Monetize blog with Affiliate Links

How to exactly monetize your blog with Affiliate Links 

Ever since I published the blog post Make Money Affiliate Marketing, it has gained some traction to my blog page views.

That’s the dream right.

Publishing article that interest people have always been the sole purpose of NaijBlack.

I desire to meet the needs of my audience so they can be satisfied.

I want to give back to the people.

This has always been my drive.

Though it is my drive, categorically, I can try to answer the needs of my audience to the best of my ability.

And among these wantons needs, How to Exactly Monetize your blog with affiliate links has lingered for long on the mind of my audience.

Today, we are going to be dealing with it theoretically and practically.

You are free to comment about what you feel I should consider blogging about next in the comment section of this blog post.

But before that;

We are narrowing down our topic today to monetizing blogs via affiliate links through a process called “Affiliate marketing”.

Although there are several ways to make money blogging, affiliate marketing seem to be the best.

You may have heard about how to monetize your blog with affiliate links, but how exactly do you monetize it?

Read; How to make money online as Nigerian without spending a dime 

In this blog post, we want to simplify the art of monetizing a blog with affiliate links to make money from it.

The idea has always been to make money while you sleeping.

It’s every big—boy dream!

And a lazy man’s nightmare!

In the past couple of decade, Passive income has been the buzz word on most sites and blogs.

Affiliate Marketing has reached a new height, where everyone interested can make money while sleeping.

 It is now the mainstream for a young man to make an honest living in a technological advancing world by becoming an affiliate.

Well, this guide is solely for people like you and me trying to make an honest living from working in the comfort of our homes.

You can work with your laptop, desktop or even your phone, the choice is yours.

It does not matter if you have any product to sell or not, you can still make money from this type of program.

If you are here reading this and trying to make money online overnight, this is not for you.

So… without much a-do, you can take your leave.

But if you are not, please read on and feel free to drop any constructive criticism.

If you want to make money online and don’t have anything to sell, this is the right type of program that can make you the money you need.

Learn it and apply it!

Once you have started making money by any method you have read here on this blog, do leave me a comment.

Your valuable insights will help us to grow better, and in turn, serve you better.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

It is the simplest concept to define for a layman or someone with a general idea of what affiliate marketing is.

Generally, you promote an individuals’ product or a company product, earn a commission when you make a sale.

A commission is a certain percentage of the money of the product you are promoting.

Thus,

You don’t need to have a product for yourself.

The only thing you need to remember here is to make the sale of a product and get a commission.

The program allows the promotion of as many products as one wished to make sales.

 Affiliate Marketing is earning a commission by promoting the sale of someone else’s product.

An affiliate program is based on revenue sharing where promoters make a commission based on the price tag on the product.

What is needed to become an Affiliate Marketer? 

To become an affiliate marketer, all you need is to register with any company that have affiliate services for their products.

Affiliate Links 

There are some affiliate programs you should not register with them, you will find out soon enough.

The paramount thing about becoming an affiliate is for you to make a sale.

Therefore, you need to promote your affiliate links on your social media accounts, blog and forums. 

By so doing, you can start making passive income or full-time money enough to quit your job.

For an affiliate, you don’t necessarily need a product, a blog or a website to make passive income.

Although having a blog, social media account like Twitter or Facebook is a plus.

It does not just stop by having a social media account, but an influencer account is better.

As an influencer, you stand better chances of making more money with affiliate links on your social media account.

How does Affiliate Marketing work to make money?

Making money has always been the key focus in affiliate marketing, but only a few individuals will inform you about the work done in making money online.

Why?

Because of the concept of misdirection.

The more you see the less you understand what is going on.

Several articles online are misleading.

They come up with ideas like

“How to make $200 in 5 days with affiliate marketing”

“How I made $3000 with affiliate marketing”

Whenever you see this PR post online, make sure to read it well before paying for any “full money back” package been sold by them.

let's get one thing straight, am not stopping you from buying anything you want, I just don't want you wasting your money on things you can do all by yourself.

To make money with affiliate marketing, you need to put in the effort like posting your affiliate links in places like forums, your social media and on your blog etc.

There is no short-cut to becoming an affiliate, you must make a sale to have a commission, that’s why you need to be very careful of the “Full money back” agreement policies you read here and there online.

You have to find your own best way to make money via affiliate marketing, only then, can you stand to generate passive income.

Become the success story you desperately want to read online, so others can learn and grow from you. 

Stand apart and unique in the crowd and see the PR you get here and there.

Affiliate programs you should consider joining

There are dozens of affiliates programs online.

Most people are out to make money, for these reasons, you need to carefully consider the affiliate program you want to register with.

Several factors may be considered before deciding which affiliate program you need to register with.

The goal has always been to make money via commission.

Extensively researching any affiliate program is considered the first road to a successful passive income online.

Without researching and just becoming an affiliate is hazardous, you may lose your focus and fall out of the race.

What to consider when applying for an affiliate program 

The choice of becoming an affiliate is noble.

It is packed with money benefits.

Of course, money benefits is why you are joining affiliate marketing in the first place.

But if the primary goal is not considered thoroughly, you may end up not making a dime.

