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I earn most revenue from ads but I have a few niche affiliate promos that do pretty well. One in particular kills it November through March. It's seasonal but over the last two years it's done great. ​ Almost all of that revenue is from a handful of posts on one of my mid-sized sites. What makes those posts work is that I own the products I promote and each post is filled with my own photos of the product. I include some GIFs demonstrating the products for good measure. Yes, taking your own photos is more work but you gotta admit, it's not that much extra work with smartphones. All the photos on that site I took with my smartphone. This year I'm adding more to that affiliate cluster with new relevant products. I took my own photos. This year I'm improving my photos thanks to [this course]() (30% off with coupon fatstacks. Discount ends tonight). The reason I mention this course is that: => It's geared toward bloggers, => Teaches how to take great photos with a smartphone (don't need expensive fancy equipment), and => It's taught by an actual photographer who made a living doing photography. There's no doubt in my mind that when you use your own photos for products or anything, it will sell more of whatever you're selling. => [Get Jared's photography course for bloggers here]() (coupon fatstacks for 30% off. Ends tonight) ​ --------------------------------------------------------------- A few more tidbits about the successful affiliate promo I showcase above Yes, based on the success of that affiliate cluster, I'm rolling in more affiliate content into my sites. Here's how. Buy or hire: In some cases I buy the products and write it myself. In other cases, I've hired writers who use the products or are experts with the product line. Either way, the content is good. Single product vs product line vs brand: The example above focuses on one brand. I bought a pile of the stuff the brand sells and write about it. Fortunately, I love and use it personally so it's making money from stuff I'd buy anyway. I like the brand approach because you quickly become an expert about everything the brand offers. It was an accidental success. I never intended it to make much from affiliate commissions. I wrote a long article about a gift I received for Christmas. A year later it was getting 3,000 monthly visitors. I added some affiliate links which earned commissions. I then decided to capitalize on that brand. A brand example would be Lululemon. Product line: Another approach is to cover extensively a product line. I'm in the process of rolling out several of these promotions. An example is hiking boots. Single product: This is a simple review of the product. I do this as well for the individual items I buy. It's good to include whether you go after a particular brand or product line. Info content? I add plenty of it. I use [KeywordChef]() and [LowFruits]( searching for all kinds of long tail inquiries about the brand and/or product line. IMO, it helps if the entire cluster is personal If you visit my cluster promoting that brand (it's 19 articles), you know instantly every article is written by a user of that brand. While overall I like the brand and recommend it, there are some products I have that I'm not wild about. I say so. I tell it like I see it; straight shooter. My affiliate content isn't all positive. Most of it is, but there are a couple of items I bought that I don't like. Announcement for Fat Stacks course members - 20 minutes ago I added my #1 affiliate marketing tip in "The Lazy Affiliate" module. It's the lesson titled "I tend to have the most success with this ONE type of product" Thanks for reading. Jon Fatstacksblog.com DISCLAIMER: All links in this email are affiliate links. I can't very well talk about affiliate marketing without actually doing, right? Gotta walk the walk as they say. ​ [Unsubscribe]( | [Update your profile]( | 2016 Hill Drive, North Vancouver, British Columbia V7H 2N5