Bluehost affiliate program is one of the most popular web hosting affiliate program. They pay affiliates $65 for every successful lead.
One of the most successful blogger promoting Bluehost is Pat Flynn from smartpassiveincome.com. Pat Flynn makes on average $20,000 per month from bluehost affiliate program.
This is how he does it.
Devout Followers Vs Google Visitors
If your blog has regular readers who passionately follow your blog post you have a better chance of making money from bluehost affiliate program. Affiliate products work best on blogs with devout readers while Google adsense seems to work best on blogs that get a ton of traffic from search engines like Google.
Pat Flynn blog has a community of readers interested in making a passive income online. Pat teaches them how to make money online using a blog or website.
If you devout your attention on developing a loyal blog community and not chasing Google traffic, you stand a better chance of making money from bluehost or any other affiliate program.
Trust : Trust : Trust
Your readers need to trust you if you hope to be successful from promoting bluehost web hosting. Pat has an about page on his blog, he uses his real name, he has a picture of himself on the blog and he is very transparent on how much money he makes online.
For readers to trust you, make sure you have an about page, don't use your nick name as your byline and have your picture on your about page. You can go a step further and link to your Facebook page, Twitter and Google + page.
Don't rely on banners
The mistake most affiliates of web hosting make is pasting banners on their website/blog. It is okay to put a banner on your side bar but make sure you do what Pat Flynn has done. Pat has written many post on how bluehost works. Inside those post there is an affiliate link to bluehost.
Honest Recommendations
It helps if you promote products that you use. If you don't use them at least they should be products that you are familiar with.
Have a resource page
The majority of Pat Flynn bluehost conversions come from Smart Passive Income blog resource page. This is the page where he details all the products he has used. This is the second most visited page in his blog. And he adds,
If you’re not utilizing a resource page for your niche on your site, you’re crazy! It’s the ultimate non-aggressive way to earn money leaving all parties happy in the end.
Traffic
Blog Visitors = money. Not every visitor will convert but the more visitors to your website the better your chances of making money. The key for getting more visitors to your website or blog is provide value. Write quality posts and write often.
Make an effort to convert Google visitors into regular readers. You do that by asking visitors to subscribe to your newsletter and encouraging them to leave comments. Make sure your social buttons (facebook, twitter and Google +) are visible on your site.
To your success!
