Day 29 Monetize your Website with Affiliate Programs
Apply for some affiliate programs to turn your site into a money making one
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| Join these affiliate programs |
So you built a website. But do you want to earn some money while you enjoy sharing your passion, knowledge, expertise? Besides Google Adsense, there are many different ways to monetize your website.
Platforms like Commission Junction, Share A Sale, and others can help you get some money here and there while managing your site.
How do affiliate programs work?
The way affiliate marketing works is easy as a pie. All you have to do is copy and paste their codes on to your web pages on which you publish related articles. You then drive traffic to these pages. Each time someone will buy a product from your page, you'll earn a commission. Naturally, you're going to make a point in featuring related products only otherwise your readers might wonder what you're trying to do and start questioning your expertise in the topic you cover.
As an example, if you build a site that relates to coffee machines, only feature coffee machines and coffee related products. If the article talks through coffee cups, then, feature coffee cups. If your article covers the last instant espresso machine from brand "Best Coffee Ever", don't feature automatic coffee machine from "Worst Coffee Ever".
When writing articles to be posted to your own site, you can also make use of things called "contextual links". These are links placed in context via a special code; which is an HTML code. Here is an example of a contextual link:
"Welcome to our comprehensive resource about automatic home espresso machines."
When the reader clicks on the underlined pink words (automatic home espresso machines), they are brought to the merchant's online store. That type of contextual links are known for having a very high conversion rate; which implies that you should definitely make use of them. As with everything online, do not abuse of such links.
Here is the way to create contextual links into an article that you plan to upload on to your web site:
<a href="your-link">automatic home espresso machines</a>
You can get pre-made contextual links from your affiliate program provider such as Commission Junction, Amazon.com, Share a Sale, All-Posters, etc.
Posted by Holly Day
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