<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts? | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/feed/</link> <description>Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts? - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging</description> <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 16:49:50 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-4384</guid><title><![CDATA[Kimberly LoSavio replied to the forum topic Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-4384</link> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:48:16 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kimberlylosavio/" title="Kimberly LoSavio" rel="nofollow">Kimberly LoSavio</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/" rel="nofollow">Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/blogsbyheather/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/blogsbyheather/' rel="nofollow">@blogsbyheather</a> this is my exact philosophy ;) I have my disclaimers in place and I am working on a "Gypsy Recommends" page on my blog as well as the use of my widgets, but I only add affiliate links to posts [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-4228</guid><title><![CDATA[Heather Wright-Porto replied to the forum topic Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-4228</link> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:20:25 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/blogsbyheather/" title="Heather Wright-Porto" rel="nofollow">Heather Wright-Porto</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/" rel="nofollow">Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> I have a page on my blog called Recommended Services where I list all affiliates. &#160;But then if I'm referring to Constant Contact and doing a how-to article on that, I may have a link to CC using my affiliate [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3692</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3692</link> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:33:44 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/" rel="nofollow">Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> &#160;I totally understand, Dave <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/doolin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/doolin/' rel="nofollow">@doolin</a> . Free is a very hard price point to compete with, isn't it? But so many of the gurus are teaching give everything away, build your following, and go for the big coaching, [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3670</guid><title><![CDATA[Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3670</link> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:41:54 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/doolin/" title="Dave Doolin" rel="nofollow">Dave Doolin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/" rel="nofollow">Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a> -&#160;<div></div><div>Here is how I see it:</div><div></div><div>If I'm serving free content to people dropping in from search, or reading along from my (exceedingly intermittent) email newsletters, I have no problem promoting using [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3667</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3667</link> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:30:09 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/" rel="nofollow">Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/doolin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/doolin/' rel="nofollow">@doolin</a> Dave, I like the balance in what your doing. Could you tell me more about how you differentiate between marketing and consulting. Sometimes, depending on a client, that can really become a blur in certain [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3521</guid><title><![CDATA[Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3521</link> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:56:13 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/doolin/" title="Dave Doolin" rel="nofollow">Dave Doolin</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/" rel="nofollow">Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nickmessenger/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nickmessenger/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nickmessenger/' rel="nofollow">@nickmessenger</a>&#160;I've had a lot of trouble in the past reconciling affiliate marketing with building credibility as a consultant.&#160;<div></div><div>My current solution is affiliate links in posts only on the marketing side. On the [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3408</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3408</link> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:47:37 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/" title="Kristi Hines" rel="nofollow">Kristi Hines</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/" rel="nofollow">Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nickmessenger/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nickmessenger/' rel="nofollow">@nickmessenger</a> I use affiliate links in my blog posts. &#160;In the last few months, I either mention at the beginning of the post that some links are affiliate links to products I use and recommend, or directly after [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3333</guid><title><![CDATA[Jon Behrens replied to the forum topic Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/#post-3333</link> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:50:24 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dakotalocal/" title="Jon Behrens" rel="nofollow">Jon Behrens</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-promote-affiliate-programs-in-your-blog-posts/" rel="nofollow">Do you promote affiliate programs in your blog posts?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nickmessenger/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nickmessenger/' rel="nofollow">@nickmessenger</a> I don't have an issue with affiliate links in blog posts, however make sure you disclose on your site that you may be getting revenue from products that are sold as you don't want the FTC knocking [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>