If you’ve ever wanted to grow your blogging income, you’ve probably already come across the term of affiliate marketing. If you’re new in the field, let me explain it to you. Affiliate marketing is a way for a business to reward bloggers and online creators for each visitor/sale brought by the blogger’s own marketing efforts. Basically, once someone clicks on the affiliate link and buys something from your advertised website you’ve shared- you will get commissioned. Still sounds a bit complicated? Keep on reading…

If you place your cards right, affiliate marketing can become a great way to start earning money from your blog straight away. Here are some things you should consider along the way:

Go Self-Hosted

If you’re taking your blog seriously and wish to create a business out of it- self-hosting is definitely the way to go.

Look, no free wordpress.com blog or a blog built on Blogspot can compare to having your own self-hosted blog. With your own self-hosted site you get all the freedom you need to build a successful online business. You can choose from many available products to make payment process faster or implement affiliate links in few easy clicks. It’s also way easier to trach your growth and gets sponsorships when you run a self-hosted website. This list could go on!

I know, I know, this might sound a bit technical, but with the right resources, you can even launch your self-hosted WordPress site in minutes! Read more about the benefits of migrating to WordPress over here or if you trust my word- go ahead and start a profitable, self-hosted WordPress blog in 5 minutes here.

Choose A Niche

To become successful in affiliate marketing, you have to make sure your blog carries a clear message. Look, running a ‘beauty blog’ is too broad and it will make your journey a lot harder. Think what beauty products really rock your world, do you love supporting organic beauty brands or perhaps you’re all about luxurious beauty products? Find your niche and stick to it! The more narrow, the better, really!

Read more: How To Find The Right Niche For Your Blog?

Research Affiliate Programmes

There are so many affiliate programmes out there, but you shouldn’t seek to join all of them! Find what works for you and make sure to really trust the companies you advertise.

To help you out guys, I put together this list of my favourite Affiliate Programs that I personally use, trust & love.

Keep On Learning

Affiliate Marketing has been my second highest income source for the past year and it is seriously the best way to make passive income even while you sleep! I realised that I’ve been looking at this so wrong for ages and really wish I’d have started learning about the topic earlier.

It all really took a turn once I took Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing course. The course was created by Michelle who currently earns over $50,000 a month through affiliate marketing, and she shares all of the best tips in this course. In this course, there are 6 modules, over 30 lessons, over 20 worksheets, bonuses, an extremely helpful exclusive Facebook group, and more, and she goes through everything when it comes to affiliate marketing Go ahead and join today, you’ll have no regrets! There are no risks involved, so you have no excuses. If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, you can get in touch with Michelle in the first 30 days and they will give you a full refund!

Improve Your SEO

SEO is short for search engine optimization. Search engine optimization is a methodology of strategies, techniques and tactics used to increase the number of visitors to your blog by obtaining a high-ranking placement in the search results. The more views you get, the more chances your readers will end up using your affiliate links! The more affiliate links your readers use, the more money you make. You see, it all connects!

Google algorithm changes quite frequently, so it’s impossible to catch on every single shift they make. However, some of the best, time-proven tactics remained consistent. Read this post to find seven effective SEO tips that will help you blog better, attract more visitors & finally get the hang of all that SEO fuss.

Stay Consistent

If you really want to expand your blogging income, you have to keep bringing that content. Decide how many posts a week you feel comfortable in creating. It’s important to stay consistent, so I’d say- start small. I currently post about 3-4 posts every week and even after 3 years it sometimes feels like a lot of work. Blogging is FUN, but preparing high-quality posts can take a lot of your time. Instead of just posting randomly- prepare a schedule and really commit to sticking to it! You can do this, trust me!

In all reality, I only have one main advice here- just go ahead and DO IT! Seriously, a year from now you’ll wish you had started today! Let me know if you’re currently working on growing your blogging income, I’d love to check out your blog!