RE: You Don't Need Upvotes to Earn Money From Your Steem Blog

[nikema]

This is actually a really good point. It's not even that you said anything I didn't already know but I wasn't thinking about it. tip!

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[shenanigator]

Hey @nikema, thanks for the tip! For the longest time we didn't consider it either. However, posting on Steemit is like posting on your own blog only with far superior search engine optimization.

[nikema]

I'm still pretty new here. I think another commenter mentioned that it could be considered spam to post affiliate links. Have you run into any problems with that? I'm guessing if you do it the way you propose here a link or two will not take away from the quality of the post.

[shenanigator]

If you're writing quality posts and using links sparingly, I don't think you're going to have any problems. I replied to another commenter saying that if you get questioned about it, I'd say something like this:

I know affiliate marketing isn't something people do much on Steemit yet, but I think it's actually highly-beneficial to the Steem ecosystem. I'm writing posts with certain search keywords that may end up getting picked up by Google. If they do, that means more traffic for Steemit. More Steemit traffic means more Steem accounts being created, more demand for Steem, and ultimately making your Steem worth more. I'd argue that more people should be writing posts for Google's eyes. It's one thing that will help make Steem huge. Plus, if Steemians are earning money from affiliate marketing, they'll have more cash to purchase Steem Power. This would also benefit the Steem price.

[simplymike]

Good answer :0)

[simplymike]

I got flagged a couple of times for using affiliate links. In my experience, you always need to add an affiliate discaimer (= statement that you’re using affiliate links) to your post, and of course write a quality post that is not just an advertisement