Stephanie Lichtenstein

I am presenting to the South Florida WordPress MeetUp on Making Money with WordPress through Affiliate Marketing. Below is a recap of the presentation and resources I used. Please feel free to share them and also ask questions in the comments below. Thank you and I definitely recommend taking advantage of the opportunity to monetize from your blog.

This is how I feel about Affiliate Marketing. This industry is performance based marketing. So you are like a sales person getting commissions for the sales you make online for the merchant programs you promote. Decide what you are passionate about, blog consistently about your topic, and find merchants that compliment your area of expertise. Make money talking about what you love. Each merchant offers a different commission structure. You can view all their program details and benefits before signing up. Lastly, being an affiliate is free.

Step one is to sign up to an affiliate network. ShareASale has won several awards and is known for being the trusted network to partner with. All the merchant programs we manage with ARC are in the ShareASale Network. Their role is to track affiliate sales and create reporting. They will pay affiliates their commissions. You sign up there and can join multiple programs. When signing up you need your website and contact information. They approve applications normally within 24 hours

How to become an Affiliate:

Share the Affiliate Sign Up Video.

How  to set up text links and banners on your WordPress blog:

Feel free to share this video: How to set up a text link or banner on your WordPress Blog through the ShareASale Network.

Missy Ward co-founder of the conference Affiliate Summit blogs about Affiliate Marketing and also created a presentation called Five Successful Strategies for Monetizing Blogs through Affiliate Marketing. I want to point out one statistic: In 2005, $6.5 Billion in Commissions we paid out. E-Commerce only continues to grow. This is the right industry to be in!

Successful Affiliate Blogger Examples:
ShoeHunting.com is a social networking shoe site, it also runs a Celebrity Blog through WordPress: http://www.shoehunting.com/blog/
Kim Rowley has several affiliate sites and blogs about Shopping through her WordPress site: http://blog.shoppingbookmarks.com/
ShoeMoney is a famous blogger he also uses WordPress as his platform http://www.shoemoney.com/

Resources:
Shawn Collins blogs daily about Affiliate Marketing on http://blog.affiliatetip.com/ or you can follow his Tweets @affiliatetip
Scott Jangro won Blogger of the Year 2009 at the Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards and uses WordPress for his social networking sites http://Jangro.com @jangro
ABestWeb.com is Affiliate Marketing’s biggest forum with over 50,000 members. The Magic Bullet Thread explains the basics for newbies.
GeekCast.fm has experts sharing podcasts and videos on Affiliate Marketing, Social Media, and more. It is a great resource.
FeedFront magazine shares up to date information on industry leaders and more.
Revenews is an online magazine with industry leaders posting on important matters.

Other Networks:
Buy.at, Commission Junction, Google Affiliate Network, LinkShare, AvantLink, PepperJam, Others, and In-House Networks like Amazon.com. FYI: For In-House or any website you are interested in partnering with go to their website and at the footer they should have a link called: “affiliate program.” They will have sign up details listed there.

Affiliate Programs I proudly manage with Andy Rodriguez Consulting: http://www.andyrodriguez.com/clients.html.

Thank you and Welcome to the Wonderful World of Affiliate Marketing!