5 Affiliate Marketing Benefits for Bloggers

Presented by:

Tricia MeyerOwner, MeyerTech, LLC

Deborah CarneyTeamLoxly and ABCs Plus

Why Is Tricia Here?

• Education• Legal Career• Switch to Affiliate Marketing• Current Endeavors

Tricia Meyertricia@sunshinerewards.com

Twitter.com/sunshinetriciawww.tricia.me

Who is Deborah Carney?

• Affiliate: since the early days• Affiliate Manager: Former In-house for

CaféPress.com• Consultant: for several CPA networks and

other ecommerce companies • Outsourced Program Manager: (OPM)

since 2006 – Multiple programs in Shareasale Top 100 Merchants List

• Merchant: LoxlyGallery.com• Training and Podcasts: ABCsPlus.com –for

Affiliates, Bloggers, Merchants and more

MerchantABCs.com

@loxly@merchantabcs

Facebook.com/loxlyLinkedin.com/in/

loxly

Do You Recognize Any of These?

Affiliate Marketing Helps You Work With Them

How Does Affiliate Marketing Work?

Affiliate Marketing Wikipedia

5 Affiliate Marketing Benefits for YOU

• Revenue Opportunities• Free Products• Contest Sponsorships• Content• Networking

Revenue Opportunities

• Who can benefit?o Traditional bloggerso Non-profitso Consultantso Curators/Aggregators (deals, news, etc)

Revenue Opportunities

• How do you integrate it?o Bannerso Text links to productso Text links to storesoWidgetso Datafeedso Videos

Revenue Opportunities

Free Products

• How can you use them?oWritten reviews of productso Video reviews of productsoMonetize the reviewso Exchange the reviews for backlinks

Free Products

Contest Sponsorships• How does it work for you?

oMerchants supply prizeso Contest engages your userso Contests go viralo Contests get backlinkso Follow up with contestants o Introduces merchant to your visitors

Contest Sponsorships

Affiliate Marketing Creates Content

• What kind of content can you get out of it?o News of upcoming

product releaseso Lists of hot and best

selling productso Insider information

directly from merchants

Affiliate Marketing Creates Content

• What kind of content can you get out of it?o News of upcoming product releaseso Lists of hot and best selling productso Insider information directly from merchantso Exclusive coupon codes for your readerso Vanity codes lend credibility

Affiliate Marketing Creates Content

• What kind of content can you get out of it?o News of upcoming product releaseso Lists of hot and best selling productso Insider information directly from merchantso Exclusive coupon codes for your readerso Vanity codes lend credibilityo Pre-written articles or product descriptionso Videoso Editorial calendar suggestions

Networking• Who will you meet in the affiliate marketing

community?oWeb/graphic designerso SEO specialistso Social media expertso Customer service agents from companieso Other bloggers

How to Learn More• Affiliate Summit (Conference, Free Forum)

http://forum.affiliatesummit.com • Podcasts (Geekcast.fm, Webmaster Radio)

http://geekcast.fm• Network and OPM Conference Calls• BloggingABCs.com

Questions?

Tricia Meyertricia@sunshinerewards.comTwitter.com/sunshinetriciawww.tricia.me

Deborah Carneydc@bloggingabcs.com

Twitter.com/bloggingabcswww.bloggingabcs.com