How disappointing…

And soon after several months of frustration, maybe one will fall into the bewilderment of “All na wash”

This feeling is a result of not carefully considering the pros and cons of choosing an affiliate program before joining.

Therefore, you must consider the affiliate programs you want to join carefully and based on the following.

I like money and therefore the first thing we are to consider here is the commission rate of the affiliate program.

The commission rate of the affiliate program 

Money has, and will always be the driving factor in any affiliate program you want to join. 

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Commission rate from one company to another may differ greatly.

But then, it is an important factor to consider when joining any affiliate program online.

Some affiliate programs commission is as low as $2. 

Imagine selling more than 20 products from the same company! 

That’s some money I guess?

Before enrolling your services for any affiliate program, is better to check out some of their products to know how there commission package.

This leads us to what is called

Payment threshold 

You know am all about the money, this does not change when am discussing affiliate programs.

Since you want to make the money, read on!

As you have earlier notice that the commission rate is important, the payment threshold is no different.

Why...

Because you want to get paid quickly when you have reached the payment threshold, don’t you?

Some affiliate programs payment threshold is as low as $50 and others are $100.

choose wisely!

Most affiliate programs threshold is $100.

When deciding which affiliate program to enrol in, you should also need to consider their payment threshold.

This is so you can enjoy the effort you put in promoting and making sales.

Without a proper and thorough investigation of these programs, you may end getting tired and not achieving your goal.

That’s why you just have to “Research the affiliate program”

Researching the affiliate program 

Only but a fool will register with an affiliate program without research.

Researching about affiliate program dealings is not a crime

Just reading through the terms and conditions of these affiliate programs is simply not enough.

All the fine print article on the site that talks about their terms and conditions do not matter.

What matters, is your knowledge of how their operations are.

And what you stand to gain by working for them.

Be wary of… 

Fixed monthly fee or starting fee 

For any acclaimed affiliate program that asks you to pay a certain starting fee, it shows a fraudulent act and closely related to a Ponzi scheme.

Be wary of such affiliate programs and do not even waste your time registering with them.

And if it so happens that you want to sign up, let it not exceed a month.

This way, you have ample time to research the site and make a clear decision to either stay with them or quite after a month.

Think and act wisely!

Several affiliate programs online are prominent for passive income; as such, these may interest you.

Amazon Associates

Without much ado, Amazon is the largest online market in the world.

Amazon affiliate program is also called “Amazon Associates”.

Becoming an Amazon Associate is easy to monetize your blog and start generating sales.

The moment you are approved by Amazon, start placing Amazon Affiliates links in the right place on your blog.

Any time someone visits your site and uses your link to buy a product or service on Amazon, you get a commission from the transaction.

This can be a good way to make money on your blog or social media pages.

ShareASale

ShareASale is another great way to make money from affiliate marketing.

Like most affiliate programs online, you get a real-time report from over 4000 plus merchants.

They are out to support you with over half a million products that you can choose from to promote.

The interesting thing about them is the extensive network of partners to tap into. 

Thereby, more source of revenue with and all product made available for promoting.

Registering with any of the above-mentioned affiliate marketers in the world guarantees you how to make money.

You just need to know-how.

With each affiliate marketing site, there are do’s and don’ts. 

These by-laws and should be understood and obeyed for maximum commission.

To be successful in this business, you must be willing to adhere to the rules of these affiliates programs.  

Only by that, you are sure to make money.

And...

Yes, you can make money relying on affiliates commission.

Affiliate Links

Following the rules of affiliate marketing 

For any affiliate, reading and following the rules is as important as making the sale.

In other to maximize your commission from every single affiliate sale, follow the rules of the affiliate program.

To do this, you need to disclose what you are doing to the world.

After disclosing, build trust by engaging your audience and your loyalists.

Different countries have different laws concerning what is right and wrong, so also affiliates program. 

Following the rules is next to success.

Why you should have full disclosure for your Audience 

Your audience should be in the blueprint of the affiliate marketing programs on your blog.

By having full disclosure, the reader will know what to expect. 

Although, you can’t experience all products before promoting them. 

Thus, you need to research and be well informed to give a disclosure for the products.

Where to place a product disclosure and site disclosure?

Your blog terms and conditions of using affiliate programs must be spelt out.

So you must consider the following under listed as applied to your blog;

First and always, place your disclosure close to the products you are promoting. 

By doing this, it will exonerate you from any faulty claims.

Hyperlinks should be clear and unambiguous or as click baits.

The consumer should be given full disclosure of the product before making a purchase.

What is important is when disclosing any product, this should be written in simple and clear language that a 5-year-old can read and understand.

And if you have a blog, review the product and make it clear to your audience. 

The best practice of using affiliates links on social media is by using hashtags like #ads #sponsor. 

This has indicated what the statement is.

On A Final Note 

Affiliate marketing has always been a good way to money online from your blog.

Although even if you don’t have a blog or site, you can still make money from affiliate marketing.

Having a blog is a plus and I’m convinced that it is the best way to make money via affiliate programs.

Make it possible for your blog readers to know that the links they are seeing are affiliate links.