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Becoming an Accomplished Salesmom Online: Lessons in Affiliate Sales

Affiliate Sales on Your Personal and Authority Blog

I am learning that affiliate sales and marketing take a lot of time and energy. Or knowledge, in which I did not have when I began.

I have made my fair share of mistakes when it comes to trying to sell stuff on my blog- not finding the right audience, not writing about the right things, not even telling my readers I have products I use and sell.

But I can say I have learned lessons over the last couple of years. Lessons that I wish I had implemented long ago.

Here are some lessons I highly recommend you take into account when and if you decide to break into affiliate sales through blogging.

This article is for bloggers with personal blogs or authority blogs. They tend to be a bit more personal and take on the personality of the blogger herself. This article is not for use in niche blogs

Work on the Internet: 7 Ways to Work from Home Online

By Allie | 24 comments

Below are some ways you can work online and not leave the house, aka be a WAHM, AND without having to worry about any inventory.

Affiliate Sales

This is my favorite way to earn an income from blogging so far. And I have the most experience at. As you know I wrote about affiliate selling in my last post and I am sure there will be more to come.

Google AdSense

Basically ads for you site from Google, and you do not need a minimum amount of traffic. Yet, let me also confess, you do need a great amount of traffic to make a good living using Adsense.

I earn some extra cash with Google AdSense through my Hubpages account and my Blogger blogs. It did not happen overnight and it is still not paying the

Transitioning from Blogger to WAHM: Preparing Myself, My Readers and My Blog

By Allie | 29 comments

This post is somewhat of a transition post. Hopefully it is taking me (and you) from learning and knowing about blogging to learning and implementing online income tactics.

Of course, I will never stop learning about blogging and talking to you about it. But I need to change direction and focus.

It is time for a change.

Next Steps for Me Streamlining RWAHM

Right now I am working on streamlining my blog, meaning I am making it faster and more user friendly. I am doing this to prepare myself for my online income journey. I mean, I can’t move on when the house I built is in shambles. Right?

Online Income

During the past few months I have not worked very hard on building an income that I can use to help my family prosper more. Frankly speaking, I am angry at myself. This is the main reason I came online back in 2010.

Yet I can’t be

Growing Money on the Internet: Diversifying My Avenues

By Allie | 11 comments

Since Amazon dropped me because I live in California, I have been researching even more ways to earn an income online. I am leery and I don’t trust any company right now. But I need them so I can make a living. I figure I should diversify. Not only earn from many sources but many types of sources. Even if one industry suffers financially, I can rely on other industries for income.

As you know I sell a few eBooks I firmly believe have helped me and I also sell Market Samurai, which I am actively using right now to help me build my niche site. I am a member of Swagbucks, a rewards/points program and I run a blog about it. I sell photos at Dreamstime. I have Google Ads on