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Affiliate Marketing Explained
Affiliate marketing is when you are given a link to share by a company for their product or service. When someone purchases that product or service within a certain time, you are given a commission. Some commissions are a percentage of the sales, some are a flat rate, and others are a certain percentage that is recurring. Here’s some top tips for getting approved for affiliate programs as a blogger!
Have A Blog
Make sure it looks professional, is easy to read and navigate, and looks clean. Own your own domain name. It should end in either org, net, or com; com is the most popular. Your blog should have an appealing theme and look great. Your audience is likely to spend more time on your site if it looks good.
Have Blog Posts Already Published
The posts should be quality, original, add value to your audience, relevant to the affiliate marketing programs, and posted regularly. Having 20-50 blog posts shows affiliate marketers the type of content you make. It also makes you look more established and serious about blogging than having only a few posts. It is also important to have certain legal pages like About, Contact, Disclosure, Terms, and Privacy Policy. Make sure your blog is free from grammar errors.
Use Your Domain Email Address
This looks more professional than having a personal Yahoo account. When you sign up for Bluehost hosting, you will get a free domain email address. For example, it could look like inquires@yourblogname.com. You want affiliate programs to know that you are professional and serious about promoting their products.
Describe Your Promotion Plan
How do you generate traffic to your blog? Are you using SEO for Google, promoting your blog on Pinterest, or another social media site? It is important to have traffic coming to your blog. Affiliate companies want to know that you know how to drive traffic to your site that is aligned with their product / service which can result in sales.
Apply To Relevant Programs
Read the requirements, terms and conditions. Make sure that you are a good fit for their program. Apply to affiliate marketing companies that match your content. If there is cross-niche relevance, explain this and show genuine interest in promoting the affiliate product. Research what others are promoting in your field by looking at their income reports and do a Google search.
Popular Affiliate Programs
- Awin
- Amazon Associates
- Bluehost
- Impact
- Fiverr
- Rakuten
- ShareASale
Prepare Your Application
You typically need your website URL, social media profiles, traffic statistics through Google Analytics, audience demographics, and to describe how you plan to promote the affiliate products or services.
Closing
By ensuring that you meet the requirements to apply and your content and promotional strategies align with the affiliate marketing companies’, this increases your odds of being approved. Good luck!