In this day and age, well, in any day and age, you should always have another source of revenue coming in besides your primary income. Warren Buffett once said “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.”
So, in light of that saying, at least be open to learning how to build or start to generate more income on the side whether it’s investing in your 401(k) or starting a side hustle.
As far as a side hustle, creating a blog is stupid easy. Now getting traffic to your blog and generating sales is another thing. One easy way to monetize a blog is to use top rated affiliate networks to find different companies and services to promote based on a particular niche.
It is fairly easy to gain access and get approved and once approved you can begin promoting products and services immediately.
In short, an affiliate network is the “middle man” between publishers (you) and merchants (ex. Walmart, best buy). These networks are setup to make it easy for you to participate in programs run by merchants that allow you to offer and promote their services.
For example, if you had a Tech blog and wanted promote tech products for your audience to buy, you could sign up through the Rakuten Marketing website and if approved your could seek to apply to the Best Buy affiliate program.
Once approved, Best Buy would give you access to links to their products and promotions, you would embed these links naturally onto your website and when a visitor to your website clicks on the product link and buys a product, you get paid.
So here is a list of the most popular, top rated affiliate networks that you can use to find quality companies that want you to promote their products and services. Some have different criteria needed to get signed up and approved so make sure you read the requirements.
1. AFFILIATE WINDOW
- $818 million earned by their affiliates last year
- 260 affiliate join their network every day
- 29,500+ brands are on their network across all sectors
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2. AVANTLINK
- Recognized as one of America’s fastest-growing entrepreneurial businesses in the “Advertising and Marketing” industry.
- Surveyed as one of the top 10 leading affiliate networks.
- Voted on by the internet’s largest online affiliate marketing community.
- Recognized as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the state of Utah.
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3. CLICKBANK
- A+ BBB Rating
- Earn commissions as high as 75%
- Many Products are Sold with Recurring commissions
- Over 6 million unique products
- Locate incredible & in-demand products to promote online
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4. COMMISSION JUNCTION
- $1.8B in Annual Publisher Commissions
- Trusted by the World’s Largest Brands
- Innovative Tools & Resources to Help You Grow
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5. FLEXOFFERS
- 12,000+ Affiliate Programs
- 500+ Premium Advertisers
- Dedicated Affiliate Managers
- Enhanced Tech Services
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6. JVZOO
- JVZoo has a gigantic Digital Product Library made up of over 200 niches and categories.
- Over 9.5 million products sold across 22 categories.
- Recognized by Inc.5000 as one of America’s fastest growing companies – 2 years running.
- Over 4800 users login daily – the platform of choice for affiliates, sellers & consumers.
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7. MAXBOUNTY
- Promote high-converting cost-per-action campaigns from hundreds of advertisers seeking your blogging, media-buying, social media, and email marketing expertise.
- 2000+ Active Campaigns
- Be recognized with Performance Bonuses
- Committed Affiliate Managers
- Access to Feature-Rich Dashboard
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8. PEERFLY
- #1 Affiliate Manager (mThink, 2015)
- Custom Tracking Platform
- Over 2,000 Live Offers
- Guaranteed Top Payouts
- Accelerated Payment Options
- Rewards Program & Contests
- Free Training & Tools
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9. PEPPERJAM
- Access to a variety of creative assets to monetize your campaigns including: banners, text links, generic links, coupons, products and more.
- Easily connect with advertisers via advertiser mail and profile info.
- Maximize earnings or commission potential based on time, position in the click path, code use and more.
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10. RAKUTEN MARKETING
- Earn commissions directly from your site.
- Educational tools and training help you optimize your affiliate marketing program and give you a jump start into earning commissions.
- Earn commissions for sales you influence at the beginning, the end, or both points in the affiliate journey.
- Deep Linking capabilities to create a seamless conversion experience, with the ability to track app installs, leads, and conversions.
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11. SHAREASALE
- ShareASale hosts 3,900+ Affiliate Programs spanning 40 different categories.
- Been in business for 19 years.
- Great support and customer service.
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12. SKIMLINKS
- Works wit 20,000+ merchants
- Some partners offer Exclusive commission rates
- Social Media Monetization
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13. TRADEDOUBLER
- 2,000+ Advertisers to choose from
- 180,000+ active publishers
- Reliable tracking and payments
- Robust tools and reporting
- Deep linking functionalities
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14. SOVRN//COMMERCE formerly VIGLINK
- Learn what content is popular, which articles resonate, and what people purchase
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology works in the background to automatically link product mentions to the best-paying merchant with the highest conversion rate
- Deliver revenue to publishers through content-driven-commerce with leverage, insight, and automation
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