Glad to hear the Adsense ads weren’t too annoying. I probably won’t use Amazon though. I have in the past, and I just can’t bring myself to support their affiliate program. Their pay out per product is ridiculously low compared to most affiliate programs (equal effort for lower earnings), and the time you take to create their affiliate ads and get them posted often isn’t worth the payout (or lack thereof). I’m also not crazy about their oddly controlling behavior over independent authors, so while I’ll link to them for people who want to learn more about a book and see reviews, I don’t want to profit from them.

There definitely will be more affiliate promotions. I just won’t promote complete crap so I need to research some options, buy them, make time to read them / use them, and then review them here. That used to be the primary income stream of AFW and I’ve let it slack. While I’ll mostly promote my own e-books, there are other software packages and such that would be useful to writers, and I’d like to promote some of the better options.

@Jessie – There are currently no plans to launch an affiliate program of my own. It might be an option further down the line when there’s a full WWG series available for sale and I’ve pretty much tapped my own market. But I’m not happy with existing affiliate program options. Clickbank is unacceptable because of their fee structure (the amount I was paying them for every sale I made myself – at least 95% of the sales – wasn’t worth my while anymore). E-junkie and completely self-run affiliate programs are a bit too hands-on and I simply don’t have the time to deal with them. If e-junkie ever get more of a CB-style affiliate system in place with automatic payments and such I might consider it depending on the fee structures involved. But until then, available options are too much of a hassle when I already reach a very large portion of my market directly (as opposed to someone new to a niche who needs the affiliates to reach out for them).

I know I’ve seen the book you mentioned, but I don’t believe I’ve read it yet. I’ve promoted David Drake’s Six Figure Freelancer e-book here very successfully though in the past, so promoting both (if I liked the second enough to endorse it) might get a bit confusing. I will give a couple of recommendations right here though for two freelance writing books that are perfect for serious freelancers wanting to earn that kind of income – Peter Bowerman’s The Well-Fed Writer and Michael Meanwell’s The Wealthy Writer. :)

Amanda

I’m really excited about your next ebook offerings. I’ll be setting aside the dough to purchase them right away. With the popularity of the Web Writers Guide, do you think you’ll be utilizing an affiliate program for either / or? Just wondering, and I know that I would probably utilize said program in a niche content site I’ve been working on for freelance business.

I’ve been writing for so long today that I went to hit Ctrl-S after I finished that paragraph. Sheesh.

I think, it you deem it profitable, you should add a few ebook or book (with Amazon or other affiliate codes involved) review posts and put them in your More Resources sidebar. Just a thought. I’ve been a fan of yours for a while and I know that you could still make affiliate dough of me (and similar groupies) by turning us on to great new books. Like, have you read ‘Six Figure Freelancing’ by Kelly James-Enger? I adore that book because of its focus on networking, but it also talks about mag writing a lot. Something I don’t do and I know you do for hire, but I know you wanted more content on that too. Kelly would make for a good interview, too. Her website is http://www.becomebodywise.com.

Just my four cents. Because my cents are very valuable.

- Jessie