Affiliate marketing in 2020: a step-by-step guide #affiliatemarketing Click To Tweet
For those of you who have absolutely no experience in selling online, I strongly believe that you should always start with affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing gave me my first ever online sale and it always had a special place in my heart. I firmly believe that affiliate marketing is perfect for aspiring online entrepreneurs getting their feet wet in selling online.
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The Amazon Local Associates program which was expanded last year gave local small businesses and individuals more ways they can increase their revenue.
The last step in the sales funnel is getting a lead to complete the desired action. A landing page can play a vital role in this process. This type of page has only one purpose – to encourage visitors to convert.
Again, this is where tracking everything and being very aware of your data and profit margin comes in handy. Otherwise, you won’t be able to offer these types of rewards and bonuses without compromising profit.
Yes, they still exist. And yes, it’s still possible to make money with affiliate marketing in a forum, but it’s not as easy as it used to be.
Large ecommerce brands began using Curalate’s Link2Buy as a way of setting up a virtual shop of clickable Instagram posts in your profile. Over the years there are other tools that have come out offering the same functionality, including the popular Linkin.bio service offered by the Instagram app Later. What happens is that you set the link in your bio to be your personalized Instagram gallery app URL, and then once someone selects that, they are brought to a screen of clickable Instagram posts leading them to your affiliate links. You can actually see my Linkin.bio page for an example of what I mean – you should do this on a mobile phone to see how it would look when clicking on my Instagram bio https://instagram.com/nealschaffer. Include the Affiliate Link as Swipe-Up in Instagram Stories (Business accounts with 10,000 followers only)
Email marketing is not only for subscription-based business models or business sites. You can get some good affiliate traffic via email, provided that you don’t spam the receiver’s inbox. Follow a simple three-step process for promoting via email marketing. Select an email marketing platform that’s right for you Target your audience by interest via Facebook, Instagram, or target inactive consumersSend personalized emails with embedded affiliate links
The commissions range from three to ten percent. Amazon has a range of tools to help you begin your affiliate business and is perfect for beginners to more advanced affiliate marketers.
SEO Tip #4: Target long-tail keywords. People generally search for specific terms. So instead of targeting broad terms, use long-tail keywords that have higher rates of conversion.
In addition to the super diverse range of brands and products, you also get all the tools successful affiliate marketers need — from excellent support to simple affiliate link creation.
Thanks for reading. I hope these tips help you make some affiliate sales and give you a head start.
Now, if we can help clear up any confusion on how to start affiliate marketing and setting up an affiliate funnel that’ll get you paid, please let us know by scheduling a strategy session with us! We’re happy to help.
Even if you aren’t in affiliate programs now, you can write about products or services that you plan on adding affiliate links to later on. That way, if you gain traction on those posts and they have a lot of page views in the future, then the post will already be set up to make money at the time you do join an affiliate program.
You can spy on your competitors’ websites first. Find out what affiliate products they are promoting. Few influential bloggers also reveal their income reports, so you’ll know which products bring them the most profits.
If you already have a website with content: You can go ahead and sign up for offers.
Working the hardest used to be the golden standard to go by. Who puts in the most hours? Who stays latest at the office and comes in earliest and really shows that dedication? That’s still a sign of dedication, but now, everyone is all about finding the easiest ways possible to make “passive income.” People want to actively make a profit while doing very little work for it.