45% Of SEOs/Marketers Do Some Affiliate Marketing

Mar 19, 2021 - 7:41 am 2 by

Seo Affiliate Marketing

Cyrus Shepard posted a poll on Twitter asking SEOs and marketers if they do any affiliate marketing in the course of their day. Only 45% of those who completed the poll said yes, they do affiliate marketing.

I am a bit surprised, I would have thought more SEOs do affiliate marketing on the side, at least.

Here is his Twitter poll:

And here is my ugly pie chart:

Poll Seo Affiliate Marketing

Back in the old days of SEO, like pre-2010, I think most SEOs, if not all, did a bit of affiliate marketing on the side. In fact, the most successful SEOs made most of their money pre-2010 in the affiliate space. Oh, how the times have changed...

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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