Affiliate marketing and Google AdSense are two major ways people earn online. In affiliate marketing, you earn a commission from the sales of products through your affiliate links while in AdSense you earn by displaying ads on your site and your earning is dependent on cost per clicks.

Benefits Affiliate Marketing has over Google AdSense

I kinda love affiliate marketing mainly because you can whenever you want to. What you need is to set the blog sales funnel properly, promote the right products and drive some targeted visitors. Here are the few advantages affiliate marketing has over Google AdSense.

1. You Earn While You Sleep

Affiliate marketing makes it possible to make money while you sleep. For many bloggers and marketers, it’s the best source of passive income. You don’t have to beg people to purchase products from you, all you need to do is find the right products, drive targeted visitors to the ads and earn, It’s as simple as that. If your audience finds value in what you offer them and it suits them, you will earn even while you sleep.

2. Build trust first, make money after

The key to making money through affiliate marketing is building trust with your audience. Like the example I made with Pat Flynn in this post "Why people are not buying your affiliate products", if you can try and build a large audience that trusts your judgments, the money will flow ceaselessly.

3. Huge Traffic is not necessary

This is one of the reasons I prefer affiliate marketing over AdSense. With a couple of thousands of visitors to your site, you can earn a decent income from affiliate marketing; and the interesting part is that you can earn huge commissions if you choose the products very carefully. When you recommend the right products to your audience, you will not only add value, you will also earn money in the process.