Hello everyone, I have noticed that some users claim that using affiliate marketing is more effective than placing Adsense on your site(s). My blog covers a wide array of topics and the random ads that Adsense places (even when using a filter) are not drawing attention. My question is, what is this better alternative? I would like the ads to be more consistent so I signed up for Commission Junction after noticing it being used on one of my favorite blogs. Also, is using Google's Doubleclick better than Adsense? A fellow blogger friend of mine told me that alot of the higher quality affiliate program require a certain traffic ranking as Adsense allows anyone. Are there any content or traffic restrictions associated with affiliate networks?
Definitely! Usually offers will either allow incentive promotion (like cash, points, or other rewards) or non-incentive promotion. But campaigns can also have restrictions on certain marketing methods such as keyword PPC advertising or email marketing. However, if you are simply posting articles then you should have no problem with offer restrictions, as you would just be inserting a text link or displaying a banner advertisement. My recommendation would be to use a combination of AdSense and Affiliate Marketing. If you have strong/decent traffic, then I would highly recommend looking into content locking. There are a handful of networks on this forum, including ours, which offer solutions for this. So keep the blog articles coming! Building your traffic is the key to making the most from your website.
its good to bring attention to your advertised affiliate product otherwise visitors will more likely just dismiss it as just another ad. but you can't do that with Google Adsense its against their policies (since its pay per click) also, Google Adsense and the like ARE a *type* of affiliate marketing.
With affiliate networks, it's a good idea to have a site of your own, and be able to demonstrate that you know what to do when trying traffic to your sites for the affiliate networks, as in don't break their terms of conditions