Image Credit: CBS Local - Branded Post
Seek and you will find. That is, money making opportunities on the world wide web. Affiliate marketing continues to grow overnight. And yes, marketing affiliate programs and making money in the affiliate marketing industry is way better than paying a membership fee to join and promote someone's MLM downline program. While MLM is old-school, affiliate marketing is not only new school, but, it's here to stay. What does that mean for you? As long as you do the transformation work as a blogger and webpreneur promoting your blog and marketing affiliate programs, you'll always increase the probability of earning a few dollars online.
How to Get Started
Putting yourself in a position to earn money on the web is not as hard as you think. To get started, you'll need a blog. If you don't have the funds right now to purchase dedicated web hosting and a domain name for your blog, no worries. You can do that at a later time. That is, when you gain more experience in affiliate marketing and blogging. For now, you probably want to get started for free, right? You can. Sign up for a free GMail.com account through Google.com so you can have full access and create your free blog on Blogger.com. Once you've created your free blog on Blogger.com or rent a dedicated server after acquiring your own www dot com domain name, look within your dashboard for the "HTML widget."
Adding the HTML widget option inside your Blogger dashboard to your template layout will enable you to add javascript or iFrame codes from affiliate programs you choose to participate in. When you add affiliate program advertisements to your blog and create content in the form of text, streaming online video, or images you add to your blog either of yourself taking selfies, or images of your food, this will help you to slowly start generating income. Having a blog is the 1st step you want to take in getting the affiliate marketing process started, so you can slowly pull in a piece of the online advertising revenue pie.
The only thing that's required on your part to succeed is:
- Blog self-hosted on your web server such as WordPress
- Determination
- Faith
- Get Organized
- Have a team-player spirit
- Help others without expectation
- Keep lines of communication open among everyone
- Start blogging for free using Blogger.com by Google
- Strive tirelessly
Here's what Branded Post has to say about getting started:
"Get Paid to Post.
BrandedPost is the social sponsorship marketplace where big brands will pay you to post on their behalf. We operate a global ecosystem of content creators ranging from mommy bloggers and YouTubers to A-List celebrities and publications. Our goal is to help you connect with the right sponsor and provide you with opportunities to work with the brands you know and trust. It's all here!"
CBS blogger affiliate program 2018 update:
Branded Post is no longer in business.
Refer to CBS affiliate publisher online application for more information how your blog or website can qualify to be a "CBS affiliate marketing partner."