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  • bikerministry May 20, 2012 @ 1:34 pm | delete
    Super advice and I like your disclaimer. Blessings.
  • Hypersapien Jan 23, 2012 @ 3:38 am | delete
    Thansks fop rth e lens; lots of useful info here.
  • ddixonart Feb 7, 2012 @ 10:13 am | delete
    Thanks for you comment. I'm glad you found the page about affiliate programs helpful!
  • ddixonart Apr 16, 2012 @ 11:52 am | delete
    Let me know if you put any of it to work and how it does for you. I mainly use Commission Junction in conjunction with Squidoo, but I do get income also from separate individual companies' affiliate programs, like E-Mealz.
  • www.colourfulabstract.com Jan 2, 2012 @ 4:46 am | delete
    www.colourfulabstract.com Thank You for all the info. iam looking to link affiliates on my website. so your site has been a great help
  • ddixonart Feb 7, 2012 @ 10:15 am | delete
    Think about who visits your site. I can tell by using Google Analytics which pages of my site get hits. That information can help you figure out what most people are visiting your site for. If you have a lot of people visiting who are finding your site by Googling "How to do abstract art," then you know you have ARTISTS -- so they are less likely to buy YOUR art and more likely to use a Blick Art Supplies affiliate link. If they are Googling "Buy abstract art for office" then you can tell they are art buyers, so use the Art.com affiliate links or links to art framers...or even business-related links.
  • sghealth Jul 22, 2011 @ 9:42 am | delete
    Any good affiliate program is free to sign up. A good affiliate program will help their affiliates succeed. Great lense All the best!
  • ddixonart Feb 7, 2012 @ 10:12 am | delete
    Exactly right. Because the affiliate network wants to create value for the companies that they run the affiliate programs for, so they will keep working with their network. I have eve emailed certain companies and asked them for advice and links for special purposes.
  • beardvc Jun 25, 2011 @ 5:47 pm | delete
    Keep helping people, it is always a good thing!
  • wvclaylady Apr 28, 2011 @ 12:37 am | delete
    Thank you so much! Your info should be a big help!
  • ddixonart Feb 7, 2012 @ 10:11 am | delete
    Hi thanks for your comment. I hope it will be a help. There is really so much about affiliate marketing, it's hard to remember all of it and put it in one page, but if just putting the "bug"in your ear about it is enough to get you going, it's worth it. I read someone's blog post about internet affiliate marketing several years ago, that's why I started looking into it.
  • Susan Walker Jan 2, 2011 @ 8:22 pm | delete
    Great info but am I correct in that Dick Blick is free to me to sign up? I am currently pending with them but found the cjuntion site a bit over whelming and I am afraid I am going to be charged to add/pick a link to use on my site.
  • ddixonart Jan 2, 2011 @ 10:17 pm | delete
    Susan, I signed up to be an affiliate with Dick Blick through the Commission Junction site. I have been an affiliate using CJ for years, and it's never cost me a dime.
  • Chinajoy Dec 11, 2010 @ 8:49 pm | delete
    great information!
  • raphaelo Nov 13, 2010 @ 4:31 am | delete
    great information. Thanks for your sharing to everyone :)
  • dancerene Nov 23, 2009 @ 3:54 am | delete
    Thank your for sharing the info.
  • Tiddledeewinks Apr 7, 2009 @ 7:46 am | delete
    Good info, but I've been trying affiliate marketing with no results yet.
  • AlyiceEdrich.com Jan 9, 2009 @ 11:21 am | delete
    I actually make money from Amazon and Google Adsense. I have even made money from affiliate programs in the past, but CyrpticFragments assumption is correct, you have to put in the time for these programs to pay off. You have to write content that matches the program you're trying to "sell" then you have to market those pages you created or the website--as a whole. It takes time. Time to build an audience. Time to create the product pages. Time to promote, advertise, and market. And you have to keep marketing every single day. And it can burn you out. Some people have the stamina it takes to live on the web and the computer and the Internet. Others, don't. I found I needed more of a balance so I cut down on my time promoting and watched the sales fall as well. It truly is a numbers game to make affiliate programs pay off.
  • ddixonart Jan 5, 2009 @ 9:04 pm | in reply to CrypticFragments | delete
    It doesn't take much time. Once you have the links set, they are fine unless they leave the affiliate program. Stick with a narrow offering at first, to not spend much time. I think it's best to choose an affiliate program that has MOST of the websites or products you think you're a good match for, and just run with one. That way, you are more likely to meet the minimum payout amount and get paid something. When you get paid even the $25 minimum that most accounts have, that is a good motivator. I have had the best luck with the DickBlick affiliate program that's available on Commission Junction. If you go with too many things to promote and too many affiliate programs, then yes, it will be overwhelming. So I stay pretty small with it but keep my foot in the door! I get about $200-$250 per month from affiliates and Squidoo combined. I get more from Commission Junction than I get from my 100 Squidoo pages.
  • CrypticFragments Jan 5, 2009 @ 8:53 pm | delete
    I belong to every single one of the affiliate sites you mention and none of them have EVER earned me a dime.
    I just do not understand how people actually make money with these things. You'd have to be online 24-7 choking people with your links.

    sorry if this comes across as harsh, I just do not buy into it anymore after so much wasted effort

    congrats to those of you who can make it work for you
  • OhMe Jan 5, 2009 @ 8:42 pm | delete
    Thanks for this great info and great lens.
  • Joan4 Jan 5, 2009 @ 7:48 pm | delete
    very good information - passing along to artistic friends! Thank you!
  • lakeerieartists Jan 5, 2009 @ 7:43 pm | delete
    Very nice. Lots of great information.
  • anilg Jun 18, 2008 @ 10:52 am | delete
    Nice lens with lots of useful information. If you are willing to make money online, then please visit my lens
  • jonni Feb 22, 2008 @ 12:36 pm | delete
    Helpful inormation Darla. I checked out your blog after seeing your post on women of gwinnet. Here is my blog if you want to check it out (comments appreciated)

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