4 Ways Bloggers Can Increase Their Affiliate Income
Affiliate Marketing Tips for Bloggers
The popularity of affiliate marketing as a method of monetizing blogs has grown in recent times.
A lot of bloggers consider it as their main source of income, while others have managed to utilize it effectively along with serving PPC ads.
The affiliate marketing industry is expected to grow to $4.5 billion in the next 3 years. One of the key drivers of the growth is the ability of affiliate channels to generate sales and get new customers who spend more compared to average shoppers online.
If you already own an affiliate marketing blog, you may be doing well with sales (or not so well). Either way, there are ways to earn more revenue.
Before you attempt to increase your affiliate income, you should make sure that your website is up and running smoothly. The last thing you would want is the potential buyer to leave because of slow loading time, downtime or website maintenance. Hostgator, Bluehost and HostMonster recently went down, affecting a large number of affiliate businesses.
A good webhost will make sure your website stays up 24/7 with no hindrance. The needs of every website varies, and ServerPronto can be an ideal option for new affiliate marketers because their hosting needs will be less than established websites.
Tips to increase affiliate revenue
1. Don’t hard sell everyday
A few sales at the start can easily get you overwhelmed. If you don’t want to turn away your readers, you should stop hard selling every day. Alternate between informative posts and those that contains a link to an affiliate product.
Giving out tips and free information will increase your readership base, resulting in more traffic and conversions in the long run. You can perhaps hard sell on 4 days of the week and be helpful and informative on the rest.
2. Be as relevant as possible
If your blog is based in a particular niche such as gadgets, it won’t be relevant if you display shoes in the sidebar. It may look relevant to you, but don’t forget your target audience – the geeks, who’re likely to find it irrelevant.
Irrelevant promotion is also an invitation to the readers to search for someone else who carters their needs in a better way. Therefore, being relevant to your niche can grow your affiliate income.
3. Focus on converting affiliates
Start tracking whether you’re earning more from affiliate link inside the post, the affiliate banner at the top or banner ads in the side bar. If it has been a while since your side bar ad resulted in a sale, it’s time you place it somewhere else.
It may be the case that you’re getting more sales from links inside posts rather than banner ads. Your best bet in this situation would be to concentrate on creating more posts around your affiliate products.
4. Be as realistic as possible with content
When creating content for affiliate sales, you need to be as realistic as possible – original screenshots, interview with consumers using the product and things like that can take your income through the roof (literally).
When you offer realistic, detailed reviews with actual proofs, there’s a higher chance of making a sale. You shouldn’t also shy away from being honest about the limitations as it will earn you more respect, readership and ultimately more sales over the long term.
What do you do to increase your affiliate earnings? Feel free to leave comments.
Author: Rachel Matthews
