Affiliate Programs and Blogs - A Profitable Match

The right affiliate program can make blogging very profitable. Choosing the right affiliate program for your blog can be challenging. Here are 5 tips to help you pick the right affiliate program for your blog.

1. Match the Affiliate Program to your Blogs Niche. I don't know how many times I see the wrong ads on blogs. If you're blogging about making money on the Internet, your readers aren't going to be interested in health food supplements! They want to see ads about making money!

2. PPA or PPC? Many Bloggers are familiar with programs like Adsense where the blogger gets paid a few cents for each click. This is a PPC program or "Pay Per Click." There is another type of program called PPA or "Pay Per Action." These programs pay you every time someone fills out a form and submits it. Generally, these programs can pay a lot more than PPC programs. Some up to $50 or more per action. If you pick a PPA affiliate program, pick a product or service your familiar with.

Selling something you know nothing about is tough, real tough.

3. Size Matters - One of the things that turns me off as a Internet surfer is visiting a blog and finding huge annoying ads splattered all over the page. It may surprise you to learn that text links out perform banners on many blogs and websites. Internet users have became ad bling to many banners. Experiment with different ad sizes and layouts to find out which one works best on your site.

4. Ad Placement Is Everything - Where you place the ads is just as important as how many ads you have on a page. Nothing screams SPAMMER or AMATEUR faster. Learn the optimum number of ads per page. You can't try and sell everything on your blog, you'll run off visitors real quick if you do. Pick an Affiliate Program, any program, and stick to it.

5. Give More Than You Receive - If every blog post you write is about pushing some product or service you're selling, you'll find that your readers will leave in a heartbeat. Give your readers lots of free and useful information and they'll reward you by clicking on ads and buying those products and services.

Affiliate programs and blogs are profitable matches, what are you waiting for?

by Don