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If you are thinking of starting a blog, now is the absolute best time to do so. Not only is blogging a crucial part of driving traffic to your website, it is key for lead generation and promoting your business.

The real businesses out there are thriving due to blogging. They are outperforming the businesses who don’t have a blog. There is data to prove this.

Retailers in the U.S. spent on the upwards of $6.8 Billion on affiliate marketing programs in 2019

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Wowza! If that doesn’t paint a picture for you then I don’t know what will. These stats show just how much room for growth there is with blogging. If you are thinking you are too late to the game, I would definitely think again sister.

There is 100% still room for exponential growth with blogging and I don’t know about you, but that excites the hell out of me. Which is why I am so excited to talk to you about affiliate marketing and how you can make some serious cashflow in just one weekend.

Why not start now?

Before I dive in the details, I want to explain what affiliate marketing is. Affiliate marketing is when you promote another company’s products and/or services and get paid a small commission for it.

When it comes to blogging, there are lots of ways to make money but today I want to focus on the affiliate marketing side. Which also happens to be my fav.

Another way to make money is to create your own products and services and obviously promote them. So, we have affiliate marketing where you promote another business’s products and services and then your own products and services that you create and promote. We will get into creating your own on another post.

Such an exciting time!

As bloggers, our job is to create content and influence our audience. Depending on the niche you are in, bloggers could be educating, helping to solve a problem, inspiring another person to take action so you can earn from your blog. Now as you know, most of us want to earn money, but some may want to earn a following, or both. Either way, they are both awesome options to use when monetizing your blog.

So, how did I make $2k over in one weekend? I knew you would ask! I have been so excited to share this with you. Here we go…..

The one and only thing I did

That weekend, the only thing I did to earn that amount of money was by promoting and selling a blogging product call Ultimate Bundles. Yep! That’s is it, my dear!

A special note to keep in mind: this product speaks to my audience in my specific niche so it may not make sense for your audience. A key to being strategic with your affiliate marketing plan is to make sure you know YOUR audience and what they want. What problems are they trying to solve? Once you can figure that out you are halfway there! Get this part down and you are golden.

Be strategic and have intent with your content and blog posts

Now all you have to do is find products and services that they will be able to benefit from and promote the hell out of it, while building your email list and again being very strategic and having intention with each and every email you send out. I have a post on Email Marketing here if you want more deets on that.

Remember, it is important that you find a product that speaks to your audience. Remember you want to help them solve a problem. Why would they want to purchase the Ultimate Bundle? Ultimate Bundles is an amazing product that gets you access to tons of exposure and helps to grow your blog super fast.

That’s how you build a money-making blog, my friend!

As easy as 1, 2, 3!

• Know your target audience/niche (you need to know who you are speaking to with your blog content) I recommend creating an avatar to help! I have this awesome worksheet to help. Click here. Don’t forget to check out my post on Blog Content.
• Find a problem that you can solve for your audience. Can you tell by now how important this part is? This will make them come back for more, but even more so, it will help you create a product that you can promote that will solve their problem.
• Identify which products or services you use and actually enjoy & love that you will want to promote to help your audience fix said problem!
• Sign up and join that products affiliate marketing program so you can earn money from promoting a product that you love to your audience.
• Then, the rest is history. All you have to do is share it on blog posts, social media thru affiliate marketing links and eventually you will get paid to help your audience solve their problem!

It really IS that easy!

What’s great is most of the time the problem you are fixing for your audience is one that you already went through so it makes it that much better and easier! Why? Well, when you’ve been through the trenches, you tend to be more relatable, you come off more credible. Another reason why it’s important to post consistent blog posts, consistenly create content, and find more creative ways to solve problems for your audience! The better and more quicker you will become a social media blogging queen!!

Expert in the making

That is your goal. You want to become the SME (subject matter expert) in the niche your are in. You want to be the best at delivering amazing content with the awesome affiliate marketing techniques we reviewed on this post. Just keep doing a little each and every day and you’ll be on your way to a serious money-making blog with no turning back! You got this.

What niche are you? Why did you choose that niche? I want to hear from you! Comment below.

xoxo