Affiliate marketing is one of the most popular ways people make money online and for some it can be a passive income once established. It is a strategy where an individual partners with a business (mainly an ecommerce sites ) in order to make a commission by referring readers or visitors to a business’s particular product or service. But that really is quite a simple explanation. To be really successful at making money with affiliate marketing there is a little more to it.

In the case of blogging, a blogger will become an affiliate of a selected company via an affiliate network or directly from the ecommerce business, and make money from being an affiliate by placing a link, button or banner within a blog post that will lead the readers to that affiliate products or services.

A good blogger and affiliate will utilize a number of different marketing channels to promote content.

1. Aggregating offers from different vendors
2. Create a directory or search engine for affiliate marketers to find offers
3. Handle the administrative duties of running an affiliate network