Learn Blogging & Affiliate Marketing with Rosalind Gardner
It's time to DUMP those New Year’s Resolutions!
As the current year is nearing its end, many people are thinking about making New Year’s resolutions.
Not me… or at least not anymore.
I’ve blogged about New Year’s resolutions numerous times over the years, but like 80+% of New Year’s resolutions ever made, the majority of my personal resolutions have usually gone by the wayside (read ‘failed’) by February.
New Year’s Resolutions fail for many different reasons, including:
Are you looking for Christmas gifts for bloggers?
As a full-time blogger writer myself, I can assure you that any of these gifts will be most appreciated!
The list includes Christmas gifts for bloggers who are just starting out and gifts for bloggers who have everything. Gift prices range from free to $1000+ for a conference pass.
I gave up on flat keyboards ages ago when too much time at the computer resulted in carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive stress injury for which I narrowly avoided surgery. Switching to an ergonomic keyboard and taking glucosamine with chondroitin has done the trick, i.e. no more wrist or forearm pain – ever. Taking more vacations has probably helped a lot too. The unique wave design guides your hands into the best position and conforms naturally to your fingers. Easy comfortable whisper-quiet typing without a learning curve. A large cushioned palm rest helps position your hands properly on the keyboard and offers a comfortable place to rest them when not typing.
Right-handed comfort mouse with generous contoured design soft rubber grips and an advanced scroll wheel for hyper-fast or click-to-click scrolling.
Amazing Clubs, has 17 different monthly gift clubs, including beer, wine, BBQ sauce, cake, candle, cheesecake and more. To learn more about them visit my post about the Amazing Clubs.
The standard cords that come with an iPhone or iPad are generally too short. Give your favorite blogger the gift of extra range with these 3 metre (10 foot) long cable cords.
Check out Udemy's new customer offers! Their top courses from $14.99 when you first. Visit Udemy for a huge variety of online courses about blogging, writing, entrepreneurship, home business management and much more.
This is for the blogger who hasn't started blogging yet! 🙂
Most web hosting companies are currently running seasonal specials, i.e. WPEngine is offering 4 months of free hosting and BlueHost is offering up to 75% off its hosting prices, starting at $2.95.
Many new bloggers who haven't received proper blogging instruction think they don't need this essential service. Sadly, neglecting to include this tool in their marketing arsenal will stunt their business growth. An autoresponder serves to collect names, email addresses and other information from subscribers and potential clients — folks that can be contacted on a regular basis. I've used Aweber for years. Learn more about autoresponder services.
My personal favorite in the conference world is Affiliate Summit. Although not specifically designed for bloggers, it IS dedicated to those who make money online from their blogs through commission sales. GOOD information for ANYONE who operates a blog.
Cyber Monday is one of the most lucrative online shopping days of the year for affiliate marketers.
Black Friday falls on the Friday after Thanksgiving Day in the United States and Cyber Monday falls on the Monday after that. Cyber Monday is a marketing invention that was first observed in 2005 by online retailer shop.org. Seen as an online version of Black Friday, Cyber Monday was created to allow customers to shop online from the comfort of their offices and homes. Most online retailers offer great deals and deep discounts to customers on these days.
Here are 7 tips to help you make the most of your affiliate sales this coming Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Social media marketing platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter can be fantastic sources of traffic and income for bloggers and affiliate marketers.
I think particularly of bloggers in the fashion and beauty industries who upload videos to YouTube, loaded with affiliate links in the video descriptions, and then post links to those videos from their other social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter.
I've fielded SO many queries about how to start an affiliate marketing business since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic started, that I feel the need to come out of my 5-year retirement.
So many of you who have contacted me, have lost your jobs or are on an indeterminate layoff due to the pandemic and are looking for ways to make money online quickly and thinking that affiliate marketing is the way to do that.
