This document outlines an event for bloggers new to affiliate marketing. The event agenda includes four presentations on monetizing blogs through affiliate marketing, including an overview, step-by-step tactics, video production, and incorporating podcasting. The document also shares tips for bloggers on affiliate marketing strategies, common concerns, and ways to make money from a blog through various monetization methods like ads, products, and affiliate links.
3. This 4-hour event is geared to folks that are new to affiliate marketing
1:00-1:45 - Monetizing Your Blog Using Affiliate Marketing (An
Overview) – Presenter: Missy Ward
2:00-3:00 - Step by Step Monetization Tactics Using Affiliate Marketing
– Presenter: Debbie Bookstaber
3:15-3:45 - Professional Video Production for Bloggers – Presenter:
Joey Fortman
4:00 -4:30 - Incorporating Podcasting Into Your Blog Monetization
Strategy – Presenter: Daniel M. Clark
4:30-5:00 - Affiliate Marketing Q&A
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4. Key Points:
“In this session you will get an overview of
how affiliate marketing works; learn how to
find complimentary products and services to
promote and walk out with seven successful
affiliate marketing strategies to monetize
your blog immediately.”
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8. Subsidize operational costs to keep blogging hobby
afloat.
Create an additional part-time income stream.
Career shift from employee to self-employment.
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10. Reader’s focus drawn to content rather
than ads *may* build a stronger
audience faster.
Not knowing when the “right time” is.
Underestimating value of traffic *may*
leave money on table.
Redesigning site to include ads and
time investment to discover that readers
may not be buyers.
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11. Some money is better than no money.
No need to redesign when ready for ads.
Consistent experience for users from day
one.
Learning what works early on *can*
increase potential income down the road.
(products, placements, ad-serving).
• New blogs *unlikely* to make significant
money without having traffic.
• Finding advertisers *can* be more difficult.
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12. Direct Advertising Sales / Sponsorships
Paid postings
Contextual Advertising (Google
Adsense, Chitika)
Selling Your Own Product
Membership Component (Forum, Premium
Content)
Text Link Advertising
(TextLinkAds, InfoLinks)
Donations
Affiliate Marketing
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35. Promote products and services you use and
believe in.
Don’t stick to marketing what everyone else is
marketing.
Find the “next big thing” in your niche.(Google
Alerts, Twitter, Facebook, Ebay Pulse, Google
Insight, TV advertising.
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36. 2009 FTC Ruling on Disclosure of
Endorsements for bloggers ($11k+ per
post fines)
Clears up an ethical concerns allowing
freedom to make money while being
responsible for own reputation
.
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40. Oneload.com (Part of TubeMogul.com) for uploading &
tracking on top video sharing /social networking sites (Also
check out RippleFire.com (new) – Cheaper and Free test)
Include shortened link in Description on Youtube, etc. and as
overlay within video itself.
Transcription on you blog w/links
Embed clickable video on your blog using Viewbix (2
free/then 19.99 month and visit missyward.com/viewbix for
tutorial) or LinkedTube (Free)
Merchant Video Creatives
Keep video to no more than 1-1/2 to 2 minutes & include a
call to action (almost 60% will abandon at 2minute mark)
YouTube Partner Program (Rev share ads on your videos)
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43. Google’s Feedburner: Free (Can
run Adsense automatically in
email
Aweber: $19/month up to 500
subsribers $29/2,500, $49/5,000,
etc.
Automated Weekly newsletters via
template with Aweber)
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46. Huge SEO opportunity for optimized
images (Think Google Images)
Flickr – Embed on blog with Affiliate Links
links
Luminate and Stipple great tools to easily
share and monetize embeded images with
overlay ads, products in the picture (based
on tags). [Think Adsense for Images]
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49. Remember relevancy and personalization is key
Genuine Recommendations, Build relationships
Avoid dropping direct Affiliate Links but rather bring them
back to your site to provide additional content
Automation Plugins (Networked blogs, Twitterfeed, etc.)
Sharing Plugins (Social Sharing Toolkit, ShareThis, etc.)
Pretty Link Pro (Shrink, Cloak, Track, Stats, Keyword
Replacement w/ blog name in URL)
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52. PodPress, PowerPress Plugin
Look for Podcast Networks (GeekCast.fm)
Syndicate to iTunes
Affiliate links in show notes
Transcription: Great for SEO
(CastingWords.com $.75 /min & Up, Fiverr
12 minutes)
Audible Podcast Affiliate Program (Audible
Pre-roll ad pays $15/ free trial)
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55. SkimLinks, VigLink – Don’t need to sign up to
Affiliate Networks
BounceLinks – Keep direct relationship with
retailers
They don’t overwrite existing affiliate links
Simple install (plugin or code)
Once installed can monetize even your old blog
posts
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