Getting affiliate sales is not easy. But you can make it easier by using some tips and tricks.

When it comes to generating affiliate sales, most of the people think about having more traffic.

But it’s not just about getting more traffic. It’s about getting targeted traffic and convert them accordingly.

Yes, that’s the beauty of affiliate marketing. You don’t need a have a huge amount of traffic to make affiliate sales.

You can use some tips and tricks to increase your affiliate sales dramatically. Here I’ll be sharing some tips to increase your affiliate sales without increasing your traffic.

Note: If you haven’t started affiliate marketing yet, don’t read this post. Rather read this one: A Step-by-Step Guide to Monetizing Your Blog With Affiliate Marketing.

Now let’s get started.

1. Get Most Out Of Your Popular Blog Posts

No matter how you have been blogging, a few of your posts get the most of the traffic. Those are the popular posts.

The best way to increase affiliate sales is to monetize those posts. You need to look for affiliate opportunities on those posts.

You can find your popular posts from Google Analytics. Just login to Google Analytics and select the site. Then go to Behavior > Site Content > All Pages. You will find the high traffic generating posts there.

You can also use other analytical tools like Jetpack or Clicky to find your most popular posts.

Now let’s see what you can do to monetize the popular posts.

Once you’ve found some affiliate sales-generating posts, apply the next technique to get even more sales.

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2. Find Potential Keywords That Can Generate More Traffic & Sales

There was used to be a time when bloggers could see which keywords were generating traffic to the blog posts from Google Analytics. And they optimized the posts for those keywords.

Unfortunately, Google has hidden those keywords behind “(not provided).” But you can still get a portion of those keywords from Google Search Console.

Here’s how to do it.

Login to Google Search Console. And click on Search Traffic > Search Analytics from the left-hand side.

Try to find out the potential keywords and optimize your posts with those keywords to generate more traffic and sales.

You can also use this for a single blog post to drive more targetted traffic.

Just select “Pages” and click on the post link.

On the next page, select “Queries”. And you will get the keywords that are generating traffic to that post.

Then optimize your post for the right keywords and get more traffic as well as sales.

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3. Makes “Sales Generating Posts” Clutter-Free

Every blog post has a purpose rather than serving readers. It could be getting subscribers, social shares, affiliate sales, etc.

When you find that some of your posts are generating good affiliate sales, you should optimize those posts only for affiliate sales.

This way you’ll be able to generate more sales. Here are the few things you can do to make those posts clutter-free.

So make a list of best affiliate sales-generating posts and start optimizing them.

Now let’s move to the next point.

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4. Add Tables To Your Blog Posts

People skim a lot. They don’t have the time to read your whole post.

When you have a table in your blog post, it will help them to find the information easily. And it increases the chances of getting more clicks on your affiliate links. And it will eventually generate more sales.

Here’s a screenshot of a table I’ve used on this post.

This table is created with WP Table Builder plugin. It’s a drag and drop WordPress table plugin.

And another amazing thing about the table is that if it gets picked for Google Featured Snippet, you will get a lot of organic traffic.

Here’s what I am talking about…

So adding tables to blog posts can increase your traffic and sales.

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5. Improve Your Blog Design and Speed

First impression is the best impression.

This is true for blog design too. A bad design can scare your visitors away. And they will never come back.

When it comes to having a good blog design, you need to use a premium theme. A premium theme comes with a beautiful & responsive design.

Here at RoadToBlogging, I am using Astra Theme. It’s simple but attractive. And it’s optimized for more conversions.

And another important thing is blog speed. People don’t have time to wait for your site to load. Slow speed decreases conversion rates. So make sure your site loads quickly.

Read: How to Speed Up WordPress Blog: 9 Easy Steps

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6. Display Relevant & Targeted Affiliate Offers To Sidebar

Most of the time we add an affiliate banner to the sidebar, and it shows to all blog posts. But a single affiliate banner can’t be relevant for all blog posts.

Suppose you have a blog post about web hosting and it’s showing an SEO product on the sidebar. Will you get the sales for SEO product?

There are very few chances. But if you show a web hosting affiliate banner, there is much more chance to convert. This is called Exact Targeting.

You can see a great example on this post at AuthorityHacker. It shows a lifetime deal of the product they have reviewed on the post.

