How to Start a Blog and Make

Money Creating Mini Affiliate

Sites
Have you ever heard of mini affiliate
blogs? Do you know you can actually
start a make good money with mini
blogs? Let’s find out how to start a blog
and make money with it.
Mini affiliate blogs are those blogs or websites which are
based on a micro niche and usually have only 10-20
articles published on it. It’s easy to start and maintain a
mini site.
The unique thing about mini sites is – the competition
for them is not much hence, ranking them is easy as
well as fast. If I talk about the monthly income then it’s
not that huge, but yes, this can prove to be your money
making machine for years, if you keep some useful tips
in mind.

What is a micro niche blog?

Blogging is one the most popular ways of online
income. But if you want to start a blog in 2021, I
will suggest you to work on a micro niche
blog. Today, it's very difficult to get success on a
broad niche . In this article you will get a fair idea
about how to create mini affiliate sites and make
fast and better income from it.
For example, if you look at my blog
MoneyConnexion , you will understand that I blog
about a broad niche i.e. Money. I write about
money making ideas, investment, tips on saving
money or anything related to money.
Today, it takes a lot of time to get success on such
a broad niche. The time is favourable for micro
niches only. And you can get quick and swift
success from it.
For instance take the example of Dog Food
Advisors. You can see this blog writes about dog
food only but it’s monthly traffic is in millions. You
can check on SimilarWeb.

If you check another website Sound Guys which talks about

headphones and speakers but again the traffic is in millions.
Similarly, there are blogs which write on just WordPress themes
or Resume Tips but still the traffic is commendable.
These are just some of the many examples of micro niche
websites on which you can create your content for a long time
and can easily generate decent monthly income.
But it is no magic game. Even in the case of a micro niche it can
take reasonable time to perform well.
If you really want to make big cash during this time then make
mini blogs rather than micro niche blogs. Even if you are
already working on a micro niche, starting another mini blog
will be a better idea.
Let’s look at some examples –
My blog MoneyConnexion has many topics such as blogging,
money making ideas, personal finance, shopping and saving
etc.
>> If I only talk about ‘make money ideas‘, we can consider it
as a micro niche and if I go deeper into this topic then ‘make
money with online survey’ can also be considered a micro
niche, but if I make a site on ySense or InboxDollars (which are
survey companies) then it can be treated as a mini site.
>> Take another example of WordPress Themes. WordPress
themes is a micro niche. There are thousands of free and
premium themes in WordPress but if make a website on a
particular theme – e.g. Generate Press Premium or Divi themes
then I call it a mini site.
 6 Steps to Start a Mini Affiliate Blog
Let’s now see how you can make a mini affiliate site in just 6
simple steps and how it can become a source of passive
income for you.
Step 1: Research Your Niche

If we talk about niches for mini sites then there are thousands
of niches available. You can get a number of ideas from
Amazon only.
For example – few days back, I wanted to buy a trimmer. There
were numerous options available on Amazon and it was
getting difficult for me to decide which one is better for me. I
was confused about the various brands and different models.
Whether I should buy a Philips trimmer or Wahl trimmer.
Like me, there are millions of people who want to buy
something but confused with various options available.

You can make a mini website on Philips or Wahl trimmer

and clear the confusion of the people according to their
needs and budget. Similarly you can start a mini blog on
protein powders, air conditioners, alkaline water pitcher,
coffee machine etc.

You can easily find affiliate program for these

niches/products on Amazon Associate Program.

Commission Junction or Impact are another affiliate

networks where you can find thousands of advertisers.
You should do a keen research on who are the popular
advertisers and then apply for the same. Once you get
the approval from the merchant, You can create a mini
blog for one of the products from that merchant.

#2: Find out the profitability

The next step is to research the niche profitability for mini sites. It’s
difficult to make money from Google AdSense with mini affiliate sites
because there is not much traffic on such sites.

Mini affiliate sites have targeted traffic therefore you can definitely earn
good affiliate income even if you don’t earn enough from AdSense.

