When you start out, only choose products which you’ve personally tried, and used. As you use the product, you will have more confident in recommending it to somebody else. For example, if you’ve read a book it becomes easier to write a review of that book. Or, if you’ve bought a service, or used any paid blogging tool, it gives you a clear understanding of how exactly was your experience.
You can use an email marketing automation tool like GetResponse, ActiveCampaign or ClickFunnels to execute this strategy.
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The idea behind it is that you promote other people’s products, often through an affiliate network, earning a commission if people actually end up buying thanks to your marketing.
This ensures that their audience is constantly engaged with high-value content. And, of course, it receives a commission on each purchase made as a result of their recommendation.
The bait you use to get people into your funnel can take the form of a PDF guide, a checklist, a spreadsheet, some free software, or any other easy-to-put-together content or resource that people will desperately want at that visitor’s intent stage. The more desirable the bait, the more people you’ll get into your funnel.
For most marketing and advertising campaigns, determining ROI can be challenging and an unpredictable waiting game. The performance-based model of affiliate marketing is built for profitability. Businesses are not paying for potential buyers through impressions or clicks, only for closed sales.
One of the best parts about becoming an Amazon affiliate is that the user doesn’t even have to buy the product you referred them to. If they buy anything during that visit, you earn a commission.
You can also group discovered keywords by semantic similarity, effectively creating subtopics within your niche. This way you will see which subtopics are more popular than others.
You can do it too by making video content [product reviews or teaching people about something] and providing real value to people.
Top global clients like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and others are a testament to its popularity.
Microsites are branded pages (or a single page) that are separate from your main website. These sites provide another avenue with which you can offer detailed information and a sales pitch for affiliate products. Since they're separate from your main website, you can offer a more targeted, relevant message that's free from the distractions that usually come with a traditional website.
Kajabi is an all-in-one platform that lets users create online courses, launch marketing campaigns, build landing pages, and design the perfect website.
There are also more niche networks that are notable for their specialized affiliate tools, expertise, and bringing together brands from a single niche. For example, Travelpayouts provides access to 80 travel affiliate programs from the biggest brands on the market. They would be a good fit for travel bloggers or webmasters with traffic interested in travel.
I’d recommend that you apply for a Free EIN Number so that you’re not sharing your personal social security number all over the web. Check out our blog post on how to easily apply for your free EIN Number.
This helps you use a technique like URL shorteners, so you can turn ugly URLs into URLs that are readable.
Set a target number of subscribers you want to reach before you launch your blog. Most sources I’ve seen recommend hitting at least 1,000 subscribers to make affiliate marketing worth your while.
So, now that we’ve got all of the basics out of the way – how exactly do you get started with affiliate marketing?