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Blogging has become the choice of website for many people including online business owners. There are millions of blogs on the internet today with an estimated 46,000 being started each day. These blogs are range anywhere from personal diaries, corporate press release outlets, and places to showcase art and photography. That list also includes affiliates. Why? Why should you, as an affiliate marketer, have a blog?

1. Credibility

The way people buy things on the internet is changing. People want to see that they get their money’s worth. A blog will help bridge the gap between anonymous and personal. That sets a person at ease and gives them a more comfortable feeling.

2. Content

The affiliate marketer’s lifeblood is in content. A blog gives you the freedom to produce that content free from an rules or restrictions. Podcasts, videos, and articles can all be showcased for readers to look through.

3. Search Engine Power

Search engines love blogs. They are always updated and keep a fresh supply of content for the search engine spiders to feed on. Some of the top results in search engines are blogs.

4. Consolidation

A blog will help you consolidate all your social marketing efforts into one single place. This way you can have one profile page to send visitors to.

5. Interaction

Blogs have an awesome feature built into them called comments. The comment section allows your visitors to leave comments about your blog post and even interact with each other. This is a great way for reviews of a product or to answer questions.

6. Ease of Use

HTML requires a learning curve. Blogging doesn’t. You can even get started blogging for free with an account at BloggerDotCom. Sure, you can get pretty sophisticated with the design, and if you want to learn PHP or CSS programming it will add to your blogging, but for the most part you can blog stress free.