Thanks for the tips on how to find out how to best research products, and for the affiliates you have found to work well for you. It seems that having a contact with the respective affiliate is the best route to ensure that what they’re selling can back up its promotion and be worth it! Thanks!

The problem with ebooks is that everyone can write them and they don’t even have to be an expert in the niche. When you place an affiliate ad,it’s like you’re endorsing that ebook. As you want to create a bond of trust with your readers, you have to choose wisely. When choosing products to sell on an affiliate basis, do a lot of research. Find the books that have been reviewed and recommended by reputable people.

Also, everyone has their own favorite programs. Research them all to find the one working best for you. I use Social Spark, Commission Junction and private affiliate sales for the best results – and I’m still tweaking. Find the products that appeal to you the most and approach the brand directly about an affiliation.

I thought writing may be a tough affiliate niche, but courses and good ebooks would make the most sense. I’m sure you get hounded with plenty of people who ask you to advertise for them, and how do you find the quality products over the, well less than helpful shall we say? Do you often get a trial or such? I’ve got a lot of background in health and fitness, have done lots of articles in that area, and started a blog geared toward that outside of my writing one, and was thinking that one may be my affiliate niche, but I don’t want to sell out and promote a lot of the gimmicks out there that I don’t believe in or wouldn’t want to use myself, you know! I don’t think pedaling liquid fasts and diet drinks, or promising people to lose 30 pounds in 10 days in an unhealthy, and unrealistic, manner is right and it looks like there are just tons of those products out there. I had signed up with Clickbank as an affiliate service, but in their health and fitness there are a lot of those kinds of things. Do you know of a better affiliate program to go with? I’m sorry to ask u all these questions…yikes, I just feel kinda stuck as what to do with my blogs. :/

The revenue coming from FWJ is a mix of affiliates, clicky ads such as Adsense, and private ad sales. Choosing products to sell for this niche is tricky. The best affiliates (in my opinion) are reputable ebooks,books and courses for writers.

Drive to get the website redone and more search engine friendly, has hit the ceiling and the old “too shy to self-promote” has been cast to the winds!

I always appreciate your sound advice!