Comments on: affiliate marketing tips for fashion bloggers: direct product links & SID http://www.grechenblogs.com/2010/07/affiliate-marketing-tips-direct-product-links-sid/ living, blogging, & surviving online Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: grechen http://www.grechenblogs.com/2010/07/affiliate-marketing-tips-direct-product-links-sid/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 grechen Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:06:47 +0000 http://www.grechenblogs.com/?p=353#comment-1160 i don't know if this is a tip really, but as long as your affiliate links are relevant to your post, your blog & your audience, you shouldn't feel "spammy" about using them, although i understand the feeling. i put this disclaimer at the bottom of all my posts that links to my editorial policy if people are curious: <blockquote>want to know more about the links within posts, how I do reviews, or choose advertisers? check out Grechen's Closet editorial policy</blockquote> if you want to "mask" your affiliate links, you can use the pretty link plugin for WP and just give your link a nice name - it also helps to track clicks, etc. - i use this a lot in conjunction with cross-linker for links i feature over and over again. i don’t know if this is a tip really, but as long as your affiliate links are relevant to your post, your blog & your audience, you shouldn’t feel “spammy” about using them, although i understand the feeling. i put this disclaimer at the bottom of all my posts that links to my editorial policy if people are curious:

want to know more about the links within posts, how I do reviews, or choose advertisers? check out Grechen’s Closet editorial policy

if you want to “mask” your affiliate links, you can use the pretty link plugin for WP and just give your link a nice name – it also helps to track clicks, etc. – i use this a lot in conjunction with cross-linker for links i feature over and over again.

]]> By: Ashe Mischief http://www.grechenblogs.com/2010/07/affiliate-marketing-tips-direct-product-links-sid/comment-page-1/#comment-1158 Ashe Mischief Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:36:39 +0000 http://www.grechenblogs.com/?p=353#comment-1158 This makes me happy to read, because I did it right yesterday! YESSSS. Any tips for combating that "I feel like I'm being spammy" feeling by using affiliate links? I know I need/ought to use them more.... and I have a post coming up soon where I do. It wasn't written for the use of affiliate links, though they're in there... This makes me happy to read, because I did it right yesterday! YESSSS.

Any tips for combating that “I feel like I’m being spammy” feeling by using affiliate links? I know I need/ought to use them more…. and I have a post coming up soon where I do. It wasn’t written for the use of affiliate links, though they’re in there…

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