Affiliate marketing can best be described as recommending what you use and love to others who would benefit from the same products and services, in return for a commission each time a sale is made. You can build an entire business using affiliate marketing as your business model, or simply add it to what you’re doing already for an additional stream of passive online revenue.
My new course on this topic is now available at Really Simple Affiliate Marketing, and is designed for newbies as well as intermediate Internet marketers.
I believe the best way to build a lucrative affiliate marketing business is by building a list from the very beginning. Start with a simple blog or one page website where people who are interested in your topic can go to find out more information. You will offer these visitors a free report or an audio recording where they can find out even more about you and your topic. When they enter their name and email address they will now have given you permission to include them in future mailings.
As soon as the first person joins your list, start writing to them to better connect with them and to find out more about what they want and need from you. This will be similar in any niche you choose, so jump right in and get started. Too many people make the mistake of waiting until they have a specific number of people on their list before starting to send emails. This is a huge mistake. Start the process immediately and you will build your business much more quickly.
Look for the products and services you have been willing to spend money on yourself when it comes to making affiliate offers to your list. Remember always that you are only recommending what you love, so look to see what you have purchased and benefitted from so that you can share these valuable resources with others. Write an article, post to your blog, and tell others about them on the social media sites. When others see that you are a raving fan they will be more likely to take you seriously when it comes to making an investment of their own.
As you get more experienced with this you’ll be able to be more picky when it comes to who and what you will promote. With so many great products and services now available online there will never be enough time to share them all with the people who come to you for a recommendation.
Take your job seriously and you will see that being an affiliate marketer is a worthwhile position. Be sure to check out my new affiliate marketing training course below.
Connie Ragen Green is a bestselling author, marketing mentor, and online marketing strategist, working with people and corporations on six continents to help them increase their credibility, expand their visibility, and explode their profitability. If you’re interested in getting started with the journey to online entrepreneurship and taking your life and business to the next level, find out more by downloading your Online Entrepreneur Blueprint and get started today.
Good simple start to Affiliate Marketing. I also made the mistake of waiting for a certain number of subscribers before connecting with them.
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Great article! I’m currently trying to understand affiliate marketing, really interested to start my own website. Many Thanks!
Thanks for stopping by, Michael. And nice try with that link – I hope no one is teaching you to do that.
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Hey Connie Ragen Green,
Another big thumbs up as always!
Last time, I visit your blog by Google and found your best SEO tips. It was really an impressive content in different purpose.
By the way, I’ve tiny experience in Affiliate Marketing. I wanna broadcast myself as a best Affiliate Marketing Specialist.
I gonna build a list from the very first week. I just noticed that you manage few interesting points and deep experience. This exactly what I was looking for!
I’m sure this post helps me reserve and If you can help me another way I would be the best someday.
Its GORG! Love for your crucial content.
Thanks,
Thanks so much for your comment, Shakoat. I appreciate you stopping by and sharing more about how my affiliate marketing tips and SEO strategies for your blog are working effectively for your online business.
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This is really helpful. I’ve been blogging on and off for years but this is my first time to try and use affiliates. Many Thanks!
Great advise for all new affiliates. It takes a long time to get a reasonable amount of traffic. This will help a lot of people out
You always provide great tips and information. Many thanks for helping all newbie marketers.
Nice article! It’s great to see people giving useful information on affiliate marketing.
This article is superb and well explained.
Thanks so much, William. That is always my goal and intention with my writing and training.
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Rightly information about affiliate marketing, there some pro and cons on everything, if you find targeted customers to your blog then getting succeed in affiliate marketing is a cake walk. thanks for sharing the information on affiliate marketing.
I agree with you, Irwin. Thanks for stopping by.
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I agree with you, Irwin. Thanks for stopping by.
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Thanks for the tips and advice as someone who has tried to get on in affiliate marketing and failed more than once it’s always useful to find information that helps point me in the right direction. As you mention, you need to be persistent in order to succeed.
You’re most welcome, Steve. Persistence and community are both crucial to affiliate marketing success.
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Great article and appreciate the detail! I’ve made a few thousand over the years with being an affiliate to my hosting company but haven’t done much more than that.
You can do it, John. Stay away from spammy promotions and only recommend what you use and love.
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The very first money I made as an online marketer was in affiliate marketing. So, I definitely appreciate this way of making money if the product is top notch, Vendor has integrity, and promoter/affiliate gives tons of value along with their link.
You are so right about the affiliate marketers giving value to the vendor. Thanks so much for your comment.
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I am into affiliate marketing myself and I know the great potentials in the business and how fast it can make one financially stable if done properly. So, I always encourage those who are not into affiliate marketing to give it a second thought.
Excellent points, Linda. Affiliate marketing does have awesome potential.
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Great advise for all new affiliates. It takes a long time to get a reasonable amount of traffic. This will help a lot of people to get started with affiliate marketing.
You are so right about this, Edgar.
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The good thing about affiliate marketing is that this industry is here to stay and will always be a reliable source of revenue for affiliates and bloggers looking to turn their side hustle into a full time business.
Thanks so much for the tips, as I am a beginner in affiliate marketing and will take heed to the advice. Less is more for sure in trying to advertise too much and money is time as time is money.
You are right about that, Eineke. Time is money.
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Thanks so much for the tips. It revealed how affiliate marketing works especially for the beginner.
Thanks for sharing such a great, very informative and useful article to Affiliate marketing tips. Keep it up.
Thanks for the tips. I think niche and relevance is very important in affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is so simple! As long as you solve your readers problems then the money will come!