What is a Blog? - Affiliate Marketing

What is a Blog?

There are many different ways to approach blogs and in this article, we're talking about the traditional type of blog. Many different types of websites may use WordPress (a popular blog platform), but again our purposes here, we're talking about an actual blog or online journal.

As an affiliate, blogs are great relationship-builders that can help you establish a rapport with your visitors, establish you as an expert and help you build a mailing list.

Tips for Blogs:

• Make sure you have a mailing list sign-up box on every page of your blog and don't rely on an RSS feed. There is a much better chance that they will sign up for your mailing list and email is a much more powerful tool.

• You can post ads on your blog, but because a traditional blog is often read by loyal readers, your visitors probably aren't paying attention to ads. It will usually be more effective to talk about products that you've used and relevant to what you're writing about.

For example, if you are casually speaking about your experience with a product, link to it. If you're writing about a conversation you had with a friend, who happens to sell a product to your target market, link to it. If there is a free teleseminar or course you're going to attend and it comes with an affiliate link, use it. The key is to be direct and relevant.

What To Use to Build Your Blog -> Check out our Blog Platform Comparison Chart

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