As a new blogger it seems like there are a million things to learn. The basic questions start out as Blogger versus WordPress and then become more complex – like Search Engine Optimization. Somewhere in there you may here “Affiliate Marketing” and wonder “what’s that?” Affiliate marketing is one way to monetize your blog….aka….make some money. As a blogger you know that there are bills to be paid – domain name registration and renewal, server fees, wordpress themes, site design, and the list goes on and on. It is mighty nice to find a way to make it so you aren’t paying out of your own pocket for all of your expenses and working with an affiliate company is an easy to way to bring in some mone
My favorite affiliate marketing company to work with is Escalate Network. The top two things I love about Escalate Network are that they pay within 15 days of the month ending. That means you get paid your July 1st to 31st earnings on August 15th. This is by far the fastest any affiliate company pays. The next reason I love Escalate is that they offer monthly webinars where they sit in front of their webcams and offer a ton of great advice as well as take questions. Before my first webinar I had no idea what affiliate marketing truly was. After reading each of the webinar invite emails I thought it would not help me, but my husband was out of town that week and I didn’t have anything else to do, so I logged in and was amazed at what a wealth of information these two guys were giving us. My thought that affiliate marketing was a scam was instantly smashed. It’s true, I was skeptical at first. Over the last three months I have learned that there really are some great offers out there that are a lot of fun to publish that are totally legit.
With any affiliate marketing program, you choose what you want to publish. You do as little or as much as you would like. Join Escalate Network today. Don’t be discouraged if you are a new blog – go ahead and give it a try! If you have any questions please leave a comment or send me an email. I would love to chat with you.


Leandrea is a married mom of two girls, ages 13 and 12, living in Atlanta, GA. She is passionate about helping people save money one coupon at a time. Read more
I applied this morning but they are not accepting any new blogs in my area. I live in Orlando, Fl. Are there any other affiliate marketing programs that you would recommend? Thanks, Linda
I will see if I can find an answer for you Linda!