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Now you might think, “Why would I want to do that”. Well, until you have your own products to sell to your audience, it’s a great option for many reasons. First, the products and services will generally be backed by a well known company and brand name that already has some audience trust. And this is key to making the final sale.

Inform or educate your audience while building trust and establishing your authority on the subject matter. Things like tutorials and in-depth guides like my guide on how to make money blogging are great for this.Convert your audience, whether into an email subscriber, by offering a free lead magnet in exchange for their email address or a direct sales conversion by that user following through to your affiliate link and making a purchase. Content such as my post on online course platforms would be an example of this, as I review multiple platforms and share insights with my readers.
Having too little content on your website or re-using the vendor's product descriptions and landing pages is likely to bury your SEO efforts under a Google penalty. Yet producing enough content might be an overwhelming task that you, as a small business, simply have no resources for.