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They come to you via your contact page. I don't think you can really do much about actively seeking them out. 

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Budget & the Beach said:

Were most of you going out to find direct ad sales, or did they come to you? I'm still waiting for a google PR (I switched over to self-hosting after the last update was done, so I'm at 0), so what might happen after I get a rating? 

Financial Samurai said:

Jake,

If it makes you feel better, I've been a client of USAA for over 10 years, have about 8 different products open with them, have half a mil in CDs there and they declined me as an affiliate. My grandfather fought in WWII and my father fought in Vietnam for USA. Oh, and Financial Samurai has a lot of relevant content about insurance, banking, investing, and retirement.

Perhaps they are against anything Japanese theme related given the atrocities of WWII? Who knows. The point is, bloggers get rejected from seemingly logical affiliate products all the time. I go the path of least resistance most of the time. If an affiliate doesn't see value in my platform, I'll just move on and continue to find products that see the synergies.

Sam

Thanks Sam. It's frustrating, but I'm not going to get hung up on it. I'll link to anything for free to help my readers, but building this blog as a business makes me want to get compensated for throwing business at these places that didn't ask for it. Oh well, I'll keep doing my thing, and look at other opportunities that fall in line with my roadmap. (I'm pretty sure I just recycled what you said in my own words, lol.)