You really can never get too much education from other people’s experiences, and Affiliate Confession is a blog that is guaranteed to prove that theory. Meet Alan, the blogger, who has set up Affiliate Confession as a means of telling you about his journey of network marketing, affiliate marketing, and working from home for the past 3.5 years. The blog is a little different than most make money blogs however, and is going to give you a no-holds barred approach to affiliate marketing. You will learn some value and tips from Alan, but he will be honest about how difficult affiliate marketing is, and how the ‘gurus’ are really loading you a bunch of ‘crap’ with their advice. Alan is not holding back about affiliate marketing or anything else. He tells you the whole story, and because he has been at it for a while, he knows how you can make an honest $2500 a month. See how he does it through his most recent bloggeries: Build a Niche Store v3.0 Update, Work is Progressing on New Custom WordPress Theme, Why I Like The Ebay Affiliate Program, Lessons in Perseverance Part 4, Should I Start a Blog or Build a Website? and Take the 30 Day Blogging Challenge.
Although there is some work in progress on the site’s theme and design change, the site currently offers a clean appearance with well-organized template that makes navigation very easy. Bloggeries are left marginalized and there are two right sided navigation bars. Bloggeries are in black text on white background and links stand out (but not too much so) in a bold red color. In the left sided navigation bar, you will find advertising, Categories Menu, and an Archives Menu. The Categories Menu offers just about everything you would expect in an affiliate marketing blog, and includes information on advertising, affiliate programs, clickbank, commission junction, contests, ebooks, AdSense, AdWords, and so many more. In the far right navigation bar there is subscription information, Entrecard, advertising, and a Top Commenters menu. Most bloggeries are accompanied with some sort of relevant picture or advertising to give meaning to the post.
I will go with a 4.6/5 for this one. Right off the bat, I really liked the concept of the blog, and the honest approach of the blogger. This kind of honest voice lends credibility to the posts and as such, he is likely to see some solid success through the blog. Moving through the posts you get a good feel for how well he does with his home business, and this again lends credibility to the blog. The appearance of the blog is clean and organized which also lends to the navigation scores. I do see a little more white space in the navigation bars than I generally like. Content is well written and user friendly for the reader. It is consistent in activity as well which is also serving its readership well. Overall, if you are interested in an honest no holds barred approach to affiliate marketing, Affiliate Confession looks like it is ready to serve you up just that.
-Chrissie
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