Website and Blog Income Generation: Affiliate Marketing - Adam Japko

1. • Simple to get started
• Potential for significant passive
income stream
• Create more actionable posts for your
readers
• BUT, maintain transparency and don’t
lose trust with your readers
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Affiliate Marketing – Is it worth it?

2. “Affiliate marketing is the process of earning a commission by
promoting other people’s (or company’s) products. You find a
product you like, promote it to others and earn a piece of the
profit for each sale that you make.”
-Pat Flynn www.smartpassiveincome.com
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Affiliate Marketing – What is it?

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5. Evaluation
• The affiliate channel powers a variety of established design publisher
websites providing content to consumers as they evaluate brand
options and add new ones.
• Search engines and shopping comparison publishers let users cross-
shop at a destination for consumers desiring more control over how
they research products.
• Content & Community publishers, a.k.a. the blogosphere, is on the
rise in the affiliate channel. When a trusted blogger makes a
recommendation, their readers listen…and often convert.
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Affiliate Marketing – how to get started
Attractiveness of Affiliate
Program
• Identify Products that fit your
Brand and that you willingly
endorse
• Verify they have Affiliate
program
• Average affiliate rates for
product sale leads in home
space are 3-5%. Some Affiliates
also pay on Cost Per Click
• Smaller companies often have
more attractive rates
Fit with
your
Brand
High
Low
Low
High
Target =
High Fit +
High Rates

9. • “Anything that makes my life easier in terms of technology,
increasing our revenue, or helping us build relationships with
affiliates…is the best. Not a lot of companies do that, but VigLink
does.”
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10. Affiliate Marketing
Resources & Programs
• www.viglink.com
• marketing.rakuten.com/index.php
• www.cj.com
• http://nichehacks.com/affiliate-blog/
• https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/
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