No matter what niche you are in we encourage you to read our guest post at Murray Newlands Marketing Blog on why gift affiliate programs are the ideal fit for just about any blog or Web site. Who doesn’t shop for gifts during the holidays or for some other special occasion? Surely your readers do!
Right now is the perfect time to start creating or increase your affiliate income. No matter what niche you’re in there are products to interest your readers. The more personal your suggestions and reasons for recommending specific gifts and the stronger connection you can make to either you or your site the better.
It has never been easier to add affiliate products to any site. Read our entire guest post Gift Affiliate Products Fit Any Niche to find out why and how. There will never be a better time than now.
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any good converting niche about hosting?
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We only recommend the hosting companies we use and they do have affiliate programs. The key to converting is knowing that what you recommend is worth using. There is a link at the bottom of our pages here to the hosting company we use in this blog and there is an ad box for the company that hosts our other blogs on Derek’s Web Design blog.
We recommend you check out the affiliate programs of those two companies. We use them both for all our blogs and all blogs built for clients as well.
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When you go to Walgreens etc, there are a variety of gift cards available to applebees, the gap, etc. I’ve looked at a lot of pre-paid visa affiliate programs, but I would like to find an affiliate program that offers other gift cards, that I can offer to my customers. Any suggestions?
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Hi,
Have you read any of our posts about the gift affiliate program of our favorite gift store? They have gift certificates in $25, $50, $75 and $100 increments.
I should probably write a rebloggable post about those too. We personally promote and collaborate with their affiliates, sending them traffic and providing custom spreadsheets and blog posts to ensure they are successful.
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I’ve actually made a few sales selling gift lines, except for last month when I tried marketing some Halloween gear. Perhaps being an Aussie I put the wrong spin on it all.
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Hi Sire,
I would love to work with you on some gift offers for your blog. I’ve been working with Executive Gift Shoppe for years and are very familiar with their products. We also have access to all the data on top selling products and what sells best when.
We personally work with their affiliates, sending them custom spreadsheets, writing rebloggable posts for them and even sending them traffic. If I can interest you in working with me on this just let me know.
Check out the link I used in this comment. I compiled all the best affiliate resources I could locate in that post and am continually adding to it.
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Being that direct sales (gifts inparticular) is my primary business, I will definitely be reading your guest post.
I did want to thank you for reminding me of a post I need to write.
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Hi Dennis,
I didn’t know gifts were your primary business. We should definitely collaborate on this. Check out the reply just above yours that I wrote to Sire.
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Affiliate Marketing is an Internet-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate’s marketing efforts.i got many key points here .
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I was able to read the entire article. Good guest spot. Gift Affiliate can very successful on certain sites. Sure it fits any blog or site, but some have more success with it then others. With a few sites that we manage, we have found that Christmas, and Back to school time have been the most successful period, where other sites have success during valentines day. Understand your busy season (can be anything) is very important.
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Hello again,
Knowing what sells best when is a huge advantage and that is why we are seeking to provide affiliates with that specific information. We also know the gift inventory really well so we are in a better position to suggest products that fit each site and particular niches.
The time between now and the week before Christmas is definitely the best time for gifts in general. Our gift affiliate program has the advantage of selling products that sell all year long.
Many fit the wedding niche and are included in the instant Bridaluxe Wedding Stores that make it super fast and easy to get a wedding related site going. Although weddings occur all year, wedding traffic picks up in January and the prime time for wedding related sales is Q2 and Q3.
We also have the largest selection of business card holders, travel gifts and all kinds of other great stuff that will sell all year. I’m thinking that it wouldn’t hurt to add a product suggestion at the end of a related post. For example, if a blogger is writing about traveling they could mention a product they would love to have or actually carry with them. We have some really cool travel related gifts.
Let me know if you’re interested in collaborating.
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The title caught my interest. Make dollars and sense.haha. Thank you for posting this. Learned a lot.
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Glad you liked it. We would love to collaborate with you if you’re interested. The gift store we mentioned has a huge selection of business card holders and I know which ones sell best.
We also have a great selection of logo business card holders.
Offering your buyers business card holders as an upsell should convert well. Check out the post I’m featuring in this comment reply for more details and also check out the gift affiliate program information in our blog for their site.
Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..How to Evaluate a Merchant Gift Affiliate Program
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affiliate program really wonderful to make money online but you will have to put some extra efforts in it
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Yes, Jim, affiliate marketing is just like anything else. You have to learn what works and consistently apply it. That is why we are reaching out and offering to assist anyone serious about learning.
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affiliate programs are great ways to monetize sites. i think that this would be far superior to adwords.
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Welcome Dave,
Affiliate programs can generate far more money than AdWords but only if the affiliate really understands how to evaluate the merchant’s site and how best to present their recommendations. That is why I did the post on How to Evaluate a Merchant featured in CommentLuv.
Are you selling your own jewelry or affiliate products? The gift store I work with has products that would fit your blog and I can send you spreadsheets of which specific products of each type sell best. I am looking for bloggers interested in collaborating.
Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..How to Evaluate a Merchant Gift Affiliate Program
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we might not say that affiliate programs is far superior to adwords ,i think adwords and affiliate programs has got their own importance.
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i really like your title and yes absolutely its the perfect time to start and creating affiliate income in this time of recession.
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Hi: I have joined over 140 affiliate programs of gaming sites (bingo, casino, poker, skill games, and sportsbooks). Only about two dozen or so of these have resulted in any income — around $4K in the last 6 months.
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This is a timely reminder for me to do what I had planned to do last year – but ran out of time. I hope to follow your evaluation recommendations and, this year, actually make a few dollars over the holiday season. Many thanks
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It seems that Christmas time would absolutely be the best time to add affiliate products to your site. People are all about impulse buying! To me, it’s pretty funny how other affiliate sites can rank higher than the manufacturers and make more money
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Some great advice. I used to just use adsense on many of my websites but found that similar affiliate programs were far more effective.
it is an application of crowd sourcing.nowadays its very popular because it using one website to drives traffic to other website.well i agree with your post really it is the best way to get dollars.
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I think Affiliate Programs like ClickBank are the best ways of get an extra income every month without spend money. You can join for free in just minutes with ClickBank and start offering Digital Products to your customers.
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Nice post Very helpful for a newbie like me. I am just starting to promote my site and these information give me ideas on how should I do it. It will really help me as an affiliate marketer. Please continue posting informative blogs.
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The advantages of affiliate marketing are that merchants have a wider environment generating more products and services signifying more sales. No additional time is spent in marketing with merchants and they can obtain more customers this way too
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Yes, I agree that affiliate marketing is the great equalizer online. I a have had my ups and downs over the years but all in all it is a great way to make some extra cash.learned lot from your post thanks.
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this is really great to read and i think pretty helpful for newbie like me ,affiliate programs helps to make money and to increase income as well in this time of recession.
There are some great affiliate programs around. My favourites are Clickbank, Amazon and Ebay. I find that Xmas is by far the best time of year – but other special dates like Valentines day and Mothers day can also be good. I try to post relevant topical posts to my blog in advance and then I seem to capture so useful converting traffic.
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I think the affiliate does not have to worry about customer support, book keeping, and e-commerce related headaches since in affiliate marketing, the merchant handles it all; all the affiliate needs to do is promote and resell the product.
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Good tips. As a new Blogger and Internet Marketer, I am definitely on the look out for useful information on income generation methods. I am going to get my tail in gear and get my Affiliate programmer going.
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