The more you focus on a product or service, the more money you make?

[roxyruby]

I've been thinking, say for someone with a website.

You could focus on writing quality content for your readers.
But how much money does that make you?

Or you could focus on for example, writing quality content about a product or service you are affiliated to, and have links to buy it in the article, doesn't it seem then, that you would make way more money for your self that way?

Like there is My Own Stuff I love writing about, but maybe I should focus on the affiliate products or services, enjoying them my self, and writing about them, with links to them to buy them, and spend most of my time doing that

Because with spending all my time writing my own stuff on my website, the only way to get paid for that is by advertising or donations, which, do ya think, would be a lot less?

Let me know what you think

[Mounds]

I think this is a huge, overlooked cash cow. Check it out...

Focus on a theme for a year or so... I Will Teach You To Be Rich is currently focusing on making more money, for example. So do your regular posting, write down things that actually help people and now here comes the crux... roll it into an ebook and sell it.
Thats right, the very information you just spent a year giving away, now sell it. Obviously not word for word... put it into a step-by-step program, a course, something organized.
Here's the thing with blogs. They tend not to be organized. Now imagine reading a disorganized book over the course of a year. How much are you going to gain from that? Now read an organized book over the course of a few days. That's way more my style.
Everyone likes to give things away because it makes them feel good. Then they load up their site with Google Ads, affiliate products and a big ol' Paypal donate button. Let me tell ya, I don't ever click on Google Ads, affiliate products can make sense but I still rarely click through and the donate button usually seems a little too forced. If I floated across your site, read some of your posts and liked them, I would buy your book. I would buy it even if you said, "All this information is free on my site." Simply for the fact that the book is organized and to the point. Have you ever tried to wade through seventy to eighty posts, looking for something good? It's awful and it's not worth my time. A book is worth my time.

-Tim

[LauraJane]

Mounds, great insights in your post there. I agree completely.