How I Earned an $1800 Monthly Bonus

November 23, 2009 · 36 comments

A quick tip to help you earn more with some affiliate programs…

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Tagged as: affiliate, affiliate marketing

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1 James Fisher November 23, 2009 at 1:31 pm Follow on Twitter: @WindowsTalk

I did something similar for a PC hardware company that does not have an affiliate program: in return for one of their external drives, I agreed to run an ad for them on my site for one year (and write a review).
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2 Ms. Freeman November 23, 2009 at 1:57 pm Follow on Twitter: @freemanlegacy

Do you promote affiliates on this site? If so where are they?
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3 James Fisher November 23, 2009 at 2:06 pm Follow on Twitter: @WindowsTalk

Any of the ads here on this site are affiliates, Ms. Freeman.
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4 Ms. Freeman November 25, 2009 at 4:34 pm Follow on Twitter: @freemanlegacy: Thanks James. Got it, I wasn’t sure if she meant PPC ads or individual products.
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5 Gordon November 23, 2009 at 2:07 pm Follow on Twitter: @McKnightikus

This video you made Lisa has opened my mind to some new things. Most people think that if you’re an affiliate for some company that you actually don’t have any contact with them but it’s just as good as working for them.
I mean if Internet didn’t exist and you wanted to work as an affiliate, you would work promoting bedsheets or cosmetics from door to door. I look at affiliate marketing like that, not maybe as direct as door to door advertisement but surely similar. Thanks for the vid!
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6 Amy P. November 24, 2009 at 1:26 am Follow on Twitter: @LeapingLamp

Informative video, Lisa, thank you. Your advice is helping me create a great site that I hope will have much success. Never be afraid to ask for more – that’s a gem.
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7 PPC Ian November 24, 2009 at 1:51 am Follow on Twitter: @ianlopuch

As someone who’s been in the Internet marketing industry for over 5 years via the corporate route, I can totally back up this awesome tip. From my experience, some of the companies I’ve worked at in the past have been willing to negotiate and customize their affiliate payouts depending on an affiliate’s volume and quality. It makes perfect sense: The affiliate channel carries a lot less risk than other marketing channels from the perspective of the company. Whereas margins can be volatile when your own marketing dollars are at risk, affiliate programs have fixed margins built in (the affiliate takes all the risk). For this reason alone, companies are oftentimes willing to fight to keep their top performers. Another tip: If you’re willing to sign a several year exclusivity agreement with right of first refusal should you sell your business, you can often negotiate even more favorable terms.
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8 lisa November 25, 2009 at 12:24 am: Excellent advice Ian!

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9 Firas Sameer November 24, 2009 at 6:40 am Follow on Twitter: @firassameer

That is a wonderful video Lisa, I am currently using only adsense program and now I am realy thinking of using other companies advertisement programs.. thanks..

Firas sameer

10 Erika November 24, 2009 at 10:43 am Follow on Twitter: @OrganicBabyReso

Lisa, Thanks for this eye-opening video. I’ll be on the lookout for more opportunities to ask for my raise, thank you!!!

Amy P., looks like you are building a fun site, I hope it prospers.
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11 affiliate marketer's help desk November 24, 2009 at 11:43 am Follow on Twitter: @krenee76

Thanks again, for your insightful and innovative advice. I’ve run across several companies that I wanted to promote, but since they didn’t have an affiliate program, I ended up promoting a comparable, but less favorable product. I’m going to re-evaluate my practices and restrategized for next year. Where do you come up with this stuff? How did you get to be so smart?
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12 Kathi Calahan November 24, 2009 at 1:31 pm Follow on Twitter: @KathiCalahan

Lisa:
You are one awesome business woman and my mentor! Thank you for all that you do to help us.

13 Ramses November 24, 2009 at 1:49 pm Follow on Twitter: @fkreijmborg

It’s always a good idea to come forward to your partners! I sometimes send mails to those who could help me out with just something: 90% respond, the rest… I don’t care
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14 Michael November 24, 2009 at 6:44 pm Follow on Twitter: @naprmm

Nice video. I recently contacted a company who I linked to on my website to ask if they had an affiliate program. They said no but had been contemplating starting one and asked if I was interested. I may check with back them and see if they would be interested in advertising on my site until they get the program going (if they ever do).

Thanks again!
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15 Alla November 26, 2009 at 10:27 am Follow on Twitter: @1galla

Lisa, great video as always, great idea! I personally support these idea and I love to promote products that I use. By using the products we gain knowledge of it’s features and quality. It makes it easier to promote.

