Understanding Affiliate Marketing From The Perspective Of A Blogger

I’ve been affiliate marketer for almost as long as I have been a blogger and it’s amazing how much you learn as you go along.

I was very frustrated by nearly all of the affiliate promotions run on my blog during the first two years or so. Each time I published a blog post that focused on an affiliate offer… Read the rest of this entry »

The Secret To Big Profits Selling Affiliate Products From Your Blog

When I posted my September blog earnings of $10,899.83 a few readers replied asking for advice with affiliate marketing. Given nearly $4,400 of that income was from affiliate sales – the largest single source of income – it’s easy to understand why people want further explanation in this area.

I’ll be frank with you, the area I make money… Read the rest of this entry »

Do You Understand How Online Advertising Works?

A few months ago the very first person approached me wanting to advertise a certain affiliate program on my blog. I didn’t realize it at the time, but the program in question would go on to become probably the most advertised program I have ever seen in the make money online niche, the banners for it are EVERYWHERE.

I’m not… Read the rest of this entry »

Frustrating Yes – But I Want Google To Be My Friend

I’ve been thinking about this all last week and I’ve decided to make some changes to this blog. In response to the Google PageRank penalty slapping, which in my case dropped this blog from a PR 6 to a PR 3, I have decided to adhere to Google’s demands.

I am no longer selling text links via the Text-Link-Ads.com… Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook Flyers Pro Delivers The Best Pay Per Click Advertising Program Yet

I was logged into my Facebook account the other day and a notice popped up telling me that Facebook Flyers, the internal self-service advertising system inside Facebook, had released a new version where you only pay per click.

Yes, that’s right, a pay per click advertising system to target the highly lucrative Facebook userbase. It’s called Flyers Pro and… Read the rest of this entry »

http://www.supersecretaffiliate.com/banner/ej468

Amazon Increases Commissions to 20% on MP3 Downloads

Amazon just announced that it will be offering a flat 20% commission on all Mp3 downloads from their marketplace. This is great news for those of you that use the Amazon affiliate program (Amazon associates). If you don’t, you can sign up by clicking here – Amazon associates program.

This increase is over double the top commission… Read the rest of this entry »

I Made $10,899.83 From Blogging in September

Back in March of this year, 2007, I reported my blogging income of $6549.52. September, while a slower month for net usage because the northern hemisphere is wrapping up the holiday period (people go outside when the weather is nice instead of sit inside on their computers, thus reducing traffic and income from some advertising programs), turned out to… Read the rest of this entry »

Did I Get Hit With A PageRank Penalty?

I just can’t seem to get it right about this whole PageRank update thing. First I thought PageRank was updating, then I noticed it was just some sites dropping in PR, then I thought it was updating again when this blog dropped from a 6 to a 5, but now it seems it could have just been a… Read the rest of this entry »

Blogging To The Bank Review

Blogging to the Bank 2.0 Book by Rob Benwell

You can find a list of other reviews and links to the products and resources I use to run my online business in the Resources Section of this website.

Name: Blogging to the Bank 2.0
Creator: Rob Benwell
URL: www.bloggingtothebank.com
Purpose: Learn how to make money… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Launch A Membership Site – Part 3: Technology

Read previous articles in this series:

The pieces of the puzzle to produce a successful membership site are coming together. Preeminence (credibility, reputation, key contacts) and marketing (an ability to communicate with your prospective members)… Read the rest of this entry »

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Now Is The Time To Become A Blog Mastermind Affiliate

I’ve just finished creating the welcome materials for Blog Mastermind students and the program will launch this Thursday (more on this in my next post).

If you currently blog or have an email newsletter or website about making money from blogs, or blog tips, or Internet marketing or online business or any topic related to professional blogging and making… Read the rest of this entry »

Earn Recursive Commissions With The Blog Mastermind Affiliate Program

The Blog Mastermind Partners affiliate program is now available.

If you have a blog or newsletter or website or any means to contact people who are interested in earning money from blogging, then please consider joining my new affiliate program.

You earn $20 USD repeat commission every month for each person you refer and a once off commission of $300… Read the rest of this entry »

My Top 7 Blog Monetization Methods

In response to Chad Randall’s post detailing his 7 Levels of Revenue for your Blog I’ve compiled my own ranking list of what I consider the best methods to make money from a blog.

This list reviews my preference starting from the best to the least effective monetization methods I have implemented on my blogs. Note the list is… Read the rest of this entry »

Free IQ – YouTube For Internet Marketers

Brad Fallon, the mastermind along with Andy Jenkins behind the uber-successful StomperNet (by the way – StomperNet is opening their doors again very soon), recently launched the beta version of his very cool Free IQ – The Marketplace for Ideas.

Free IQ is about about empowering individuals to distribute their knowledge online using media such as video, audio and… Read the rest of this entry »

How I Make Money Online Part 4 – Blogging

Back in August 2005 I wrote a three part series of blog posts about how I have made money online. This was one of my first pillar article series and forms one of the foundation content pillars that this blog was built on (my business timeline and typical day in my life articles were other foundation pieces… Read the rest of this entry »

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I Made $6549.52 From Blogging in March

This is a topic I’ve wanted to chime in on for a long time now. Many bloggers, some well known, others not so well know, have been talking money. In particular how much can you earn from blogging.

Combining all my income sources outside of my business, the total for March 2007 comes to $6549.52 – and most of that… Read the rest of this entry »

ReviewMe Affiliate Program Launches

I just received the email from ReviewMe that they have launched their affiliate program and are paying out $25 per referral. Here’s what their blog states -

We are excited to announce our very cool affiliate program is ready for your blog! Not only will the affiliate program drive traffic to your individual listing at ReviewMe which will encourage

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I Am An Affiliate Marketer

I’ve been thinking for a while how I feel about affiliate marketing and how I conduct promotions on this blog. It’s well know that many bloggers promote via affiliate programs to make commissions, which is one of the ways I monetize my traffic here at Entrepreneurs-Journey. At the moment affiliate income is the second best money earner for this blog,… Read the rest of this entry »

AdVolcano – Another Blog Monetization Option

I just received a sponsored review request from a company new to me called AdVolcano. I had a quick browse of their site and initially thought it was another standard middleman style ad services company (clearing house) linking advertisers with publishers – and it is – but they are doing one thing that I like, which I think is… Read the rest of this entry »

From $10 Per Week To $100+ Per Day In AdSense Income

I had to single this forum post out because it’s from a young guy in Brisbane, my hometown, making good income online by creating content sites and driving huge amounts of organic traffic using sound SEO techniques. It should serve as motivation for all you budding AdSense earners.

His name is Chris and over the last 12 months he has… Read the rest of this entry »

http://budurl.com/entrepreneursjourney