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Chapter 5: Blog Income and Earning Strategies > Other Direct Forms of Income
In addition to advertising, you have a few other ways to make direct income. Let’s take a look at some now.
Affiliate Programs
Affiliate programs involve taking a commission for referring a customer to a product. Probably the most common of these for bloggers is the Amazon Associates program that now has tens of thousands of products to which you can link. Darren uses this to great effect on his photography blog (see Figure 5-6). Other affiliate programs that represent many different companies and products include LinkShare, Commission Junction, and ClickBank.
Figure 5-6: Darren uses Amazon links on his photography blog.
Exercise
List good quality products that you have bought recently that match your niche. Sign up for Amazon Associates so you can provide links to them. Search the top blogs in your subject and related areas for reviews to get an idea of the products you could feature on your blog.
