Affiliate links track what traffic comes specifically from your site versus other sources. This is how they know when a sale should give you a commission. The rates can vary massively from as low as 1% to sometimes as high as 80% for high end subscription setups or ecourses on Clickbank. Sometimes you can even earn bonuses depending on your niches.
I’ve also created a video about how to create affiliate links in ShareASale to make it super easy for beginners:
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Think about which services you use and if it makes sense to promote them on your site. You can usually expect commissions between 15-30% on service products – sometimes higher or lower depending on what it is.
EDIT: As of 13th Feb 2020, Keywords Everywhere is no longer free, you can still use it as it’s quite affordable, but if you’re adamant for a free plan – check out this tool by WhatsMySerp.
The reason you should use Pinterest is that it works much faster than SEO. Although you shouldn’t neglect SEO, it takes time for your blog posts to rank well on search engines.
It’s important that your pins add value to other Pinners, instead of just looking like spam. For example, if you have a fashion-focused profile, you could make boards for different styles or occasions and include a mix of affiliate and non-affiliate links in each board.
With over 1 billion active users a month, Instagram is an ideal platform for promotional activities. Case in point: 72% of Instagram users have stated that they’ve made a purchase they came across on the platform.
Yes, you can basically earn money from affiliate marketing while you sleep. Once you have your affiliate links strategically placed on your high traffic website(s), people can visit your site and links whenever and from wherever they are, without you even being online.
Affiliate marketing is really just a quick way to offer products and services without having to create your own products and services.
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Here is an example of a top affiliate marketer to take inspiration for your affiliate marketing journey.
It’s ok to try out more online affiliate marketing programs as time goes by to make sure you are using the right ones for your brand, but don’t do it from the get-go.
Everyone who is doing affiliate marketing without a website turns to an external resource, i.e. websites owned by others, that already exist, and you can just sign up and start using it as a platform. A forum seems to be the perfect place.
Once you have the product created and delivered to your initial buyers, it’s time to open up the affiliate network.
Since you can’t make a clickable anchor text in the description, it’s better to shorten your URLs using any URL shortening service, to make the links appear neat and clean.
There are two ways in which you can start. You can start as a merchant and have affiliates promoting your products or you can start as an affiliate and promote products.
Back when I used to do a lot of affiliate marketing, I started treating an affiliate program after they sent me a check. Do you know what I mean?