Online Affiliate Marketing Info: Affiliate Marketing Blogging Tips For Making Money Online

Affiliate marketing blogging is a smart and effective way to earn money online when you know how to do it correctly. The problem that most new online marketers have is that they want to put the cart before the horse. In other words "they focus all of their efforts on making the sale".

The problem with that approach is that if you do not take the time to first "give value" to your readers then you are not that likely to make many sales. First, before we go any further let’s take a moments to answer a few quick questions, starting with

What Is Affiliate Marketing Blogging ?

Basically it is the process of using your blog content and traffic to promote affiliate offers. By selecting high quality offers that will benefit your visitors and by effectively promoting those offers you can earn a commission from each sale that you help to generate.

Why Is Affiliate Marketing Blogging A Smart Way To Make Money Online ?

Well, according to the internetworldstats website - The internet was being used by 34.3 % of the worlds population which is about 2,405,518,376 users as of June 30, 2012 and that number continues to increase on a daily basis.

With the increase of new internet devices such as more advanced smart-phones, tablets, mini tables, etc not only is it easier than ever to access the internet but more and more people are surfing the net far more often than ever before. This means that doing business on the internet is a huge growth and income opportunity for those of us who are willing to take advantage of it.

Affiliate Marketing Blogging Tips For Making Money Online

Now with those questions taken care of we can take a look at what you need to know to create an effective affiliate marketing blog.

Tip # 1.) You need to be working in a niche that is willing to spend money online. Some good examples of this are many of the "How To" niches such as how to make money in forex, how to lose weight, how to talk to women, etc, etc…

You should also make sure that you select a niche that you either have a good amount of knowledge and experience in or that you are very interested in learning more about the topic. The reason for this is because if you really want to be one of the top earners in your market then you will need to strive to become an expert in your niche.

Tip # 2.) Create great content that your readers will enjoy, benefit from or want to share with others. The key here is to do your research so that you will know what information or answers are your target visitors are interested in.

There are a number of different ways to do this, such as using the Google keyword tool, participating in forums and reading the comments from other blogs in your market. By providing content that attracts interested visitors you will be in a good position to start earning money as a result of your affiliate marketing blogging.

Tip # 3) Strategically plan out your promotions so that you can position yourself as a helpful resource to your readers and so that you can make adjustments and improvements to get even better results in the future.

Here is a video by Darren Rowse from Problogger which was done in 2012 and is an excellent example of how a well thought out promotion can be used to maximize your affiliate marketing blogging efforts for both you and your readers.