To find profitability you have to keep three things in mind-

Monthly Searches on Google

Product Price & Affiliate Commission
Demand of the Product & Conversion
Let’s Check all three key points in detail –

A. Monthly Searches on Google:

We depend mostly on Google search traffic for mini sites. So you

have to do keyword research on how many people search for the
related keywords with your chosen niche. You can use Google
Keyword Planner for free for this research.
For example you can search for Philips trimmer selecting traffic
in India. You will notice a good amount of searches for that
particular keyword. You can also opt for Philips Hair Trimmer for
a mini site. You can also take the example of Wahl trimmer it is
popular in the US and has huge amount of searches there. That
means it has good potential.

You should keep the criteria of minimum 500 searches for mini
sites as there are many other long tail keywords present other
than main keyword and including both of them can actually
result in good monthly income.
B.Product Price & Affiliate Commission:

After doing a research about searches you should look for the
product’s average price and commission. For example Philips
trimmer average price is between 12$ to 48$ . When you do
product research then only you get an idea about product
average price. You can find out about commission either from
advertiser’s website or affiliate network.

C. Demand of the Product & Conversion:

This means if people search for the product and visit your
website then how much conversion will be done. Conversion
depends on your landing page as well as different external
factors .This can also happen that the visitor might just be
searching about the product with intention of buying it but then
looking at your landing page he changes his mood.

Hence, you have to work effectively on your landing page and

create an attractive one. You can check Amazon for taking
ratings and reviews from their to get an idea about how is the
demand. Including this you have to research on Quora, reddit
and social sites about what and how much people are discussing
about the product.

#3: Repeat for more Niches:

If you just want to earn a monthly income with less time and less
headache, you cannot just earn enough from a single website. I
have dozens of websites. Some earn $100 and some $200. But it
is not necessary that every website will become successful.

Because I have relevant experience, 5 out of 10 websites works

well for me. For example I started working on – sewing machine
niche and alkaline water niche. But the alkaline water niche
failed and Sewing machine was a success and it was giving good
$400 monthly back then.
So if you make 5 sites, 2 or 3 websites will work good for you and
if you take an average of $100- $200 then monthly you can earn
around $400. Your work is directly proportional to your income
i.e. you work more you earn more. Therefore you have to
research more mini websites and repeat the same process.

Step 2: Start a Mini Website

You can start your mini site in 6 simple steps-

1. Choosing a domain name:

If we talk about domain then I will advise you to buy the exact
domain name or the domain name must include the main
keyword in the domain. Exact domains like philipstrimmers.in for
India or philipstrimmers.com for US. If you cannot find the exact
domain name then you can add any of such words like –

>> BestPhilipsTrimmer.in

>> HairTrimmerReviews.com

>> AllPhilipsTrimmers.net
>> MyTrimmerReviews.com

2. Choosing a web hosting:

For creating mini websites you need to buy WordPress hosting
and such hosting should be affordable as well as handy for
beginners. Suggested hosting in this Criteria is a BlueHost. You
can choose any one from the two options as they both are highly
preferred
3. Install a theme:
WordPress hosting has thousands of themes. You can choose
free themes from WordPress hosting. There are many attractive
premium themes too. If you can afford it, you can install
GeneratePress Theme. It’s very lightweight. Usually the
GeneratePress theme goes well for every website. For high
affiliate potential on a product you can use Elementor Pro it gives
best conversion results.

4. Install Important Plugins:

Now for building your website you need to install some plugins .
There are some suggestions below which I personally prefer and
most of the professional bloggers use. You can search these
WordPress plugins in your WP dashboard and install accordingly
SEO – Yoast / Rank Math
Jetpack
Cache plugins – Autoptimize / WP rocket / Wp super cache /W3
Total
Image Plugin – Imagify / Smush It / ShortPixel
Pretty Link – Affiliate link management tool
Insert Headers and Footers
Contact form – Contact form 7
Backup – Updraft
Amazon Affiliate Plugin – Genius Link / AAWP
Landing page builder – Elementor
Site Kit – Google Analytics & Search Console
5. Professional Logo:
Another way of giving a professional look to your website is
creating a logo for it and using it on the website. You can search
on Google to find amazing websites to design your logo or if you
want a professional logo then you can hire someone for the
same on Fiver only at a minimal cost of $5.

Add important pages:

More than this you can add standard important pages. For
example- About and Contact page or privacy policy and terms
and conditions like pages. If you are creating more than one mini
site then you can add the same pages to every site with a little
changes.