I SO feel for you and sincerely want you to find a way to augment and improve your income to lessen the effects this pandemic has had on your livelihoods.
I KNOW that the unemployment $600 a week Coronavirus ‘booster shot' will hardly take care of your family, especially if you get the virus and don't have health insurance. Covid-19 treatment costs are absolutely crushing.
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StudioPress reported that their Top 10 Best-Selling Themes for January 2019 were as follows:
Most of the theme names should give you a good idea as to the niche they serve, but if you aren't familiar with StudioPress themes, AgentPress is a real estate theme, while Essence Pro is a theme for sites in the health, wellness, and lifestyle niches.
So, what did we learn about profitable niches?
Well, it seems that the following niche markets continue to dominate:
And that makes sense, right?
Everyone eats, should be concerned about their health and wellness, and hopes to enjoy a wonderful lifestyle. As for real estate theme sales, my guess is that more real estate agents now understand their need for a personal and professional website.
By the way, this blog runs on the Genesis Framework and the eleven40 StudioPress theme. I'm kinda miffed that my theme apparently didn't make the cut!! 😀
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Cheers,
You’re interested in affiliate marketing as a way of making money online and I know that’s a great choice for SO many reasons. I started affiliate marketing in 1997 and my online business as an affiliate marketer has provided me with a lifestyle that I would never have even dreamed possible had I continued working at my day job.
So, let’s get you started…
NOTE: Most of the links on this page will take you to other pages on this site. You can either hit the ‘Back’ button at the top left-hand corner of your browser window or the “Affiliate Marketing for Beginners†link at the top of every page to return to this article.
If you haven’t already decided to become an affiliate marketer, you might have the following questions about affiliate marketing.
Now that you know what affiliate marketing is and what its advantages are, let's look at how you can start an affiliate marketing business.
A niche is a topic. The topic you choose should be one that you are both passionate about and knowledgeable about. You can, however, choose a topic about which you are not knowledgeable IF you have a passion to learn about that topic. You may already know exactly what you want to blog about and that's great. But if you aren't so sure about your topic or if it is viable (can make money) then you'll have to do some niche market research.
After choosing a potentially profitable niche market, you need to buy and register a domain name. Sorry, but free hosting sites like WordPress.com is unacceptable to reputable merchants. Far too many affiliates with free hosting sites have had their sites shut down without prior notice. As a serious affiliate marketer, you absolutely need to have your own domain name and website.
If you registered your domain with GoDaddy, then you'll need to pick a hosting service on which to create your website. I heartily recommend that you use WordPress as a platform for your website, and WordPress specifically recommends certain hosting services. Each of these hosting services makes it easy to install a WordPress blog. A WordPress blog has been the best and easiest way to create a website for the better part of two decades now. WordPress is a free platform that just keeps getting better and better.
Here are a few articles about WordPress that you will find useful when building your site / blog .
I suggest that you create at least 10 articles on your website before you attempt to join any affiliate programs or advertising networks such as Google Adsense. Good merchants will check your website to make sure that it looks good and has great content before they accept you into their programs.
To learn more about creating content for your blog, please read these articles:
The biggest mistake that many new affiliate marketers make is thinking that they do not need a list of subscribers. Let me say that it is absolutely imperative that you have a list to grow your business.
I suggest that every affiliate marketer start monetizing their site with Google Adsense and ‘easy to enter' affiliate networks such as Clickbank until they have traffic to warrant joining larger affiliate networks such as CJ Affiliate and Shareasale.
In your initial articles, you've written about products that you like and want to promote to earn commissions. Once you've joined affiliate networks you can get links from them to promote those products. Go back through your articles and add your affiliate links.
Google is your friend. When you structure your site appropriately you will show up in Google's search results.
To enhance the process of getting recognized by Google, you should do some basic social media marketing, such as creating both a Facebook profile and Page, as well as a Twitter account. Note: The previous links go to my personal accounts to demonstrate how I promote my sites.
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