What if I tell you all you need to make money online is just an affiliate link and your website you don't need to create any products before you can start making money online all of that has been taken care of by your merchant, that's affiliate marketing for you, easy so let start?
Two main reasons you should consider going into
affiliate marketing,
1. Low cost of starting the business, with just a website
you can easily start out with affiliate marketing, even without a website you can
as well kick start the business even if you don't succeed in the venture you
have nothing to lose.
2. Secondly, you can easily scale in the business if you
succeed in a niche you can as well venture to another there is no limit to how
many affiliate programs you can run at once, but my advice is to make sure you
succeed in one before moving to another.
How does affiliate
marketing work?
First the merchant gives you a unique link this is the link
you place on your site or send to your prospective buyers when they click on
the link from your website and make a purchase with your unique link a
commission is accrued to your account which is finally paid to your bank account
on a stipulated date.
How much money do I
make from affiliate marketing?
Well, in affiliate marketing, the sky is your limit. It all depends on how far you put in the hard work. There are super affiliate marketers who are making six figures on a monthly basis.
These are people like you and me, but with hard work, you can get there. My candid advice for new affiliate marketer who are just testing the waters to see if they can make a fortune from the venture.
It is difficult don't expect to hit it high at once, those that are making
thousand of dollars every month have paid their price of hard work, discipline,
dedication, commitment and time, for you to be successful in this you have to
make up your mind to put in your best, otherwise, you won't be successful in this
business.
Very vital steps to start affiliate marketing
Listed below are the steps for you to start affiliate
marketing:
1. Having a platform wherein you are able to reach your potential buyers
There are many platforms where in you can easily show case
what you have to the world.
Social media is one of the trending platforms lots of marketers are using. A site like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram is a good place to start promoting your affiliate link.
Point
to note all social media networks do not accept direct affiliate links, so the best
option is to have a blog with content, which could be an article or video on your blog where you place
the link then you can redirect your readers from social.media to your site or blog which in turn leads to the merchant's site
2. Niche choice
This is very important. There are lots of websites competing
for the same keyword. So if you are to choose a niche it is better you dive into
sub niches with low competition and higher volume search in Google, there are
lots of free and paid online tools that can help you in this, one of them is
the google keyword plannner.
For example, if you are targeting "wedding" as a keyword this to broad and the competition is very high also too many marketers with brands name are already in the market before you.
Instead, you can go for "wedding gown in New York" this keyword has reasonable search volume, and the competition is very low . You can
target other related keyword of same terms rank with them and sell your wedding
items to them.
3: Find affiliate programs to join
ClickBank has products you can sell and get as high as 70% commission from the product, they also have recurring commission payment so when a consumer buys or subscribe to a product as long as the consumer keeps using the product you will get paid your commission.
I know there are other companies that have the same program as Clickbank but my first recommendation for new beginners is clickbank.com.
4: Create quality content
There is a popular saying "content is king" in
affiliate marketing. That is the truth. , you need quality content to succeed in this business.
No matter the product you are trying to promote it should be
able to help someone find solutions to their problems, or challenge they are
facing, it may not be a problem per se, it could be a "how to"
article, whichever way it is written should be of great help to your reader with
you affiliate link linking to the product.
For example, you have a writeup on how to deal with
restlessness and someone with that challenge visit your site and your article
gave him an idea on how to deal with it and you recommended a product
"your affiliate link" to him,without wasting time that reader will
buy that product becuse he sees you as an expert in the field (your writeup)
and your recommendations to buy from your link.
5: Drive traffic to your affiliate site
You got to learn the different methods of traffic
generation. There is the paid method which involves buying ads. This will cost
you a lot, it is not advisable for a beginner to start out with paid ads.
Also, there is the free method which you have to learn how to
do though it takes time, in the end, you will gain it.
Email list marketing, social media, as well as SEO are all
methods you need to know on how to send readers from these platforms to your site.
Well, my next post will be on how to use these platforms for
free traffic generation.