Happy Thanksgiving!
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16 Christian Russell November 27, 2009 at 9:54 pm Follow on Twitter: @christiantjr

Asking for what you want…ain’t nothing simpler, yet most people don’t even think to do it!
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17 Beth December 1, 2009 at 11:57 am

You have SPARKED an idea for me…. I am about to go into the personal training biz and have a lot of expertise…..I see so much I could offer andhad not even considered the internet……..i hope you didn’t cringe too hard there. You have seriously set a fire in my heart and my business idea is so much bigger now, you rock.

18 Jon Randy December 1, 2009 at 4:09 pm

Participating in an affiliate program can be quite profitable. The key is to find the unexploited niche and exploit it. Software industry seems to be a great niche for starting an affiliate business.

19 Seo Writer December 7, 2009 at 10:06 am Follow on Twitter: @helpfultony

Wish I could read a vid transcript, I’ll have to watch this later but I’m extremely interested in knowing how you did it. Especially after reading the comments.

Cheers,
Tony
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20 paul December 12, 2009 at 9:13 am Follow on Twitter: @DatingGodsWay

I’ll make sure I keep this in mind when I start making some desent money through the affiliate products I’m promoting.

dont really have that kind of bargaining power yet
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21 Webmasters4Life.com December 13, 2009 at 2:28 pm

This is so true and not just for asking for money, I started a site on a hobbie of mine and asked a company for something I could review they sent me some free dvds that i could review and then some to give away in a contest!

it is true never be afraid to email a major company and ask!
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22 Seo Writer Tony December 18, 2009 at 11:13 pm Follow on Twitter: @helpfultony

So I finally got a chance to check this out. You know, I think it funny you mention this. Its exactly what a few major companies do when times are tough to try and get more from their contracts. For instance, I know that a golf company was making negotiations with their contractors to try and lower their prices because of tough times. It was great and I think what you did was golden Pretty nice house eh?
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23 Steve December 21, 2009 at 6:30 pm

Is this a wordpress site using thesis ?

BayAreaSteve

24 lisa December 21, 2009 at 6:32 pm: Yes, Steve this is Thesis.

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25 Steve December 21, 2009 at 6:46 pm

Thanks for the quick response. I am in Berlin, it is 12:40 am
and after finding your web site, could not get myself to
go to bed…

I’m on holiday for 3 months and after reading your comments about Nori’s web site, I may start one for Berlin, this place is off the hook. Jamaican brotha’s running around with Rasta style hair speaking German , what a phenomenal place. It is truly multi-cultural, turkish , asian, african and et al.

Anyway, love your site, and your teaching’s …keep up
the good vibe.

Ciao,

Steve
aka
BayAreaSteve

26 Claudia December 21, 2009 at 7:46 pm

Hi I don’t know about web site and I want to work from home how can Ido if I want to start whith Adsense .please let me know or how can I work from home.thanks.

27 dilbar December 24, 2009 at 4:52 am

I want to earny money by internet. Please brief it

28 amit bhardwaj January 16, 2010 at 2:05 am

i m a poor man i need money

29 isabelle February 4, 2010 at 10:23 pm Follow on Twitter: @ibm6654

I have started blogging and want make money can you nhelp me/
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30 Michael Erik February 22, 2010 at 2:28 am Follow on Twitter: @2makemoneyonlin

n response to the comments from people that say they want to make money online. Well, between this website, mine and others as well as using Google searches – these can give you all the info you’ll need to succeed. So do your homework, then just do it!
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31 Daniel @ LondonEvents2010.com March 5, 2010 at 5:56 pm Follow on Twitter: @londonevent2010

Hi Lisa,
Have you thought about doing a “How Much Can You Earn From Your Website?” video/feature for the newer ‘e-preneurs’? I’m going to jump off the fence here and say that the first real business milestone of any website is achieving the national minimum wage for it’s owner. I’d be interested to know what percentage of people who start websites each year ever achieve minimum wage from ‘e-preneurism’, but if the statistics that 9 out of every 10 business websites fail close within their first year, then at the most, only 1 in 10 people will ever make their website into a full-time job. I think you could push the free Google Keyword Tool more, as well. All of my websites started with a long Google Keyword Tool session…
You continue to be an inspiration, Lisa, keep it all up!
Daniel

32 Demon dragon March 7, 2010 at 5:25 am

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33 Demon dragon March 7, 2010 at 5:25 am

i have created website for softwares downloading,please help me that how can i earn money through it step by step……plz

34 Demon dragon March 7, 2010 at 5:25 am

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35 Mubbashir March 7, 2010 at 5:31 am

plz let me know how i can earn money via my website

36 Bridgete August 10, 2010 at 4:19 pm

Lisa,
I am a newbie to the internet and your site is awsome

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