Having targeted offers on the sidebar will definitely increase your sales. You can use these following two plugins to display custom sidebar and make it sticky.

The next tactic is similar but more efficient.

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7. Use Exit-intent Popup to Promote Affiliate Offers

The exit-intent popup is not something new. We are using it to build the email list.

But have you ever used it to increase affiliate sales?

Probably NOT. I’ve started using it recently. And it has grown my sales dramatically.

The idea is to display a relevant offer or a recommendation when the user is about to leave the page.

It works great for “Products/Services List Posts.” People often get confused to choose one from many alternatives. A popup with a recommendation can make it easier.

Here’s an example of a pop-up I am using in one of my blog posts.

You can also use exit-intent to offer a discount or coupon code. It might work too. [If you’re going to show coupon/discount, you can use our coupon plugin – WP Coupons and Deals]

I am using Thrive Leads to set up exit intent. It allows me to set up different pop-ups for different posts. I mean I can specify the pop-up to show on a specific post.

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8. Add Affiliate Links Automatically to the Specified Keywords

If you have been blogging for a while, chances that a lot of your old posts don’t contain affiliate links.

If it’s true, then you are leaving money on the table. To fix this, you need to add affiliate links automatically to the specified keywords.

You can easily do it by using ThirstyAffiliates plugin.

All you have to do is to enter the keywords which you wish to link with an affiliate link and limit the number of time.

It will turn specified keywords into affiliate links for your old and future posts. And your blog will be monetized with affiliate links.

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9. Add Coupon Codes & Free Trial To Your Blog Posts

People love discounts. That’s why sites like RetailMeNot & Groupon make tons of money.

But have you noticed that these sites are eating affiliates’ money?

Yes, they are taking your money.

For example, you send a visitor to a product page, and he is about to buy. But “the Coupon Code” field stops him. He starts looking for coupons on Google. And he ends up following several coupon sites’ affiliate links. There is a chance that you will miss the sale.

To stop visitors from searching coupon codes, you should add coupon codes to your blog posts.

You can use WP Coupons & Deals plugin to add such coupon box.

You can also use “Free Trial” link with Affiliate links. It increases affiliate conversion rates.

Read: How To Add Coupon Codes In WordPress Posts & Pages

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10. Add Widgets & Tools Offered by Affiliates

Some affiliate programs offer widgets and tools that can be inserted into your blog posts directly. It’s a great way to let users try the services and land them to the service pages.

For example, Namecheap has a domain name search widget that you can embed on your blog post. Your visitors will be able to search a domain from blog post directly. Here’s the tool.

However, these tools may not be available for every niche. It works great for online tools and services related niches. If you are promoting online tools and services, you can use this technique. There are some other tools like SEMrush, Namecheap, Bluehost, etc offer these widgets.

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11. Use Custom Affiliate Links (Deep linking)

Deep linking means creating a custom affiliate link for a particular page.

When you are talking about a particular feature of a product, it’s good to send the visitors to the feature page rather than the home page.

One of my affiliates was not generating any sales even if I was sending a lot of visitors. Then I changed the landing page direction, and it started getting sales.

If you are getting clicks but no sales, you are sending visitors to the wrong page. You need to fix this by using custom affiliate links.

Most of the affiliate programs offer deep linking. Some affiliates named it “Alternate Incoming Page Links.”

Even if there is no deep link generator on your affiliate panel, you can create the custom link manually. Just ask your affiliates how to do it.

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12. Use Affiliate Links Rather Than Your Review Post Links On Your Blog Posts

This is a common affiliate marketing mistake.

Many bloggers use their review post links while mentioning products/services name on the blog posts.

 You can do it occasionally. But inserting review post links every time may decrease your sales. Because an affiliate landing page is more optimized for conversion than your review post page.

So if you are doing it, stop it now. Add your affiliate links and see more sales.

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13. Create a Resource Page

This is something that I have ignored for a long time. But having a resource page is very crucial to generate more affiliate sales. Pat Flynn of SmartPassiveIncome.com revealed that the resource page is the most profitable page of his blog.

Creating a resource page is very easy. Just make a list of the tools and services you are using and showcase them on a page.

You can check my resource page here: https://roadtoblogging.com/resources/

It’s not necessary to add the premium tools and services only. You can also add free tools which you are using and can be useful for others.

