Open Post: How Do You Make Money From Affiliate Schemes?

Everton | Aug 02, 2007 | Comments


I’m really intrigued when I see how much money some blogs are making from affiliate schemes, as despite having a good total level of income, I make almost nothing from affiliate schemes. At best I make $3-4 per day from Firefox referrals and 1-2 TLA referrals a month.

So, this is an open post to all readers. How do you make money from affiliate schemes? What schemes do you use? What schemes haven’t been successful? What do you do to drive traffic to your schemes?

I’m hoping that readers will share their tips. In the past I’ve asked one of my readers directly for a few pointers, but he declined as he didn’t want me stealing his ideas, which I thought was a bit off.


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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University.He also writes for Windows 7 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

  • While I've done a lot with affiliate schemes in the past, it's not been on blogs, but in general, what works is pre-selling the product or service. In my case that now means I'm reviewing books that might interest my readers and including an amazon affiliate link at the end of the review.

    Your most obvious first step would be to add Amazon or similar affiliate links to the reviews of Football Manager 2008 etc that you include. All those posts about mobile phones would be good targets too.

    Then add an affiliate link for something like Yaro Starak's Blog Mastermind course to your earnings related posts.

    I think you get the idea, if you'd like more idea/info drop me an email.
  • John you provided nice idea and my feeling are the same.

    Everton did you try yahoo search marketing affiliates?

    I use CJ i am not making big bucks but all you have to do is to blend the affiliate product in your content. Throwing ads on the site didnt generate sales you have to create a content that help visitor make discussion. And in the end offer them a good product :)
  • The best i have made is $300 in one day, that was promoting some clickbank offers

    Nothing to brag about, but you did ask ;)
  • I have as yet to make very much money with affiliate products. I think I have made about $50 promoting some Clickbank Products. I have made more money with sponsored posts.
  • I have never made a penny out of these affiliate marketting program. I wonder they are indeed helpful to make money.
  • I have a couple of sites which generate regular money through CJ affiliate programs. They're very much laser focused on a niche and so you know that when the visitors come that they're looking for something very specific and, as John says, you do a bit of pre-selling on the landing page before selling the product.

    Slapping CJ banners into your site simply doesn't work. Text links do but only if it adds value to the reader.
  • Everton,

    Your site is a gold mine for affiliate marketing. Like John said,"try adding affiliate links to any tech products you review. Also consider signing up for AuctionAds, an Ebay based affiliate program.

    Also Go to CJ, and sign up as an Apple affiliate.

    In order to generate your own unique ideas, peak into your Google Analytics stats and see what keywords your visitors search for. If they are product specific, then review those products and add some links!

    Final words: success won't come overnight; Keep testing, tweaking, and most importantly reading!
  • Well I have ready about affiliate sites or adsense sites subscribing to Adwords to advertise their sites for very niche key phrases. Its the same concept, spend a little and earn a little more
  • I've just started promoting some affiliate programs, and so far I earned only $75 with Text Link Ads (over three months), but I'm only learning. I hope some day I'll do much better.
  • Lonely ClickBank Affiliate
    I've gotten my profits to about $100 per day affiliate marketing ClickBank products though PPC.
    The trick is finding the right product. From my personal experience current ClickBank gravity of any product can be bloated and may not represent the real picture. However by looking at historic trends you can get a much better idea.
    So I started downloading ClickBank marketplace feed daily to get some historical perspective.
    Recently I've put up a site http://www.cb-analytics.com to make this data publicly available so anyone can freely use it.
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