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RE: You Don't Need Upvotes to Earn Money From Your Steem Blog

in #steem • 7 years ago

@shenanigator Thanks for posting about affiliate links in Steemit post, I have only recently, after much deliberation, begun to add Amazon Associate links in my posts. It's too early to see any results, and my traffic so far is practically zero anyway, but like you said, those posts can generate commissions for years to come if Google picks them up.
I just hope the whales here on Steemit are ok with it, I often wonder.

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     7 years ago (edited)

    Keep in mind that the Steem whales have the most to gain if the price of Steem goes up and the most to lose if the price goes down. If you ever get questioned about it, I'd say something like:

    I know affiliate marketing isn't something people do much on Steemit yet, but I think it's actually highly-beneficial to the Steem ecosystem. I'm writing posts with certain search keywords that may end up getting picked up by Google. If they do, that means more traffic for Steemit. More Steemit traffic means more Steem accounts being created, more demand for Steem, and ultimately making your Steem worth more. I'd argue that more people should be writing posts for Google's eyes. It's one thing that will help make Steem huge. Plus, if Steemians are earning money from affiliate marketing, they'll have more cash to purchase Steem Power. This would also benefit the Steem price.

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     7 years ago 

    I agree. But, it will need a large enough following - just as a Youtube channel.

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      That's exactly why I started adding affiliate links to my posts, to attempt to generate income to be used solely for 2 things: 1) buying more Steem and powering it up to increase my voting power and reward amounts, 2) paying upvote and resteem bots so that my posts are seen by more than one person.
      The other day I almost spent all of my remaining SBD on a few bots trying desperately to get a couple of posts out there in front of people. The results were not at all encouraging.
      This got me to thinking, I shouldn't be PAYING to post, so maybe with an affiliate link or two in most, but not every, post I could make a few cents to help with this unfortunate expenditure.
      In time, as my followers increase in number and SP, the bot-use will decrease. Hopefully it works that way, we will see.
      Thanks for the help!

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