Blogging works as a marketing tool. Or at least I think it does.
Recently I have been putting a little more effort into my marketing and this includes writing more on my blog about Clickbank and other affiliate marketing programs.
As a result, I have seen a marked increase in the number of visitors I get to the site. When I let the site go slightly stagnant, I found that the maximum number of visitors in a day never exceeded 15. The minimum number of visitors in a day was often 0.
By actively posting on the site just once or twice a week, I find that the minimum number of visitors hasn't gone below 15 (my previous maximum) and it now regularly gets as high as 30.
Now this might not sound like very much to any seasoned online marketer, but don't forget that you were a beginner once.
More importantly though, the number of "hops" I get to affiliated Clickbank pages has increased. I used to go for weeks without getting any. In the last 2 weeks, it has averaged just over 9 hops per day and the trend is that it is increasing.
Even more importantly, I am getting a lot more sales of Clickbank products. It's still not many, but as I work harder on posting useful information to the site, it will increase even more.
Best of all, I have finally made a sale of a product with a recurring income. By that I mean a product for which the purchaser makes a regular monthly payment, and for each month that they remain a member, I get a commission. Again, it's not much, but better than nothing.
A few hundred of those and I'll be able to give up the day job!
