257: Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers: How Michelle Makes $50,000 a Month Selling Other People's Products

Published: Nov. 16, 2017, 10 a.m.

b"You might know Michelle Schroeder-Gardner from her super-popular blog MakingSenseofCents.com where she gets hundreds of thousands of readers and makes 6-figures a month.\\nAround $50k of that monthly revenue (or more) comes from affiliate marketing.\\nMichelle\\u2019s online journey started in the summer of 2011 when she decided to start blogging about paying off her student debts, \\u201cI didn\\u2019t know what blogs were at the time\\u2026 I literally didn\\u2019t know that you could make money with a blog,\\u201d she said looking back.\\nIt was when she made her first $100 six months later with a sponsored post that she knew she wanted to build an online business.\\n\\u201cIt became super addicting,\\u201d Michelle said.\\nFast-forward just two years and Michelle had become a full-time blogger making money through affiliate marketing sponsored posts, working as a freelance staff writer and selling display advertising.\\nShe started to focus on affiliate marketing, and with her most profitable post making more than $400k to-date it's fair to say she's nailed the right way to\\xa0do affiliate marketing.\\nThe secret to her success?\\nListening to her audience and providing relevant content that solves a pain point.\\nSounds simple, right?\\nTune in to hear Michelle explain how she finds the right affiliate products to promote to her audience, as well as her tips to maximize conversions, increase your social media following, diversify your traffic sources, and much more.\\nFull Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers: How Michelle Makes $50,000 a Month Selling Other People's Products\\nDon't have a blog yet? My free video course will help you get started!\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"