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5 Strategies for Affiliate Marketing Success

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Want to make money blogging? I highly recommend affiliate marketing.

For those who may have never heard the term of affiliate marketing before, it’s basically when you are paid to promote another person’s product, coupon, deal, or website.

It’s typically CPA (cost-per-action) advertising — which means that you only get paid per action. In other words, a reader must take some form of action (purchase something, click through your link and sign up for something, download a coupon or ebook, etc.) before you receive any compensation.

You sign up for an affiliate program (I share some of my favorites at the end of this post), you promote your unique affiliate link that the company gives you, and then you are paid if your readers buy the item or sign up for the offer.

In many cases, people have to make a purchase in order for you to earn money as an affiliate. However, there are also hundreds of other options that require no purchase.Continue Reading

10 Strategies to Never Run Out of Blog Post Ideas

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If you find yourself feeling uninspired and idea-less when it comes to getting content ideas flowing, here are 10 of my favorite strategies to keep my creative juices flowing:

1. Live Vibrantly {Offline}

A vibrant offline life will fuel your online creativity. Make sure you have a healthy balance of face-to-face interaction with friends, family fun {that you don’t blog or post on social media about}, and media-free time blocks in your day and week.Continue Reading

The Best Way to Announce Your New Blog on Social Media

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I was recently encouraged to share my blog on social media. I’ve been writing there for months but have not wanted to share it for two reasons. First, I am terrified because social media is basically a stomping grounds for offenses. The person that encouraged me to share it helped me see past this first one.

Second, I have kept it private for the reason that this is real life and my posts are irregular. Now I feel the day I’ve dreaded has come and honestly feel God has asked me to take this step. And even though I am still terrified and still have days and maybe weeks I don’t post, I’m ready to step forward.

What would your advice be for someone in my position? How do you “introduce” a blog on social media? -Rebecca

This is a fantastic question and one that many new bloggers face. While posting regularly is important, sometimes you have to work up to that. Here is the advice I offered to Rebecca on how to start your public social media profiles for your blog (even if you aren’t posting regularly…yet!):Continue Reading

How to Spot and Deal With Comment Spam

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No matter whether you are a brand-new blogger or a very experienced blogger, you’re going to deal with the dreaded comment spam.

Unfortunately, it’s just part of blogging. And while there are ways to significantly reduce comment spam, I have yet to find a way to completely eliminate it altogether. Which means that you have to get good at spotting it and making sure you have measures in place so that these unwanted comments don’t get posted on your blog.

What Is Comment Spam?

If you’re new to blogging, it can be a challenge to figure out which comments are spam and which are legitimate. Sometimes, they can look very similar.Continue Reading

5 Secrets to Growing a Rock Star Email List

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I’m asked all the time how to effectively grow an email list. Here’s the honest truth: I didn’t do this right for the first eight years of my business. In fact, I really didn’t even see the need to work on building an email list. I know, can you believe it?

As the internet has evolved and changed, I’ve realized that social media is constantly changing. What works with blogging is constantly changing. But people still check their email inboxes — and most people check their email inboxes multiple times per day.

This is why email newsletters are so important. They give you direct access to people who are interested in your products and your business and they give you one of the most effective ways to build and nurture relationships with people.Continue Reading

10 Sites That Will Pay You For Referrals

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If you’re a brand-new blogger and you don’t have a lot of traffic, it can be hard to get accepted into many affiliate programs. But don’t despair! There are a number of sites that don’t require you to even be a blogger in order to promote them — and they will pay you for sharing your referral link! Most of these sites pay via credit to their site that you can use to buy products on their site.

This can be a fun way to buy some items you need to buy or want to buy, even if you’re not making a lot of money off of your blog yet. You can share your referral links on your social media, on your blog, or even in your email newsletters!Continue Reading

My 5-Step Plan for Setting Great Goals as a Blogger

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If you read my other blog, MoneySavingMom.com, you probably know I’m a big fan of setting goals. I’ve experienced firsthand the fruit and fulfillment that comes from setting a goal and working hard toward it.

I’ve also learned that without goals, you’ll usually have nothing that you’re aiming for — and complacency and floundering are typically the result.

Goals give you passion, purpose, motivation, and drive. You wake up each day with intention; you have a plan and you have direction.Continue Reading