Cre­at­ing in­come from your blog de­pends on the amount of traf­fic your blog gets. If you have an ex­treme­ly pop­u­lar blog then your blog is ide­al for af­fil­i­ate mar­ket­ing.

If sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are an important part of your marketing strategy (and they should be), then take the time to actually READ the Terms of Service.

You might be surprised how many people end up discouraged because they’ve been on Facebook for a while and aren’t getting results. This is usually because they don’t understand how Facebook fits into their overall marketing picture.

There are “gurus” ranting about how you should manage your Twitter account. Some of these folks stand on a soap box and tell you to only follow a small number of people. They go on to say anybody following 100, 200, 500 or more people are liars, fakes or any number of insulting adjectives.

These gurus say if you are following this many, then the noise level in your tweet stream is deafening. There is no way you could possibly pay attention to anyone.

What’s the Real Motivation Here?

Stop and think about this before you dismiss it outright. Why do high-profile marketers want you to only follow a few people? Of course, they should be on your small list of followers. After all, they are providing useful, valuable content. The kind of content deserving your attention.