Episodes
Published 03/14/19
You're ready to take your blog or platform to the next level. Before you make the investment of money, energy, and time, consider all your options. Here are some questions to ask yourself before you open your wallet. Make sure you listen to episode 18 for the first part of our discussion where we outline the different ways you can grow as a business person and grow your business with courses, coaching, outsourcing, and conferences.
Published 03/14/19
You've decided it's time to spend some money on learning a new skill or moving your business forward, but what exactly should you do? In this episode, we discuss your investment options (courses, coaching, masterminds, consulting, etc.) and the pros and cons of each one. Make sure you listen to episode 19 for PART 2 of this discussion: Questions to ask yourself before you make that investment.
Published 03/07/19
We all want to make money on our content, but oftentimes we are making mistakes that can be easily fixed that when done will increase our revenue. Here are six more common affiliate marketing mistakes I see bloggers and content creators make all the time. Make sure you listen to EPISODE 16 for the first seven mistakes!
Published 02/28/19
We all want to make money on our content, but oftentimes we are making mistakes that can be easily fixed that when done will increase our revenue. Here are seven common affiliate marketing mistakes I see bloggers and content creators make all the time. Come back and listen to episode 17 for six more affiliate marketing mistakes!
Published 02/21/19
Everyone says that if you get the same question from three or more readers, it's time to create a product to solve their problem. Great advice, right? But is creating your own digital product (a course, an ebook, a recourse guide, coaching, or a membership site) really the best way to serve your audience well? In this episode, find out the pros and cons of both creating your own product and promotion someone else's product as an affiliate and how you can make the best decision for your...
Published 02/13/19
The answer to "Should I promote this product as an affiliate" is NOT as easy as "If it serves my audience." An affiliate product needs to serve YOU as the business owner as well as your readers. Listen to find out the criteria you can use to decide if you should promote a physical or digital product or service on your site, to your email list, or on one of your engaged social media platforms.
Published 01/30/19
Use these tips to update your already-published content so you can cash in on the work you've already done! Monetizing a highly trafficked post can take less than 30 minutes and the results will bring you passive income every single month.
Published 01/23/19
Here are five strategic things you can do to set yourself up to make more money this year with affiliate marketing. boosts#toggleFormOnEscOrEnter" data-boosts-adding-class="boosts--adding" data-boosts-deleting-class="boost--deleting"> 
Published 01/02/19
NOW is the time to start your promotional plan for NEXT Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Here are 6 things we plan to implement or change for next year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday to grow our audience, work more efficiently, and make more money in 2019.
Published 12/26/18
Black Friday and Cyber Monday is our revenue Super Bowl and this year we absolutely WON. Listen to the five things we did over the lucrative pre-Christmas shopping season to engage our readers, work efficiently, and make big money.
Published 12/19/18
Eventually we all have a reader email, comment, or message fussing about you selling or accusing you of "selling out" or being "too salesy." Here are four things you can do to deal with that person and also to keep it all in perspective.
Published 12/05/18
Learn how to use Amazon tracking and analytics to increase your conversions and make more money as an Amazon associate. Amazon has a new Content Insight feature that shows you how individual posts are converting.
Published 11/21/18
Using Amazon as an affiliate can be a good income stream from your website and social media platforms, but you need to know the rules to keep your account in good standing. Make sure you're following the Amazon Associates rules and that you're using the tools available to make your work more efficient. 
Published 11/14/18
Today we’re talking all about how to get ready to use affiliate links to make money this Christmas season.  This is one of my favorite times of the year. I personally love finding and sharing deals and I make probably half of my affiliate marketing revenue my frugal lifestyle and deal blog during November and December. So, I know about making money during the holiday shopping season and I know you that you’re not too late. Everything we’re going to talk about in the episode can be done in...
Published 10/31/18
Black Friday and the lucrative holiday shopping season is quickly approaching. Learn how to publish, monetize, and promote gift guides as a way to earn income from affiliate marketing now and in the future.
Published 10/24/18
How affiliate marketing actually serves your audience. Alright, well when the topic of using affiliate marketing to make money online or any type of selling to one's online audience, most people who don't use it very often or have never used it at all, start getting kind of all itchy and uncomfortable. They feel like affiliate marketing is self-serving. So, affiliate marketing is all about me, the blogger or the influencer, making money off my audience. And I don't blog to make money, I blog...
Published 10/03/18
Today I’m joined by Melody Hansen, my online manager and periodic co-host. In this episode Melody and I are going to discuss how affiliate marketing is easier than what you’re doing now. Basically why it’s superior to all other monetization strategies out there.
Published 09/26/18
I'm going to share the story about my online professional career. I know that getting a sneak peak into someone else's life is really interesting, so I'll also give you some personal stuff. But my ultimate desire is to illustrate the realities of making money online. I have found that there is no such thing as making money quick. There's no such thing as, "Follow these steps to a six or seven figure lunch." And I've found that there's no such thing as truly passive income. A news...
Published 09/19/18
First off, what is affiliate marketing? Well if we're going to go technical affiliate marketing is a marketing arrangement by which an online retailer pays a commission to an external website for traffic or sales generated from his referrals. It is a relationship where you get paid to promote and sale others retailers products. You are the external website and the retailer is the person paying the money out. Affiliate marketing, if it's done well, meaning it's done authentically and with...
Published 09/12/18
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Published 08/28/18