Guest Contributors / Making Money / Sex Bloggers/Sex Toy Reviewers
by Amy Norton · Published March 18, 2020 · Last modified July 23, 2020
Affiliate marketing can lead to a real income — but it takes time and effort as well a growing audience. Amy Norton (of Coffee and Kink) shares highlights from her Eroticon presentation to help you make money through affiliate sales.
I hesitate to call September a “tight” month because I know there are people who will kill to earn this kind of money, but it was tight for us. We made it through and things are already looking up in the coming months. It was also nice to have a few blog and podcast sponsorships come through. That definitely helped out. The lesson for this month is this: multiple streams of income are always best. You may have to focus on building one up for a while and then focus on another, but try never to depend on a single...
I’m not going to lie to you — putting out my income and expenses onto the internet leaves me feeling extremely vulnerable. Last month I went through an anxious, rage-y thing (in my head, where no one else could see). It wasn’t until people told me how much this helped them or inspired them that I took a deep breath about it. And now it’s time to look at the August numbers. Over the next couple of months, you should start to see how freelance/smutlancer income can fluctuate. Which is why you never have just one stream of income and...
How to Make Money / Making Money / Sex Bloggers/Sex Toy Reviewers
by Kayla Lords · Published September 22, 2017 · Last modified July 23, 2020
Affiliate sales seem like the easiest way to make money on a blog. Find a company who sells sex toys, sign up as an affiliate, and put that link almost everywhere. Sit back and watch the money just roooooooll in. Right? Not quite. Like everything else we do in the world of writing, blogging, and creating content, very little is as easy as it seems. I can’t speak for other bloggers with affiliate partnerships, but I know what’s worked and hasn’t worked for me. My affiliate sales aren’t enough to pay the mortgage but the income is steadily increasing. In...
