5 of the Best Blogging Affiliate Marketing Companies for 2018

For Marketers, Blogging is an important tool in the overall marketing strategy for your business. The environment in which a small business thrives is ever changing, every aspect of a business must adapt well to these changes and quickly. Which is why, if you implement social media strategies only, as your overall marketing campaign, there’s a good chance the overall goal will fail. Same goes for revenue strategies. If your company offers one or two streams of revenues, maybe it’s time to consider affiliate marketing as part of your money-making arsenal.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

The million-dollar question: What is Affiliate Marketing? At its very core, affiliate marketing is about relationships. A relationship between three parties. You can have an advertiser, say, someone who sells shoes, offer an affiliate marketing program to a publisher: An individual or company that promotes the shoes to a Consumer (The Final Key Ingredient to this Relationship Triangle). The consumer trusts you, the publisher, and because you’ve recommended these shoes they will make a purchase for the same pair.

Thanks to technology, the advertiser is able to track your referrals and give you a commission or agreed payment based on a percentage or fixed amount. There are a ton of companies out there that serve as the Advertiser part of this relationship. Some programs have strict rules, hard to be part of, while others are quite simple and easy to get into.

Here are some of the best companies to look into for Affiliate Marketing in 2018:

Rakuten – This company has grown into a monster. It ranks among the top three e-commerce companies in the world. Rakuten has over 90,000 products from 38,500 shop owners and more than 18 million customers. You can virtually promote almost any type of product through Rakuten.

CJ Affiliate by Conversant – Formerly Commission Junction, this company reaches millions of consumers shopping through their affiliate marketing network.

Amazon Associates – With Amazon associates you can use a trusted and well-known name to promote products and earn extra income. You can virtually tap to over a million products, fulfilled and delivered by Amazon.

Shareasale – It has been in the business for over 18 years. If you are looking for reliability this a top contender. Some of the brands that work with this company are Fanatics, TheRealReal, Gymboree & Lulus.

Clickbank – is another heavy hitter with over 17 years in the market. Its focus is on digital information products. It has a library of over 6 million unique products in order to reach 200 million customers around the world.

Tips to Succeed in Affiliate Marketing

1. Choose your Niche: Don’t just start sharing all sorts of links. That can get you in trouble plus it won’t generate the most income.
2. Generate Valuable Content: Forge Productive Relationships. Remember Affiliate Marketing is all about Relationships.
3. Cross Channel Promote: Just like you would your products there’s a myriad of ways to promote your affiliate marketing efforts.
4. Understand Your Legal Obligations.
5. Utilize Software Tools: Every company I shared with you has dashboards to review and measure your success. Don’t forget to install Google Analytics on your end as well.

In Conclusion

Affiliate Marketing is a great way to increase your revenue while pushing for your main products or services. Just like with them, you also have to implement a strategy around it. Make sure you focus on creating valuable content, strong relationships and also focus on your niche.  Contact Me today to set up your blog and start making money!  What other great tips for affiliate marketing can you share?

Guest Blogger: Emely Roman