Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Affilate Basket

I am reminded every once and awhile why diversification is important when it comes to monetizing your blog or website. I recently got another of these reminders in relation to an affiliate program I had signed up to on one of my other blogs, My Skimpy Bikini.

I had come across a bikini company called Love Swimwear who produce some very fine and very sexy bikini swimsuits for women. Of course, as a writer of a blog about bikini's I had to look into their affiliate program which seemed to be pretty good, not exactly what I liked, but certainly appropriate for my blog. So I signed up and posted some of their banners and links etc to my blog. I also posted some of their swimwear contest videos, in other words I signed up and committed to promoting their products.

I even wrote to the company about making their pictures more accessible for use on blogs and websites and they did, they responded immediately and I was impressed, thus committed even more to their cause.

Imagine my surprise when I looked at my email the other day to discover that they had 'suspended their affiliate program' indefinitely. That was not only a surprise, it left me with a lot of affiliate links and posts on my blog for a company that apparently no longer has an affilate program. In other words, I am now advertising their company and products for free.

So I am left with a bit of a dilemma, do I leave the posts containing links to their program or take them down? I suppose the smart thing to do would be take them down immediately and forget it, move on, and find another company to promote or stick to Amazon products. So far I have decided to leave the posts, mostly because removing them would leave some big holes in my blog. I liked their stuff and their promotional pictures and videos so I think at least in the short term they can stay, if I send them some free traffic well....what the heck, I learned a lesson...don't put all your eggs in one affilate basket....