Are we Bloggers or an Online Shop?
Hi WA Friends,
I have been setting up social media (mainly to secure the name) and during this process of having to select sectors I have started to question if as Affiliate Marketers. Are we bloggers or a shop??
Do we sell as a distributor?
OR
Do we blog blog blog and encourage readers to click our affiliate links?
I'm starting to think it's the latter which kind of makes sense but what do I know, I'm a new born when it comes to this.
When I started on my first website it was my intention to create a shop window to provide visitors with direct links to their own teams, whilst offering the flexibility of purchasing football shirts from various clubs within the Premier League.
Maybe this is the wrong approach? Maybe I should be focussing on writing great blogs and marketing my social media pages as a bloggers page rather than a sports shop page?
Still confused if the best approach so would love your thoughts.
Be successful!
D
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On this platform as the training teaches we are bloggers. This doesn't mean to say we are not a shopfront or an affiliate.
One of the top traffic methods is a blog. What you do when people reach your blog is up to you.
I have links to affiliate products and I also have links to other websites that I own, but here I am a blogger through and through.
Derek
Thanks derek, would it be ok if i get the link to your website so i can see how to lay things out? Understand if youd rather not.
Blogger, affiliate marketer, and online seller are three different people. A blogger writes posts about any topic. An affiliate marketer promotes affiliate products writing reviews, for instance, in blog posts. Finally, you can sell items through an online shop, so you are a seller, an online seller. Not all bloggers are affiliate marketers, but usually, affiliate marketers are bloggers and successful bloggers are affiliate marketers. On the other hand, you may have an online shop without a blog, although many online shops have a blog or you can be an online seller through an online shop but you are not an affiliate marketer necessarily.
Based on the above you can find bloggers who are affiliate marketers and online sellers (who sell physical or digital products through online shops). Finally, as a blogger and affiliate marketer don’t see yourself as a seller. Visitors don’t like that. Your audience should see you as someone who can provide a solution to a specific problem.
Tom
Thanks Tom, I am really confused now. Not because of your reply, thats great.
My idea was to create a site offering football shirt affiliate links but I am questioning why a customer who is looking to buy a soccer shirt would even click on my site if its just a blogging site with links? Surely they would just go to an online shop. So Ive hit a wall now and could really do with some guidance. Really enjoy writing blogs but should o stay clear of the foitball shirt idea? I think I will send this to @Kyle for his thoughts as im quite stumped.
We can be both, but in our set up here, I think we're more of a blogger.
Have you seen websites out there that operate like shops and you can't even see the operators actively operating the sites? All you see are product photos, videos, and shopping carts.
See those shopify stores out there?
We're not like them. In every review that I see here, there's an admin or blogger interacting with the comments.
I think we are business owners blogging and sharing products and ideas and things to help people with their decision making
If we are bloggers then should we have a blog page rather than writing content as posts on our websites????
By default, WordPress puts all of your posts into a blog roll on your front page. If you decide to change to a static page for your front page, then you should have a blog item on your menu. How To Set Up a Static Home Page or Landing Page vs Default Blog Roll
Consider your WA Bogging page as a place to practice your blogging skills in a friendly environment. The skills you develop here will come in very applicable when you write bogs on your niche in your website.
Thinks of this as your blogging lab!
Cheers.
Edwin
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DarrenAI, You're question is an interesting one. Being an Affiliate and setting up a business as a blogger with the intent of presenting products that visitors to our site may decide to buy through us -not directly from us- makes the difference between a passive income source and a direct income source.
The sales pitch that Wealthy Affiliates presents to prospective members always put the emphasis on creating a passive income. This indicates that people are drawn to our website first by the subject matter, and buy secondly because of what we have written about the subject.
As I understand WA, we are bloggers. But you need to take this to Kyle for final interpretation.
Good luck in your venture.
Thanks Barbara, great explanation