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14. Show Which Tools/Services You Are Using

Like resource page, you can also show your recommended tools/services in different ways. One of the common places is the footer section. Here’s how Syed Balkhi of WPBeginner adds affiliate links on the footer section.

You can do it in many other ways. If you are a regular reader of RTB, you might have noticed this yellow box under many blog posts.

I use this box to promote Thrive Architect. You can use this trick to get more sales. Just be creative.

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15. Use Affiliate Links to Images

People often click on an image and find it’s not clickable.

If you are an affiliate marketer, you should make images clickable. At least the product images or images having a call to action button.

This way you will get more clicks as well as sales.

Read: How To Make Image Clickable In WordPress

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16. Add Affiliate Links To Image Captions

The caption of an image grabs the readers’ attention quickly. You can take this advantage to generate sales. Whenever you add a caption to your image, try to put an affiliate link there.

Here’s an example.

However, don’t it frequently. Add affiliate links on captions wisely.

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17. Use Cloaked Affiliate Links in Banner

Because of the rise of Ad Blockers, advertising publishers are losing a lot of revenue.

It can also affect the affiliate marketers if they use the banner code directly provided by Affiliates. Ad Blocker plugins block banners with an external link.

You can get rid of these by using cloaked affiliate links in the banner.

• How to Cloak Affiliate Links in WordPress

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18. Use Call to Action Buttons

No clicks, no sales.

One of the prerequisites of getting sales is getting clicks. People need to click on your links.

Sometimes having contextual links is not enough to get your links clicked. To fix this, you need to use the call to action buttons.

Adding one or more call to action buttons on your blog post can make a huge difference. I’ve tested this on some of my sales-generating posts and it has increased my sales.

Having a call to action buttons is very important for lengthy posts. Because people skim these types of posts.

Add one or more call to action buttons and see the difference.

I am using Ultimate Blocks to add the call to action buttons to the blog posts.

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19. Offer Extra Bonuses

Many bloggers promote the same products/services. The easiest way to convince your readers to use your affiliate link is to offer extra bonuses.

For example, if you are promoting a web host, you can offer Free WordPress Installation as a bonus.

You can also provide other types of bonuses like –

• Your own eBook.
• Checklists.
• Video Tutorials of affiliate products/services.

However, never offer cash backs. Most of the affiliate programs don’t allow this.

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20. Use Proper Affiliate Marketing Tools

Using the right affiliate tools is crucial to get success in affiliate marketing.

I’ve already shared a list of best affiliate marketing WordPress plugins.

Here’s the list of tools I am using for affiliate marketing.

• Astra Theme: It’s light-weight and optimized for SEO.
• Thirsty Affiliates: It’s the best affiliate links management plugin for WordPress. It offers some amazing add-ons.
• Thrive Themes Plugins: Thrive Themes has some excellent plugins which can skyrocket your conversion rates. Thrive Leads, Thrive Architect, and Thrive Clever Widgets are the must-have plugins for affiliate marketers.
• Ultimate Blocks: It’s a Gutenberg blocks plugin for bloggers and marketers.
• WP Table Builder: It’s a conversion-optimized drag and drop WordPress table plugin.
• GetResponse: I use GetResponse to build my list. Having an email list is vital for affiliate marketing.
• Google Analytics: It gives insights into how visitors find and use your site.
• Google Search Console: It helps you to optimize the visibility of your site.
• SEMrush: It helps you to analyze your competitors to beat them in the search results.

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21. Ask Affiliate Company To Increase Your Commission Rates

Some Affiliate Programs offer a higher commission for higher sales. If your high generating affiliates have this option, that’s great. But if not, you can ask your affiliates to increase your commission rates.

You can negotiate with your affiliate manager to increase your commission rates. If you are a high seller, they might increase your rates. I was able to increase my affiliate payout rates of Bluehost by negotiating.

So here’s what you can do.

• Collect all the information about how you are promoting them.
• Then check the commission rates of others.
• And send an email with your future promotion strategies and what you can bring to the table. And ask to increase your commission rates.

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Over To You

Hope these tips and tricks will help you to increase your affiliate sales.

When it comes to increasing affiliate sales, the most important thing is experimenting with different things.

So experiments a lot. And implement the ways I’ve shown in this post.

And another important thing is using the right tool. I’d recommend you to use Thirsty Affiliates and Thrive Tools to make affiliate marketing easier.

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