cramming your sidebars full with as many affiliate ads as possible is not going to earn you more commission – in fact, it may earn less: if there’s one thing I hear from newer bloggers, it’s that their affiliate ads aren’t really earning them much money.
here’s why I think this is true:
affiliate ads make you look just like everyone else. you don’t think your visitors ONLY visit your site, do you? We all have the same affiliates, and they’re all well-known online boutiques or brands – there’s nothing interesting there, unless you can get an exclusive code for your website and have some graphics created for you.
how to do advertising:
In my opinion, advertising (any advertising) isn’t very effective until you have regular visitors (not just your sister) who trust and value your opinions and lots of valuable content. Don’t start a blog just to make money (please). Start a blog because you’re passionate about the subject. The money will follow. I promise.
what are your experiences? what do you think?
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Those are some great points. It’s so important to differentiate oneself. And great advice about not doing it for the money. I think many people see the super popular blogs and think it can be very lucrative. But there are just a ridiculous number of blogs out there and many people writing about the same stuff or rambling on and on and on.