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Using Horse Affiliate Programs

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For those of you out there with horse websites, are you aware of the programs on offer to generate income via your website?

If you are providing information particularly, you may find that you benefit from a lot of loyal readers – readers who may be interested in products you’re happy to promote.

Consider:

  • Horse books
  • Saddlery
  • Horse care products
  • Horse riding clothes

If you do a search online, chances are you’ll find a longer list of possible options!  This means you can pick and choose, find what works for you and focus on products that you believe your readers would benefit from.

Affiliate programs can be a great way to build up a residual income – particularly if you’re already investing a lot of time and effort into the content of your blog.  Why not provide extra options for your readers? Just don’t go overboard!

“A pony is a childhood dream. A horse is an adulthood treasure.” – Rebecca Carroll

Bartering in a Horse World

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There’s a fundraising campaign going on for the radio station I listen to, Visionfm and after their focus on raising funds via donations, I heard an advert indicating that if listeners made use of Bartercard, and they had built up points, then they could donate to Vision in this way. Great idea!

It got me thinking again about how this could be utilised in the Equine Industry. Some of you may be familiar with the free resource, the Equestrian Exchange on Facebook. If not, check it out!

The idea is that you offer a product or service in exchange for another product or service that will benefit you or your horse business. For example, an equine author offers a copy of their book in exchange for a review.

What Would you Barter from your Horse Business for hay for your Horses?

As a business owner of a horse feed store, you may offer a load of hay to the stud down the road in exchange for the chance to breed your mare to one of their stallions. My previous bosses at two different jobs (training and breeding) bartered by the breeder sending stock to the trainer for racing and the trainer sending some broodmares to the stud for his stallions. They helped each other out.

What if there was a setup like Bartercard that catered specifically to the horse world? Perhaps you love the idea of setting up a business and this appeals to you. It would require:

  • approaching horse businesses about taking part
  • setting up a points system equivalent to a money system
  • developing a way to promote businesses involved
  • determining how you would make money from the system as the creator

I’m sure that there’s more that would need working out, but it’s some fodder for thought.

“To barter: exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.”

Setting up Your Horse Business Online

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At the moment I’m undertaking a course to learn a little more about internet marketing on your own website.  Even better than the course being free, you get paid to do tasks as you work your way to creating a website, blog and adding Google Adsense.

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If you’re thinking of paying for internet hosting and setting up a website, I encourage you to take a look at this course via Shoemoney.  If you’re already planning to invest in a business website, then why not do it via this course that pays you in real time into your Paypal account as you do so?

Your only expense will be your internet hosting through a service provider Blue Host, otherwise you will be receiving payments as you progress through generating a .com (free with your hosting) and setting up your website.  The course is explained via videos and the first $1USD you make can be done in 5 minutes.

If you’re thinking of setting up your online presence for your horse business, take this step now and earn a little extra on the side!

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Horse Affiliate Programs

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You may be aware that I am setting myself a goal to turn this blog into a viable form of income.  Consequently, I thought it may be worth looking into avenues to take part in affiliate programs that are horse related.

If you have a horse blog/website, you may be interested, too!  Here’s what I’ve found:

There are many more options out there if you do a search on horse and affiliate. These are just some of the ones that appeared in the first page of results for me.

As a blog owner, you may be interested in these to bring in some extra money from your site.  As an equine entrepreneur, you may be interested in establishing a similar system with an equine focus!  Consider the likes of ShareASale.com who seem to have mainstreamed being able to add affiliate programs to your site.

“A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.” – Ovid

Equine Rehabilitation and Training Equipment

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I was doing a job search on the term “horse” on Seek and came across a position advertised for an engineer with a horse related company. Interesting!

Further research found these guys online: Horse Gym Australia.  This is from their website:

Horse Gym stands for premium equine rehabilitation & training equipment. With more than 3,000 walking and water treadmills in use worldwide, Horse Gym’s know how and customer service have been proven indispensible for every equine owner, professional, trainer, veterinarian or stud.

From show-jumpers and dressage horses to thoroughbreds and endurance horses, Horse Gym treadmills have effectively developed equine athletes across all disciplines in the past 20 years.

Perhaps you are a technician or an engineer by trade but you have a love of horses.  This is one example where you can do something that focuses on the equine, but make a career of engineering!

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