While they are an important part of the affiliate marketing system, a publisher can decide to share that information or not to their customers. Nowadays, more and more publishers/affiliates are letting consumers know that their marketing is financially incentivized in order to be more transparent. Not to mention the fact that a lot of times you’re required to provide an FTC disclosure.
Many people begin as affiliate marketers, and then decide to increase their incomes by creating products themselves – a genuine case of passive income. Affiliate marketing can be a hard job for marketers, even influencers with sizeable audiences. By creating a few products that other affiliates can sell, these people can have a foot in both camps and double their income-earning potential. Have a product idea – you can't become a creator if you haven’t got a product to sell Validate your idea – not all potential products will sell well. Some may sound great as you discuss them having a few beers with your friends, but are not so good in cold reality. Ideas are only useful if somebody wants to buy your product Create your product – you need to make your product. This could mean sitting down and writing your knowledge-based product. Or it could mean finding a manufacturer to produce the first batch of your physical product. Digital products are much easier for individual people or small businesses Either join an affiliate network or find affiliates yourself to sell your product – finally, you need to find the people who will sell your product on your behalf. Influencer Marketing • Social Media 20 Top Asian YouTubers Making a Name For Themselves

Affiliate marketing is NOT a numbers game and not a get-rich-quick scheme. It takes time to build a profitable blog that makes decent cash flow from affiliate marketing.
I’ve recently started to use affiliate links so this was such a helpful post! Thank you for sharing all of this!