Use blogging to attract site visitors and build a relationship with your audience. When you post useful information on your blog, people learn to trust and value your opinion, which means they're more likely to listen to your product recommendations. It's a win/win situation.

While blogging is certainly not the only way to do affiliate marketing, it's very popular — and for good reason. If you get it right, you can set yourself up as an authority in your niche, which can make all of your marketing efforts easier and more effective. Find more information on blogging in the "Introduction to blogging" lesson below. 

The easiest place to start, if you don't have a lot of website-building experience, is WordPress. You'll find a few lessons in this category covering the setup of a WordPress blog, as well as some ways to customize and design it. 

Once that's all ready to go, you'll write your blog posts, publish them, and find ways to monetize them for a positive return on investment. The lessons in this section will help you with all areas of blogging for affiliate marketing.