Affiliate Programs

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What’s the Best Affiliate Program For Blogs? 

Since I recieve several emails per week asking “What’s the best affiliate program for Blogs?” or “What’s the best affiliate program on the Internet?”, I figured this had to be a topic more than just a few of you had an interest in.

There are thousands of affiliate programs you could use on your blog, we both know that…right? What you want is the very best affiliate program to make the most money from your blog…am I understanding you correctly?

That’s what I thought.

The Best Affiliate Programs For Blogs

Okay, here’s the secret affiliate program. As an affiliate marketer, I’m taking a big chance on letting you in on this secret. I mean, all us affiliate marketers have this big secret meeting each month (special hand shakes and all) where we compare notes as to how many millions we’ve made from the best affiliate program for blogs. We don’t normally share it with outsiders…just the mere fact that I’m mentioning it on this blog puts me in grave danger

Okay, enough jerking you around.

The formula for deciding the best affiliate program for blogs is simple. The best affiliate program for blogs is the affiliate program of a product or service that you’re familiar with and one you can honestly recommend to your readers.

You have to know your product and you have to know the readers of your blog! Stop putting sex ads on your fishing related blog! Just because I happen to enjoy fishing and having sex (not at the same time) doesn’t mean I want to see a bunch of porn ads when I visit your fishing blog. In fact, this turns me off (no pun intended) and you can be damn sure that I won’t click on any ads! I’ll hit the Back button or close the browser first!

You see, there is no “best” affiliate program for blogs. Is there a “best” car ever made, or the “best” fast food joint or the “best” computer, best fishing bait…no. There are just other peoples opinions on what’s the best.

You may think that Fords are best while I believe Chevy’s are the best vehicles on the road. Another blogger may be believe that his 1972 Dodge Dart is the best vehicle ever made.

Yet, if we each had a blog covering the subject of what the best vehicles ever made were, we’d sell you on the advantages of each of our favorite vehicles! If you read the bloggers blog about the 1972 Dodge Dart, chances are many people would be sifting through salvage yards around the World looking for a 1972 Dodge Dart because you trusted and believed what the blogger recommends!

Disclaimer: The 1972 Dodge Dart IS NOT the best vehicle every made…just ask my ex-Wife! =)

You see, you have to believe in something to really sell it. This little nugget of truth has been lost of many a car and real estate salesman, not to mention would-be A-list bloggers. That’s the simple fact.

How To Choose The Best Affiliate Program For A Blog

To begin the process, have a look at this article I posted about how to choose a profitable affiliate program.

During that process, you’ll be choosing an affiliate program based on what your blog’s niche is about (and I hope it isn’t about making money online!).

If you’re blogging about cars, then you’ll have car related affiliate programs on your site. For some people, Adsense pays more than their affiliate programs (although it shouldn’t!)

You see, affiliate programs rely on lots and lots of traffic to generate good sales. So when you’re pet related affiliate products arent’ selling well on your pet related blog, part of the reason could be those 41 rss subscribers you’re feed counter says you have.

You need lots of traffic to make a lot of money from affiliate programs! Chances are if you have low numbers you’re having low sales. In fact, I’d bet the vast majority of blogs fall into this category.

Guys (and gals), it’s like this: There is no magic money making pill out here on the Internet that will make your rich overnight…well…at least legally!

Hard work and “biz smarts” still trump the “get rich quick or walk away after my 1st failure” mentality!

Match affiliate program offers to the subject of your niche and then work on driving targeted traffic to your site. That’s the secret of the best affiliate programs for blogs!