When it comes to using your affiliate programs wisely, timing is everything. Yes, you can make income with just getting the links out there. But if you want to capitalize on the world around you, you have to know what is happening.
One of my favorite ways to boost my monthly affiliate earnings is to watch the media. Every weekend, or as soon as it is available online, I look and see what is happening this week in the media. I look at talk shows, news programs, press releases, etc. I want to see if anything I represent or market will be talked about.
For example, a month ago, a product I market was featured on a fairly well-known talk show. I knew they would be talking about it on Thursday, so I wrote a highly keyworded article about it, with affiliate links, on Sunday. I went through all of my social bookmarking routines, and gave the article a jump-start at being indexed by the search engines. When Thursday rolled around, my article was on the first page of search results for Google.
The result? $530 in affiliate commissions for that ONE product.
This is one of the ways I use to take advantage of affiliate earnings. Not only does it work when the show is first aired, but it works time and again, when the show is re-broadcast or talked about.
What are some of the ways you beef up your affiliate incomes?
I LOVE this idea! So simple but so powerful. Thanks for sharing.
Angela,
I just check out my favorite sites and see what’s happening there. I like to think big and broad. For instance, something local isn’t likely to be a hit, but if it is syndicated (i.e., Martha Stewart is doing a segment on something unique or kind of new), then chances are that it will do very well.
Where do you go to find out who’s talking about what in the coming week? Is there one site that rounds it all up or do you check multiple websites?
Great post!
Angela <