If you opt to start without an affiliate network, you’ll need to track down the best affiliates using your own means. Social media platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn should be your first two points of all, plus whatever resource leaders in your industry employ. To simplify this step, you can also form a partnership with a network that has experience helping companies in your vertical.
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Now that you know how things work, let’s see how you can get started with affiliate marketing and earn your first commissions.
Just a reminder to add affiliate disclaimers whenever you promote any affiliate product on your website or social media channels. For example, make a clear affiliate disclosure when you add affiliate links in your blog post.
Post Affiliate Pro (PAP) is a subscription-based affiliate marketing management platform that enables users to create and manage their very own affiliate programs.
Review of articles: Write about products tried personally and help people decide whether to buy the product or not.
Product creators make, import, or acquire products to sell. They decide to share a proportion of the sales revenue with the people who sell their products.
Social media accounts – You should at least start with a Facebook account so you can run ads right away. You can add on YouTube and all the others as you move on and grow. You can build lists on social media in the form of followers.
So, in this step, just walk to a tool called Buzzsumo and enter anything relevant to you for research.
From solo entrepreneurs to startups to massive Fortune 500 companies, anyone could be the merchant behind an affiliate marketing program. They don’t even have to be actively involved. They just have to have a product to sell.
I say this because most new YouTubers or Bloggers are not getting much traffic so adding ads to their content results in very low rewards. It’s easy to use but ads do not earn much.
Additionally, if someone ends up on Amazon through your link and buys something other than what your content links to, you still get commission on the user's entire cart.
Also, if you own a website, encourage visitors to subscribe to your email list, so you can send direct marketing campaigns (with affiliate links!) to their inboxes.
This is because most affiliate links have ugly numbers and extending information in the link URL. This is essential for tracking, but looks scary to a user.
Set up a free email list. The easiest way to start an email list is through Mailchimp, because it’s free up to 2,000 subscribers — and really easy to use.
To join the affiliate program you need to mail at support [at] learncakedecoratingonline [dot] com requesting to become an affiliate.
We also highly recommend downloading our Ultimate Guide to the Affiliate Marketing Model. This free guide offers more detail for each of the sections featured in this post and explains how they all work together in the affiliate model. Table of Contents What is Affiliate Marketing? Who are the Key Players in the Affiliate Marketing Model? How Do Affiliate Programs Work? Tracking Performance in Affiliate Marketing Affiliate Program Management