CategoryAffiliate Programs

This post was submitted by Chris Garrett from ChrisG.com The other day I was telling Darren about an accidental affiliate success I had on my digital SLR blog with a dirt cheap ebay gadget (GadgetInfinity ebay slave triggers). We thought it might make an interesting guest post for Problogger readers ...more

Sometimes it’s best to let the readers of your blog recommend affiliate products instead of doing it yourself. As much as I often talk about blogs being a great way to build credibility and trust with your readers and how that credibility and trust can lead to nice returns when ...more

One of the income streams that I’ve been using lately that’s really starting to prove to be a worthwhile one is the Amazon Associates Program. I’ve noticed an upswing in the earnings from the program over the last few months and have been a little confused as to why there’s ...more

Rhys asks – ‘I’ve been running a site with a few affiliates on it, I have enjoyed a healthy relationship with said affiliates, and likewise they’ve commented to me on a number of occasions that I have generated business for them from my site. Recently my site has experienced a ...more

More AdSense news today – Google are now letting publishers promote their Google Checkout system as a referral product. Their support page that explains how much publishers can earn from their different products lists ‘Checkout’ as a referral product saying that publishers will earn $1 if the person they refer ...more

Technospot has a post with details of a new beta test that AdSense are doing in their referrals program (official site). I’m writing this on the run as I’m in the middle of a session – however it looks like an interesting development based on publishers being in control of ...more

Yesterday I asked Do AdSense Referrals converted well for me? Today I’d like to turn our attention to some tips on how to make the referral program convert better. How do you get more readers to click through and sign up to referrals? Here are five tips that I’ve used: ...more

Today’s reader question is – ‘I would like to know your views on Google referral ads. Do you make money out of them, or is it something to run away from?’ – submitted by gabo_uy. Google AdSense Referrals are the CPA ads (cost per action) from the popular AdSense service. ...more

Over the last week or so I’ve been playing around with ZLio (aff) – a service that enables you to add a a shop to your blog or website. The most similar thing I’ve seen previously is Amazon’s aStore and Chitika’s Shoplinc program. ZLio’s service is a very professional looking ...more