If you have a website which drives a consistent amount of traffic, either organic or paid and if you are monetizing this traffic with only one way, you should definitely try some other means of monetization. For example, let’s say your website is based on a niche and you serve adsense ads on your website. Let’s assume that you get a number of clicks and earn some money.

At this point, we can conclude that you have an active and interested crowd that click on ads on your site and it will be wise to test some other means of monetization which can bring an additional income each month to you.

One of the monetization methods is promoting affiliate products. You can try this by inserting affiliate links or banners on your site such as Amazon Associates or Clickbank. There are lots of other affiliate programs and networks to try but these two are the ones that convert really well if done properly.

Amazon affiliate program works really well on niche specific sites and blogs. Clickbank does also convert if the topics covered in your site are closely related to the product you promote.

Another thing you could try is to insert in text ads like Infolinks, Echo Topic or Clicksor. You can add to the list many more. On some topics in text advertising really works well and people click on those types of ads.

CPA offers are another thing to be tested with your traffic. Sometimes, you can’t imagine how well it can work. Finally, if you have a good amount of traffic, you could sell backlinks for a monthly price to those with related web sites. It could be really profitable.

As you see, there are lots of ways to monetize your blog, you can find much more if you do a little research on the subject. Of course, I am not telling you to fill your website with ads and banners and annoy your visitors. You should test each method slowly and make small changes on your site in order not to piss your visitors of. I mean do not put ten ad blocks on a single page or have both adsense, Amazon, Clickbank, CPA and in text links on your homepage. This will not work and you will start losing visitors even if they are paid ones.

Just test two methods at a time and see if it works. If it works well, try adding a third method. If it doesn’t, step to the next method and continue testing.

By diversifying your monetization, you will be not relying on a single source of income and this is what we prefer, since a wise marketer never puts all his eggs into one basket.

Farewell.

Related posts:

1. How to Determine If a Website Has an Affiliate Program
2. My First CPA Money Ever, Comes From MaxBounty
3. The First Article I Submitted to EzineArticles Got Approved

So, you found a website related to your niche, which offers some great products targeting your niche and you want to see if they have an affiliate program.

The first thing to do is to skim the homepage to see if there is a page related to an affiliate program. What you will be looking for is a link that says one of the following: Affiliates, Affiliate Program, Become an Affiliate, Partners, Partner Program, Become a Partner, Referral Program or something like that. Often times, it is difficult to spot that link, but if it exists, it will most probaby be to the bottom of the homepage or on a page like “About Us” or “Company Info”.

If you can’t locate such a link, you could do a quick search adding one of the terms -affiliate, partner or  referral- to the name of the website and see if you can find anything. If you can’t, it is either because they don’t have one or it is not open to the public. In this case, the only thing you can do is to contact them via email or phone and ask if they have an affiliate program. Most of the business owners will gladly give you the info you seek.

Let’s say, they replied and told you that they don’t have an affiliate program at that moment. Yet, you really want to promote those products that the website offer and get a commission by doing so. In this case, what you need to do is to tell them how you can promote their products, drive traffic and prospects to their website. Speak as professional as you can be. Even better than that, send them some traffic if you can and show the traffic stats to persuade them.

If the business owner is entrepreneur enough to take the necessary actions, you could even make a special contract just applying to you. Afterall who could say not to more visitors and more sales if somebody will do the work for them?

Related posts:

1. Did You Know about YouTube’s Partner Program?
2. Why You Should Diversify in Monetizing Your Traffic
3. The Essentials to Get Accepted into Affiliate/CPA Networks