The Truth About Affiliate Marketing – Is It Worth Your Time
If you’re considering becoming an affiliate marketer, you probably know that there is a massive amount of information online about Every. Single. Thing. to do with affiliate marketing.
Myths, rumors, and innuendo abound, and there’s no end to the advice, hacks, success stories, fails, case studies, and promises of making money while you sleep. Often, it’s hard to know what’s true and what’s mere hype.
So we’ve taken matters into our own hands and created the unabridged true story of affiliate marketing. We’ve waded through the fantasy and the reality and answered the burning questions about affiliate marketing and what it means to join a billion-dollar industry mostly conducted by people like you, sitting at home in front of their computers (maybe even in their pj’s!). So let’s dive in at the very beginning with the most basic of questions:
What is affiliate marketing?
Affiliate marketing is when you earn a commission for the online promotion of another company’s product or service. Essentially, affiliates perform online marketing on behalf of a merchant, with the ultimate goal of driving traffic and conversions for the merchant’s website. For every click or conversion earned, the affiliate is paid by the merchant.
How does affiliate marketing work?
Generally speaking, affiliate marketers host websites where they advertise offers on behalf of businesses and brands in various ways, like blogs, videos, reviews, ads, product links and more. Affiliates receive payment on a pre-defined basis, usually when a customer clicks on the link (hence, Pay-Per-Click), but sometimes only when the customer actually buys the product (CPA, or Cost-Per-Acquisition)
Here’s how affiliate marketing works, in a nutshel
Step 1: Choose a nic
Step 2: Join an affiliate progr
Step 3: Promote products & offe
Step 4: Track & optimize conversio
Step 5: Receive commissio
How to Get Started with Affiliate Marketin
Listen, watch, lear
The first place to start is by learning as much as you can about affiliate marketing, including the various tools and strategies that are available, and the latest trends and tactics that affiliate marketers are using. Luckily, there are loads of online affiliate marketing communities you can join and affiliate marketing podcasts to follow so you can get the starter knowledge and support you need
How to choose your affiliate niche?
There are so many niches – or categories – of products you may choose to focus on in your affiliate marketing activities. Affiliate marketers usually choose the niche based on a few different factors
How competitive is it? The more crowded the niche, the harder it will be to compete and drive traffic and conversion
How well do you know your niche? It’s best to focus on niches that you are familiar with. For example, if you are a fitness freak, you can choose to promote fitness products
Do you have personal experience or authority on the niche? It will be easier and come more naturally to promote products that you actually use. Not a must, but nice to have
Are you willing to spend time learning about a niche if you are not already familiar with it? You don’t have to be an expert in the niche. If you find a niche that looks promising, you can brush up on it and get the knowledge you need to succeed
Read more about affiliate marketing niches and how to choose them below
If you build a website, they will com
Most affiliate marketers operate a website or multiple websites. There are plenty of other digital marketing channels and platforms where you can promote your affiliate activity. However, if you are just starting out, you might want to invest the time in creating a website. It can serve as a central platform to work on your performance marketing skills while slowly building an income stream
Read more about building an affiliate website belo
Money Talks – The Truth about Affiliate Inco
Money, money, money – for affiliate marketers, earning income is the most important goal. Whether you can make money, and how much you can potentially rake in, will depend on a bunch of different factors. But let’s get down to the nitty-gritty of exactly what affiliate marketers can expect to see in their wallets
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