, I will not promote it. 2. I never directly tell anyone to buy a product. I always recommend products based on my experience and in the context of what I’ve done or what I’m doing. While this...

// Affiliate marketing has been chosen as one of the top two revenue generators for publishers. To learn more about the Basics of Affiliate Marketing, When Is the Right Time To Start Using Affiliate Marketing and the Best Affiliate Networks for Beginners check out our Affiliate Marketing Guides.  Here are some general guidelines to help you evaluate if you are ready to join: If you have a blog or a website with established high-quality content and constant traffic, then you will probably have no problem being accepted to any affiliate network you apply to and any pro...

// There are thousands of affiliate programs available online, and most of them include many products. As there are more influencers, more businesses, and more understanding of the importance of affiliate marketing for online sales, the number of affiliate programs is likely to keep on growing. In our downloadable free Affiliate Marketing Strategy Cheat Sheet you can follow the steps for creating your own Affiliate Marketing Strategy Map to help you get started and master the monetization of your content. In this post we relate to how to find, evaluate, and join a...

// As a business owner, your mission is to earn money. One of the most popular ways is by partnering with brands and merchants as an affiliate partner. Think of the encouragement of being rewarded for your hard work and the satisfaction of making a living or providing to your family with financial help by fulfilling your dreams. That doesn’t, of course, mean that you should do anything for a sale. If not done properly, you may get very low or negligible results which can be frustrating and discouraging. Doing it the right way is important; it will allow you to build your...

// Why is this the right time to be using affiliate marketing? Are you using affiliate marketing? Generally speaking, we can split publishers into three groups. Where do you see yourself?  Those who aren’t using affiliate marketing, because they fear scaring people away by coming across as pushy salespeople, because they think it’s too hard and a waste of time, or because they think people won’t be interested. Those (usually fashion bloggers) who only join sub-affiliate networks and who are looking for the comfort of an aggregated tool for both connection with brands a...

// A great definition of what affiliate marketing is can be found on Pat Flynn’s blog Smart Passive Income: "Affiliate marketing is the process of earning a commission by promoting another person’s (or company’s) product. Products exist in your target market right now (that people are probably already buying) and if you can become the resource that recommends those products, you can generate a commission as a result.”   If you are completely new to affiliate marketing, you may want to first check out our other blog posts explaining: The...

// If you are still new to affiliate marketing and are asking yourself how to get started, in this post we will cover the first steps toward using affiliate marketing to monetize your content and earn money from your blog or social media accounts.   In case you are not familiar with affiliate marketing, you may want to start by reading our post The Basics for Affiliate Marketing in which we cover the terminology, how affiliate marketing works, and some statistics to help you understand the ecosystem. The Beginner’s Guide to Earning Money with Affiliate Marketi...

// For The Complete Beginners Guide on how to earn money using affiliate marketing, check our post HERE. In this post we will cover what you need to know to better understand what affiliate marketing is: Terms and Terminology  The basics of How Affiliate Marketing Works, and 10 Important Statistics on Affiliate Marketing to clarify the ecosystem and explain why affiliate marketing is a significant part of monetization models for publishers. Terms and Terminology If you are new in this field of affiliate marketing, you may want to get familiar with...

// One of the much-debated questions relating to affiliate marketing is when should you join and sign up to affiliate networks or programs? Should you first build up your traffic and only then start monetizing, or should you start monetizing regardless of your audience size? As there are quite a few networks with no traffic requirements for signing up (i.e., number of page views or followers), we have tried to sum up the pros and cons for your consideration:   Some say join from day one, if you do it the right way, you’ll lose nothing, and you’ll set your focus in a w...

// Affiliate marketing has been chosen as one of the top two revenue generators for publishers. To read more about why you should use Pinterest for sharing your shoppable related stories and experiences make sure to read our post on How to Monetize on Pinterest, With or Without a Blog.   Here are some best practices that will help you get the best out of your content shared on Pinterest:  Create multiple pinnable graphics. One of the advantages of Pinterest is that you can create multiple images with different languages and different descriptions to h...