Comments on: 5 Tips for Adding Affiliate Links without Trashing Your Site

By: Earn Money Quickly

Earn Money Quickly — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:48:05 +0000

Excellent post.

Affiliate marketing is a tough thing to get into especially for new people. Most newbies think if they put up a few links they will start to make money and it just doesn’t work that way. It takes time and patience along with skill.

By: Wealth Creation

Wealth Creation — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:27:51 +0000

I have a different story ‘though. When I cluttered my Adsense ads on top of the fold, I get a higher ctr and my earnings increased. I am not that successful anyway with my affiliates…

By: Inexpensive Laptops

Inexpensive Laptops — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:42:02 +0000

I think #1 is the most important. Relevance means the difference between conversions or just littering your site with ads. If its something the end user needs or wants they will most likely end up buying.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:39:41 +0000

Hey Justin,

Nice bunch of tips there. As you surf around on the net there are a lot of people that over do it with the affiliate links. If they saw these pointers they will sure to have more success.

By: SEO Tricks

SEO Tricks — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:45:53 +0000

Relevance of products and choosing the one which your visitors might be interested in is the key to gain profits.I use the same method all the time and it has shown me better results.

By: Jarrod@ Optimistic Journey

Jarrod@ Optimistic Journey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:58:34 +0000

This will be helpful for me in the near future when I start to apply affiliate ads onto my site. I think the Ad Butler will be of use so I’ll take a look at it. Great post!!

By: about web design

about web design — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:29:49 +0000

First sign up for cj account if you do not have one.Then go to your account page,Find view links,then choose and apply by filling out short form.When approved log on,go to link page then view links code for text or banner adds,They will supply html codes witch you then copy and paste into html box you insert from site builder tool bar to your webpage to area you would like for them to appear.
Hope this helps.

By: eBay Coach

eBay Coach — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:50:43 +0000

Promoting affiliate links is an art. If you aren’t subtle, it won’t work. Less is definitely more. The ratio is – 7/10 of your posts should be good solid content. 3/10 of your posts can be selling something.

By: resimler

resimler — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:05:31 +0000

@web designing tips thank you for your advices.

By: web designing tips

web designing tips — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:16:30 +0000

The best way is to learn how to position your links in front of those seeking what you have to offer. One of the greatest ways is to build a related website with valuable content that will attract natural traffic from the search engines.

By: handmade holiday gift ideas

handmade holiday gift ideas — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:44:39 +0000

To tell you the truth I can’t find anything on it and I have no idea how ClickBank feels about affiliate links within ebooks at all.

By: resimler

resimler — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:01:52 +0000

@Cash Genie thank you for your answer. But how can i know if an affiliate is bad in Google eyes? Is there any way to know it?

By: Cash Genie

Cash Genie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:51:28 +0000

@resimler actually some affiliates do not have a good rank and are considered bad in Google eyes and if one gets the affiliate from such a site, he actually gets a link from this site and if the site which is giving link is not a good site, your google rank might go down. This is what I would think of and I have observed as well.

By: Fajar

Fajar — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:02:33 +0000

yaa..
I’ve made my blog like a trash

By: resimler

resimler — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:37:41 +0000

Hey Matthew. Will Google rank my site low if I use affiliates?

By: gfx

gfx — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:03:30 +0000

affiliate networks today has the technology to create direct link tracking campaigns, i dont know why no software or network has done this yet. it is the biggest enhancement the industry needs

By: RInaldi Syahran

RInaldi Syahran — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:20:39 +0000

Many people dont realize this things and so do i. I think your post make me wake up from the stupidity

By: Andrew@BloggingGuide

Andrew@BloggingGuide — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:54:07 +0000

I totally agree with referring your visitors to companies that you trust. I always tell my readers to recommend products that they have tried and truly know that it is a great product.

By: used tires

used tires — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:46:54 +0000

I’ve found that another good way to get some links (if you are doing the affiliate blogging thing) is to find another website on the same topic and offer to write some articles for them. When they say ‘Yes please’, Tell them that you need to have an author bio and then put your keyword specific deep links in there.
There are plenty of content style websites around that have a ‘Would you like to write for us?’ page on them.

Till then,

Jean

By: Laptop Briefcases

Laptop Briefcases — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:17:27 +0000

By the way, CJ.com is indeed a great place to find affiliate programs. The great thing about CJ is that they list average network earnings for each program and each individual banner or text link. So you can really get a feel for different programs before deciding which ones to promote. There are many other smaller affiliate networks. So don’t automatically limit yourself to only what’s on CJ. Try other ones like linkshare and clickbank.

If you need ideas for affiliate programs to promote, check out all of your competitors. Some of them are bound to have some type of affiliate ads.

By: Laptop Briefcases

Laptop Briefcases — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:14:34 +0000

If done right, affiliate links are a great way to monetize a site. For most sites, you can earn much more money through affiliate ads compared to a CPC program like Google AdSense. You definitely have to ensure you don’t overwhelm your visitors with irrelevant ads or too many ads. Keep in mind that your site should still look visually appealing and trustworthy.

By: Credit Girl

Credit Girl — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:03:27 +0000

@ HotBlogTips: I totally agree! I see those all the time if not of different sorts… It’s really annoying because it just seems like they don’t know how to organize their affiliate links or choose ones that are content worthy of their site.

By: handmade holiday gift ideas

handmade holiday gift ideas — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:15:18 +0000

If I have affiliate banners on my website can I place my banner links on another site that is not mine to draw more traffic to my affiliate programs. If so how do you do this and what type of site do I place the banner links on?

By: Website Marketplace

Website Marketplace — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:14:55 +0000

Ok I have a question after reading the bottom section covering Commission Junction. Would I be able to use Commission Junction to help sell a service, or only specific products?

By: Web Design Beach

Web Design Beach — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:19:05 +0000

The only role that really matters here is relevancy. If you give your visitors what they need and want then there is no difference in posting one or xyz links. But if you give them something they weren’t looking for you can post miracle links and you wont have any results.

By: hotblogtips

hotblogtips — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:24:08 +0000

I think it is funny when I see sites that are about remodeling have affiliates for losing weight, completely unrelated!

Also, making your site look like the fender of a race car is the fastest way to the bottom of the pile.

So many bloggers forget that actual “humans” are the ones they are targeting….

By: teknoloji

teknoloji — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:38:03 +0000

the biggest problem about affiliate marketing today, is that it became such a hype that nearly every internet user, even the average ones, know about it. and affiliate links tend to drive people away from purchasing the products. because just knowing that the web site will make money of it, you can not honestly trust their reviews or recommendations.

affiliate networks today has the technology to create direct link tracking campaigns, i dont know why no software or network has done this yet. it is the biggest enhancement the industry needs

By: Credit Girl

Credit Girl — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:36:00 +0000

So true..I think it’s important not to overload your page with affiliate marketers because you don’t want it to be too crazy. And you’re right, choosing only certain offers that actually apply to your readership is important because you don’t want to spam your readers with things that your website isn’t even about…Great post!

By: Mid Mo Mortgage

Mid Mo Mortgage — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:15:41 +0000

I only show affiliate links when users have Adblock installed- so it almost never trashes my websites :-)

One PHP tutorial website I run is a different story. I have it setup to have a custom image showcase a book- really simple and nice. Conversions are great at about 3%. (I’m sure you can do better though- I’m new to aff. marketing)