How to Make Sales Marketing as an Affiliate

Affiliate Marketing can be somewhat (or completely) unbelievable at first.

While laying on the back of a yacht, sailing the Caribbean and soaking in the sunshine, you could be earning thousands of dollars in affiliate sales through your website that never stops working. Even when you do!

– I know it sounds like BS, but it’s happening all over the place.

Through marketing and advertising, your website can become just like property. With each article being its own piece of online real estate.

Note: If you like this idea I am about to share with you, I want you to know that it can take a lot of time to set up and get rolling. But for those who are willing, here’s how to make your first sale, marketing as an affiliate.

#1 Find Your Niche

Yeah, yeah… You’ve heard the word “Niche” so many times it’s going out of fashion, right. We’ll It’s not. Almost all successful websites online cater to a particular niche or an audience who are interested in a specific topic.

Here’s how you pick a niche for yourself if you want to dive into the online world, but not sure how you will ever create an income out of it.

Note: I am not a GURU. Nor am I technically qualified in this…. These are a couple of my ideas I think will help.

Ask yourself these three questions:

What do I most enjoy?

It’s proven (and obvious) that if your passionate about your work you will enjoy it a whole lot more than if you are not. So you must find a topic/market that you are passionate about… Otherwise whats the point in doing this.

Is there money in this niche?

Think products and services. What do people buy relating to that market? Write a list. Think of all of the things you could sell possibly based on that niche.

What do I know a lot about?

Could you write 100 articles about this topic right now? If not would you want to research this topic and write 100 articles about it?

If you are passionate about your topic, know a lot about it, and there are many products that others invest in.. You could be on to a winner!

#2 Research Affiliate Products

You possibly began researching what products you could sell while looking for your niche, but now it’s time to dig a little deeper.

Sites like Clickbank, CJ Affiliates, and JVZoo offer hundreds of different information products that creators have submitted which you can re-sell as an affiliate and earn a percent of the profits in commissions for doing so.

Note: Aim for products that have over a 30% commission.

Think. Do you want to be associated with this product/company?

When you promote something, your reputation is on the line. If your followers and website viewers don’t trust you, it’s over. Know the products you’re selling inside and out.

If you don’t stand by them and recommend them 100%, then don’t promote it.

I made the mistake of this early on in my entrepreneurial journey which is why I make this point. Have you ever experienced those people who tried to get you to join their awesome business opportunity that could make you a lot of money? Yeah, I am embarrassed to say I got roped in and became “one of those people.” I didn’t realise what I was doing at the time.

Because of this, I struggled.

I would write blog posts trying to convince them to buy this program… Which made me look like a dick. And lose most of my email subscribers and readers. I went as far as private messaging people in an attempt to promote this opportunity; then everyone started avoiding me like the plague.

However, the moment I stopped. Deleted any “let me make you rich” type blog posts and wrote an honest, quality article about how I save a bunch of money during my travels (like this one). Things began picking up again very quickly.

I learned the hard way, If you share top quality products and services you will get top quality results from your websites articles.

#3 Build A Website/Blog

If you have a niche in mind, products lined up, but no site… Start a blog.

There are two things you need. A domain name and hosting. A domain name is a website address worldnate.com is my domain name. If the domain is the address, then hosting is the actual land you build your website on.

Hosting is affordable these days, so don’t unnecessarily scrimp on costs. Go with a reputable, reliable provider because your affiliate marketing business will depend on it.

I recommend Bluehost (note: affiliate link) for both.. You can use different companies and link your domain and hosting between two, but make it easy on yourself as for less than $5 month you can secure both.

Better yet, I wrote this post to explain exactly How To Start A Blog In 12 Minutes Or Less (note: affiliate link)

Follow that, then move on.

#4 Content is KING

They say content is king, and while I do believe it’s true, there’s a big misunderstanding here.

While it would be ideal to release a new blog post every day, if people don’t like it then there’s no point in it being there.

My verdict is that content isn’t king. Usefulness is.

If people like what you share and what you talk about, more people will see it, like it, and share it.

– Product reviews,

– How to’s

– Post that solves a problem or question many people have,

– Lessons and informational posts,

– Funny and appealing posts

…are ideas that come to mind when thinking “what do I write.”

#5 Build An Audience

This will be a lot easier if you can create quality, useful content. An interested audience will share your stuff and drive more traffic to your website.

However, you can dramatically increase the rate at which this happens through Social Media.

Create a Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Youtube, and whatever social media accounts you can think of to help drive more viewers back to your site.

#6 Refer Affiliate Offers

What you’ve been waiting for! After and ONLY after you have completed steps 1 – 5 will you be ready to promote offers on your site.

If ever I have a student I’m working with quit; It’s because they are too impatient in building the foundation and want to make a quick buck right off the bat. It does take time to build a blog and social media sites. It’s not hard; it just takes time.

You can’t just “sell products” without building the foundation explained above. It can take time building social media accounts, getting a website set and looking professional and then getting readers and followers to match.

But once you have everything complete, and you’re posting amazing content. Here are a few ways you can introduce an affiliate offer.

– In product reviews directly.

– In text contact links (I did this above with Bluehost and mentioned affiliate link for you to see)

– Through email newsletters (works very well bringing readers back to your site)

– Banner Ads (can be placed in the article itself themselves)

The better the relationship you have with your audience, the easier this will be. Once you build trust in providing top quality content, people will be more than happy to follow your recommendations as an advertiser.

Rinse and Repeat

Once you have that down, do it again… and again… and again…. Your posts are your online real estate. People will view your posts and offers years after you post them. The work you do now, if quality, will pay off greatly in the future.

Hope this helps 🙂

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