Learn: Affiliate Marketing Money.

Everyone has heard of the dream where you go to sleep and wake up with money in your bank account. That’s affiliate marketing when you do it like this. Ill teach you how to build the asset that you will promote affiliate offers from and where and how to find great offers.

There is a fair bit involved in the setup but once you do that you can count on the compound effect to start kicking in and momentum building as you get sale after sale and start seeing that passive income.

Now nothing is truly passive especially with Google and Facebook getting smarter and smarter the 100% automated passive income most people advertise is not real. You need to put in the work but you can do it 1-2 hours each day and get paid.

You can expect to start making money with this type of online business in week 2 or 3. There are some key things you need setup first but you can definitely start seeing money coming in quite quickly.

How Affiliate Marketing Works

We will focus on how affiliate marketing works and where to find networks and offers to promote. Everything you need to start setting up your passive income stream.

1. Section 1A: What Affiliate Networks To Start With
2. Section 1B: Where To Find Affiliate Offers

The world is your oyster when it comes to niche selection and content angles. You need a niche to target keywords and content.

Focus on what you need to start doing affiliate marketing. The basics you need and where to get them so you can start promoting offers and getting paid

How to start building your platform that you will be promoting the affiliate offers. Finding affiliate partners, exploring the Amazon Associates affiliate program and building your email list are all important steps in the affiliate marketing process. The next step is to create your affiliate marketing strategies that build your content pages and promote affiliate products where you earn a commission. Working towards making your affiliate income sustainable is the ultimate goal.

Then Introduce the importance of content marketing. Learn how to use content to build interest in your affiliate marketing offers.

Getting your first web page live and adding your affiliate link. You will also learn how basic tracking and conversions and how to optimise your efforts.

Have You Tried To Build A Profitable Affiliate Business But Failed? 

Are you trying to make affiliate marketing work but struggling?

I know that bitter taste of failure all too well. My first attempts to build an affiliate authority site crashed and burned, actually to be honest my earliest “best” attempt got hacked the moment I got any momentum and that set me back months.

That speed bump set me back but did not stop me. I came back again and again site after site and Im confident with the results.

It’s no secret – most people fail to hit their income goals with affiliate marketing.

Why?

The list is basically endless, but here are a few main reasons:

1. No clear plan to follow each day to build a brand, audience & monetise
2. Chasing quick wins & not focused on building a real business for the long term
3. Selling the wrong products & focusing on the low ticket because it’s ‘easier’
4. Not crafting a unique offer to stand out from the crowd
5. No plan or system to routinely convert leads into buyers
6. No way to get fresh leads every day (so their business just dries up)

If any (or all) of these sound familiar, you aren’t alone – it’s VERY common.

Thankfully there’s a better way that allows you to overcome all these issues quickly.

In my blogs and guides I’ve laid out the steps for maximising social media, search engine optimisation, content ideas, unsaturated niches, promoting digital products and building a YouTube channel. These blog posts will explain the steps to take to get you moving in the right direction.

I focus on niche-relevant content in various formats text, videos and audio to promote content ideas developed to promote products to the people interested in that target niche. It’s not push-button easy but everyone can do this marketing model and see some success.

This works even if you’re a beginner, it’s just a matter of following the steps & implementing them

Learn Affiliate Marketing With Helpful Blog Articles & Guides

How Much Money Can An Affiliate Marketer Make?

Thats like asking how long a piece of string is because everyone will have a different journey. I like to think of it like this, what you put in you will get back.

Is Affiliate Marketing Easy?

If you have some experience with websites, digital marketing and business then yes it can be quite easy to get started. If you are a complete novice then it will be quite a steep learning curve, but there are also some success stories with people who are new to affiliate marketing doing quite well 12 months in. With consistent effort and posting new content, it is possible to see growth and success in affiliate marketing within a few months.

I think in my experience and working with new and seasoned marketers those who carve out the time to do the work, and have the focus and drive to make something from nothing generally do quite well.

If you are easily distracted by courses, tools or friends and family it may take you some time to get some traction. Follow the beginner’s guide and take a small step each day.

💰 Can affiliate marketing make you rich?

I hear this one all the time and most of the people asking fall into two categories:

1. They generally don’t know and are asking out of interest
2. They watched a guru YouTube video and are dipping their toes into the fast-money lifestyle

While you can make a lot of money from affiliate marketing, many successful marketers will use profits to either invest in long-game stability offline or invest heavily into their digital assets to continue their growth. Both are very wise moves and will help you no matter the way you want to go, including using social media marketing to further promote your affiliate products.

I struggled for months wasting my efforts driving traffic to Amazon and seeing a super low commission rate of 2% and that’s not amazing. I like commission payouts to be within 10%-40% and reward me for my efforts.

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As you learn affiliate marketing you get better at it, with every page you publish with every sale you make your marketing strategies get better. You will also learn how to negotiate better commission rates from affiliate networks and how to optimise web pages for higher conversions.

Yes, affiliate marketing can make you rich. This comes with a disclaimer that you need to put in the work upfront to get the backend payments. It won’t happen overnight, it won’t happen because of one promotion and it won’t happen if you outsource everything.

If we have learnt anything this last 6 months is that search engines can wreck you, but that AI can get you back on track. But it can happen if you apply yourself to your goal of earning $10k a month in 14 months of hard work. That’s a realistic goal with some commitment.

💰 What are the best affiliate programs to join?

This entirely depends on the niche you want to target. In some cases, Amazon is a great choice for you but for others, they are the worst option as private merchants will pay 10x more than Amazon.

💰 What percentage do affiliate programs pay?

Every program and merchant has their own terms. You can expect 5% to 40% as the main bracket most will pay. There are unicorns that allow 80% or so but the medium is 5-40% commission.

💰 How do affiliate marketers make money as beginners?

This is a very easy answer and it has been repeated above several times. Set your goals, keep focus and be committed to reaching them through the use of momentum. I dedicate a little time each day to my work and making sure the affiliate machine is working as planned. It’s not rocket science but it’s not an easy street.

To make this super easy to understand here are the key steps:

1. Organise your banking documents and accounts
2. Organise your business documents and tax particulars
3. Build a simple website to use as your portfolio base
4. Apply to affiliate networks
5. Build out your landing pages with the best affiliate offers
6. Monitor the performance and optimise as required
7. Get paid

That’s the nuts and bolts of it in a few short steps. Each step can be broken down into its own set of tasks to complete but you get the picture. If you work with any social media influencers I suggest you get up to speed on new laws around disclosures. This will save you getting into hot water.

This page was purpose-built to help educate and share an understanding of the ins and outs of affiliate marketing. I trust I have answered your questions about this career path and if I have missed anything please do get in touch with me. Go out there and make some Click Bucks!

Things You Will Need in Your Toolbox

Domain name for affiliate websites
Website hosting for affiliate websites
Website themes for affiliate niche sites
Keyword research tools for finding niches
Best affiliate marketing programs

 

How To Create Affiliate Content

What type of content to create
How to rank keywords and answer user problems
How to do product comparisons and reviews
How to review products that you haven’t used
How to not be biased in your content

How To Build Affiliate Niche Sites

How to build a website
How to structure your niche site for SEO
Step By Step guide for affiliate marketing websites
Building a high-converting affiliate web pages
How to set your website theme up for niche sites
What to consider when building niche websites