Social Networking

Social Networking

Once you've registered with a few advertisers and you've got some content on your blog, you want to start promoting your blog and attracting people to it.

There's many ways to do this but the most fun way is called Social Networking. What you do is you simply register with as many social network sites as you want, and link them back to your blog. Once you have your profile set up, just start inviting people to be your friend. They will then view your profile and hopefully follow your links to your blog, and again hopefully click on your links.

Here are just a few examples of all the sites that are out there.

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You've probably already heard of MySpace, Facebook, and Flickr; these are all great sites to register with.

You should also create a Squidoo lens. This is also a really great site on which you can earn money on. I would recommend that you also link your social networking sites to your Squidoo.

And then there's Twitter...some people would say it's a waste of time but others love it. This site is a little different in the sense that you continuously update what you’re doing, and then your followers can always know what you’re up to. You can also follow others and know what they are up to as well.

Another great site is YouTube! This site can get you a lot of traffic to your blog if you put up some videos in relation to your blog. So check them out and find out which ones you like, you don’t have to join all of them; just join the ones that you like.

Give it time, as you build your friends lists, your traffic will start to increase.

Register with Amazon Associates

Register with Amazon Associates

Amazon offers a very good program which is free to join. They have a wide variety of products ranging from books to electronics and much more.

What I like about Amazon is the various different methods you can take in their program. They give you a variety of links and banner ads which you can use and at the same time they’ll allow you to open up to 100 stores at no cost to you. I recommend that you experiment with these banners and links to see which ones work best.

When you open an Amazon store just follow the step by step instructions, it's not hard to set it up. At the end it will give you a code which you can embed into your website. If you don't have a site, don't worry, just forget about the code for now and grab the link with your affiliate ID and paste it into your blog. Anyone who clicks on that link will be directed to your store just as you designed it. The only downfall is that your affiliate link is visible in the address bar, which doesn't look very neat...but it shouldn't stop people from buying from your store.

If you want to get your own website to host your store, you can do so at fairly good prices. Bluehost or PowWeb will provide you with good services along with low prices. There's also Yahoo, Hostgater, and Hostmonster. Check them out and see which one you like.

Click Bank

Click Bank

Click Bank is the internet's leading retailer of digital products. They have a huge selection of ebooks which can be instantly downloaded. Their affiliate program is one of the best since they offer up to 75% commission payout.

To register simply go to Click Bank and click on the “Become an affiliate” tab.

Once registration is complete you can start promoting products, by clicking on the 'Marketplace' link in the top right hand corner. Here you will have access to over 10,000 products.

But before you start promoting any products read the Affiliate FAQ, you'll see the link in the top right corner as well. Here you will find all the information you need to create your hop links and promote the products of your choice.

Registering with Commission Junction

Registering with Commission Junction

Commission Junction is a HUGE asset to affiliate marketers. They provide you with a humongous amount of different companies with affiliate programs that you can join.
It doesn’t matter what your niche is, I’m 99.9% positive you will find companies which will provide you with affiliate links appropriate for your niche.

First you have to register as a publisher with Commission Junction. Fill out everything they require you to fill out, and then once you’re done, you can start applying to as many affiliate programs as you like.

Once registration is done, all you do is click on the “Get Links” tab on the top of your page; then you’ll see categories for just about any market out there. Each category has multiple companies listed with affiliate programs which you can apply to.

This is a very simple process because Commission Junction already has all your contact information which is forwarded automatically to any program which you apply to. The company then will either automatically approve your application; and you will see that screen pop up as soon as your accepted; or they will do it manually which could take a few days, and they will let you know by e-mail once you have been approved.

To get your advertising links, click on the 'View Links' link right beside the advertiser's name. Here you will see a variety of banner ads or text links provided by the advertiser. On the right-hand side, under the 'Get Links' column, you'll see that you have two choices: you can either get the Javascript, or the html code. It doesn't really matter which one you get...Blogger will accept both.

Now it's very simple to keep track of which programs you applied to, which ones you've been accepted to, and which ones you're waiting to be accepted by. In the “Get Links” area you'll see four tabs underneath the “Get Links” tab. One of them is “By Relationship”. If you click on that you'll see a list of all your advertisers that have accepted you. To check which programs you've applied to and are waiting to hear back, click on the “Pending Applications” tab.

There's a lot more to cover on this, but that's just the basics to help you get started.