Step 3: Publish Content

The most significant work after this is to write content. You just
have to make 10-20 pages and in some niche only 5-10 pages will
work. For instance in Philips trimmer you can write reviews for
its high selling products or if you are creating a website on Philips
trimmer then you can cover best selling trimmers from the
range. Keyword research will help you in deciding on which
keyword you have to make 10-20 pages.

Now for writing content you have to do keen research. Your

website can rank for the long term only if your content is
engaging. For this you have to dig out some time and do proper
research so that viewers are satisfied with your content and also
share it.

If you’ll create your content for almost 2500+ words then it will
be easier to rank. If you do not wish to write content on your
own then you can hire someone to write it for you. There are
many websites like Fiverr, Indeed, Quiker and upwork, these
platforms are best for it. Only in 10$ you will be able to get
decent to high quality content.

There are more websites for the same for example- iWriter,
TextBroker, HireWriters where you can get good writers.

Step 4: SEO
You do not need to have expertise in SEO for mini sites. I have
researched 500+ sites and I am speaking on that basis that one
who makes mini sites doesn’t focus much on SEO.

Basic SEO knowledge can work in mini sites. I will guide you in
the coming article with the exact steps which you should follow
for mini sites SEO.

You already have a keywords list and good content as well. You
just have to do On Page SEO before publishing it.

Rank math will help you in doing On Page. Well I don’t follow
rank math much but if you’re a beginner you can take its help.

After doing On page SEO you should focus on Off page. That
means you have to make basic backlinks for your mini sites.
But if your content is rich and on page is done with proper care
then backlinks might not be needed for ranking your website and
it will rank without it. Otherwise you can create backlinks. Don’t
be stressed by the work as even a 10 year old kid can create it so
creation of backlinks is not that difficult.
Step 5: Income Potential
It is difficult to say how much income you will be able to earn
from mini sites but if you consider 100$ at minimum from a site
then from 2-3 sites you can earn 200$ to 300$ easily.

In this article I have mentioned examples of InboxDollar and

ySense surveys like companies. I have earned more than 10
millions from ySense only. Yes I didn’t make any mini site on
ySense and most of the promotion was on MoneyConnexxion
but if you create a mini site on ySense and promote it on your
website then you can easily earn $250-$300.

Just like this Inbox Dollar gives 2$-3$ for every US signup so if
you create a review site and target US and if there are 100-120
joining in a month then you can earn a good income of 200$-
300$.
If you consider Philips trimmer as an example then searches are
high for the keyword but not every search result in conversion.
For example if your site gets traffic of 10000 and 1% is the
conversion rates that means 100 transactions.

For every order if you get 2$ affiliate commission then you can
earn 200$ without fail. More orders means more commissions
and eventually more income. Now you can have a fair idea that
mini sites are also a source of earning big.

Step 6: Maintenance of the website

Just like I mentioned earlier, mini websites don’t need a lot of
maintenance but it can give long term income. Long term means
almost 2-3 years. They can prove to be your income source.
Some of my websites even run longer on Google than just 2-3
years.

To make your ranking stable you need to do the following tasks

:
1. Keep monitoring your competitors: If you ignore your
money making site then someone else can snatch your
traffic. You have to keep checking whether some other
competitor is coming to outrank you by creating the same
mini sites as yours. Or any other authority site can outrank
 you on the same topic. If you notice any of such threats then
you have to work on the next two key points.
2. Update content and make it Fresh: Update your content.
Yes , updating content really helps in keeping your site rich.
Look for what better content you can add like any new
feature, images, price change, review and many more
which can upgrade your content. Doing such practices can
help you maintain your site rank.
3. 2-3 Backlinks every Month: You can create 2-3 backlinks
every month to maintain your mini sites. If you easily get a
decent guest post link then that is more than perfect.
Conclusion
Following the above discussed 6 steps you can easily make many
low maintenance mini sites. Also if only 2-5 sites turn out to be
successful then you can earn good money with them. Gradually
you will gain experience in it and your success percentage will
automatically increase. Also you can earn monthly income from
your successful mini sites or you can sell them on Flippa for 30-
40 times more value than it holds.