The Cat In My Lap

                    
Having a blog has many benefits. It’s a way to share your life experiences with others, to express yourself and, here at the WAHM blogs, you can now make money selling your goods and services. But there’s another way you can bring in revenue through your blog that you may or may not have heard of. Affiliate Programs.

Affiliate programs are programs you, the blog owner, join to advertise companies on your blogging site. There are many, many companies who will pay you a commission on every sale you generate. The way it works is simple. You sign up with a specific company. The company generates a unique code for you to put on your site and when a reader clicks on the ad and makes a purchase you receive a commission. Google goes a step further and pays you every time a reader clicks on an ad; no purchase is necessary.

Now, you could spend hours searching online for companies who offer affiliate programs or you could go to one of the major online marketing services. AffiliateBot, Linkshare and Commission Junction are three of the major marketing services available. Sign up is simple and once you’re signed up you may apply to as many companies as you like. Just remember when signing up for programs who your targeted audience is.

How much you make with affiliate programs is up to you. Many people make a sizable income, but they probably have many websites going at any one time. You might not get rich with affiliate programs, but once the ad is up on your blog there’s nothing more for you to do aside from occasionally changing your ads to include special sales and seasonal offers. Not a bad way to make a little extra income with your blog.