You got tired of having too much month at the end of the money, decided things HAVE GOT TO change, and found affiliate marketing was your golden ticket, the solution to it all.
You can visualise yourself living out your perfect life doing what you love doing most in some distant country armed with your laptop growing your affiliate empire sipping down some cocktails living the life…
Charged with excitement and eager to get going you shift your focus back to the present ready to rock it and get your new life changing adventure on the way.
Step 1 - The Affiliate Program SearchGoogle is an awesome place to start, once of course you have decided on a topic or a “niche” (audience) you would like to create an online business around. Affiliate marketing is truly an industry built on passions, hobbies, and interests.
There is absolutely no judgment whatsoever. You can create a business out of any if not every interest or hobby you may have, one way or the other and if you would like proof do a search on Google like “garden shed affiliate programs”, “sport affiliate programs”, “jewelry affiliate programs”, “fashion affiliate programs”, “travel affiliate programs”, “casino affiliate programs”, “game affiliate programs”... I am sure you get the idea, and that's not even going close to the iceberg, never mind the tip of it!
Something to be aware of when doing your search on Google is that there are people who manipulate and feed off the desperate dangling pretty shiny objects in front of them. Big claims of push button solutions, and millions in weeks.
Please please please please please and I CAN NOT stress it enough. Be diligent with your research of the company or affiliate program before you dive head in. An affiliate program forum such as warrior forum or IM Report Card are examples of where to look and don’t forget to stop by at scamadvisor.com.
If it sounds a bit scary don’t go running away yet, you can always register a free affiliate account with Amazon, Clickbank, Linkshare, Commission Junction, and JV Zoo which are all popular, highly used and trusted options.
In an affiliate program directories you will find high quality affiliate programs with high quality companies all in one place, without the hassle of worrying about scams or getting ripped off.
Step 2 - Affiliate Website MarketingIn what other industry can you create a business for free… (Oh no wait.. If you want your own domain name for your business then that is going to cost you a WHOPPING $10… Give or take per domain, per year)
Have no overheads to pay like rent, or office furniture, or employees, or product manufacturing, etc. I can’t name one… Not that I am trying really hard to be honest? The fact is, seeing as what you’ll be doing is affiliate website marketing, all you need to get started in this business is...
A passion, hobby or interest,
A desire for personal growth,
As a default you already have a want of some sort to enhance your life, and the lives around you, even if it’s just a little,
And a website (Which you can create for free in less than a minute… If that)
Step 3 - Make Money with Affiliate Program
You’ve got your website up and running, created some content, menus are sorted and you are now ready to rock and make some money… Next step.. Create some more content. Yes, share that knowledge and passion with the world and then, when you’ve done that.
Write some more content and share it some more! The more you share your original content (don’t copy and paste, Google won't like it and your business will suffer) the more people are going to start seeing you as the expert in the field.
Before you know it the masses will be coming to you wanting what you have to offer and more people = more sales with less "work" in the long run. So we understand each other, when I say content I don’t mean sales pitches and sales articles and requests etc.
That is asking… Your website should be 80% at least of just giving, giving, giving, advice, training, tips, hints, how to and so forth. Otherwise known as value.
I know you asking… How on earth am I going to be making money if I am just giving all the time? Well… On your affiliate website you’ll have small ads, banners and a review or two strategically placed in and around your site…
Nothing overbearing and in your face, just enough to get the attention. These ads will be linked to your affiliate programs so when a visitor decides he wants to make a purchase, they click it taking them to the merchants (the company whose affiliate program you signed up to, i.e. Amazon) website via a tracking link which lets the merchant company know who to send a commission to when that customer buys a product.
Some merchants can be very generous and can give up to 90% commissions some even 100% on some products which is awesome… Especially if your making multiple $100 - $ 1000 sales every day.
And there you have it, a 3-step overview in getting started with affiliate marketing. There really is nothing mystical or mysterious about affiliate marketing. An affiliate marketer is basically an online salesman for another company…
Or more. The sky is really the limit because you can have as many online affiliate businesses in multiple niches running at the same time, making money. To top it off… Start building a site that creates lots of traffic and soon people will be asking to buy advertising space… And sometimes… your site!
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