American Blind: Turn Your Knack For Interior Design Into Money

Do you have a knack for interior design? If you have a talent for being able to put together the right type of blinds, curtains, wallpaper, rugs and other elements essential for a proper décor, consider getting paid for your advice. No, this wouldn't involve becoming a professional decorator, since doing these types of things would require going to school. Instead it would involve providing general interior design tips on a website. Money would be made through a concept called affiliate marketing. This is when a company pays a webmaster for any sales generated from links advertised on their website. And in the case of interior design, one of the best outfits a person could use for such a venture would be American Blind.

Products

American Blind offers several products related to interior decorating. These include: blinds, shutters, wallpaper, curtains, draperies, hardware, bedding, area rugs and custom framed art. Site navigation for each product category is very simple, even for individuals who are computer novices. On the left side of the screen, a person can choose from a variety of selections relating to the type of product they would want to purchase. For example, say a person selects 'blinds and shutters,' from the homepage of the company's site. The left side of the screen would allow her to select their blinds or shutters according to type, manufacturer and any special offer that might be associated with the product.

Free Advice

Another reason this company is a good choice for an affiliate is because they offer a service that few companies of its nature do: free interior design advice. Sure, you could offer the same thing on your own website, but if you're not established with a company, people may not take you as seriously. Yet, on American's site, anyone can use Decorate Today with Ellen. This is a service that allows a person to ask a professional interior design advice for free. All of the responses given, (whether it's from Ellen or someone from her team), are from people who are recognized gurus in the interior design industry.

If you do decide to join the affiliate opportunity, you would need to get a website, a domain name and time to write your content. For the website and domain name, try to get deals that include them together. Yahoo and Godaddy are examples of companies offering such services. As far as content writing, you'll have to try and find the time for this, unless you want to get a ghostwriter.

If you get a ghostwriter you can provide him or her a basic outline of what you would like written. They will write articles based on this outline, articles that hopefully will rank high in search engine listings. You should also familiarize yourself with search engine optimization and other ways of getting traffic, which should translate to more sales and commissions from American Blind for you.