Affiliate Marketing Tips for Bloggers

Affiliate marketing is one of the top methods bloggers use to make money, and for good reason! Affiliate marketing is the key to passive income as you can automate your blog to earn money for you through affiliates.

In short, affiliate marketing is when a blogger makes a recommendation for a particular product or service they love. They add a trackable link in their content and when the link is clicked on by a reader and a purchase is made, the blogger receives a commission.

This is an awesome symbiotic cycle – the readers get great suggestions, the brands and companies get sales, and the blogger gets some money in their pocket. Pretty good deal, huh?

We have our own strategies when it comes to affiliate marketing and this system has led us to great blogging success. Instead of just putting trackable links in our content, we’ve turned our blogs into Affiliate Machines with the help of email marketing.

If you’re curious about the basics of affiliate marketing or are wondering how to get started yourself, you’re in the right place!

Turning Our Blog Into an Affiliate Machine

In our Blogging Fast Lane course, one of the core components is teaching our students the exact steps to turn their blogs into an Affiliate Machine. 

An affiliate machine is a system that works around the clock to earn a blogger an income. Instead of just working while the blogger is online, an affiliate machine is totally automated and works 24/7 to convert readers into buyers. 

So why is this so important?

Well, imagine turning on your phone after two weeks offline and seeing a $2,000 deposit. You’ve been hiking through the mountains or cruising the oceans or simply spending time with family… anything but working online and the money is still rolling in. This is the power of an affiliate machine, and one that shouldn’t be taken for granted as it’s the key to passive income. 

When you turn your blog into an affiliate machine, you can stop trading your time for money and start to profit from your passions even when you’re offline. 

Affiliate machines are built from the fundamentals of affiliate marketing, and this starts with joining affiliate programs that are relevant to your niche.

There are literally thousands of affiliate programs out there, filled with a gigantic range of products and services to promote on your blog.

No matter what you’re blogging about, you’re sure to find an affiliate program that will be useful to your readers and earn you an income. Check out the article below featuring a compilation of affiliate programs for bloggers to join!

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How We Use Email Marketing to Increase Affiliates

What sets an affiliate machine apart is that there’s more that goes into it than just affiliate programs. An affiliate machine is a complete system and in addition to trackable links, email marketing is a huge component of building out the machine. 

With email marketing, you can build trust with your readers and drive them back to your affiliate articles over and over again. Email marketing is a way to provide your readers with further value, all while keeping your affiliate machine well oiled.

Email marketing starts with growing your email list – something that all bloggers should start doing ASAP. 

It also really helps to offer your readers a value gift, or lead magnet in exchange for their email address. Doing this shows that you understand your reader’s unique interests and/or problems and have something that will be helpful to them. 

Value gifts also go a long way in terms of creating segmented email lists and building out your affiliate machine. 

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