If you are a beginner and want to create a real online business, one of the best and fastest ways to do this is affiliate marketing.
I have tested hundreds of ways to make money online, and believe me, affiliate marketing is, without a doubt, the best way to start making money online if you do it the right way.
I am going to simplify this process as much as I can for you because there is so much information out there about affiliate marketing that is outdated and confusing. It isn’t complicated at all, and you are just as capable as I of creating an affiliate marketing business if you have fingers and a drive to succeed.
So, if you have a few minutes, I am going to show you how I have built successful affiliate marketing businesses over the years and helped hundreds of people do the same through the Wealthy Affiliate platform, where I started my journey in 2016.
So let’s have a look at the process of affiliate marketing and how that works… and then, I am going to be jumping directly into the process of how to start an affiliate marketing business and how you can get started TODAY (no joke), with your own business online.
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How Affiliate Marketing Works
There is a plethora of information out there on affiliate marketing, but the problem is with so much information, there is going to be bad information, really good information, confusing information, and information that lies somewhere in between.
I have been running successful businesses within the affiliate marketing space for many years, and during this time, not a lot has changed, to be honest. The same “simple formula” that worked back then continues to work to this day. You have a product, and you have a customer. Your job as an affiliate marketer is to align these two things. That’s it!
Here is a diagram outlining how affiliate marketing works:
Now, I am oversimplifying this a tad, but I am doing this for a reason. I don’t want you to be scared of the word “affiliate marketing” because you are just as capable of creating a full-time and very successful affiliate marketing business as I am. All you need is the right training, the right guidance, and the tools necessary to get you there.
The thing is that affiliate marketing, at its core, is very simple. There are a few terms that you will want to become familiar with.
Affiliate (YOU). You are the affiliate, this means that you can join companies like Etsy, eBay, Walmart, Amazon (and 10,000’s of others) and promote their products and services. When you join these companies’ Affiliate Programs, they will give you a special “affiliate link” that is exclusive to you and allows you to track all of the sales you generate.
Affiliate Program (companies like Amazon). Most companies have an affiliate program; 99% of all of the brands in the world, in fact, can be promoted online, and you, as an affiliate, can earn a commission. Amazon is one of the biggest affiliate programs in the world and will allow you to promote 100’s of MILLIONS of products with a single account. Pretty awesome, right?
Earning Affiliate Commissions. Affiliate programs will give you a kickback if you can send people to their website, and they end up buying something or taking certain actions. Say you send someone to Amazon through your affiliate link, and they end up buying a fridge. Amazon will pay you a % of the total sale. Amazon offers around 3-6% commissions, so a transaction like this may yield you $50-100 (depending on the price of the fridge). Depending on the company and affiliate program, they will typically pay between 2% and 75% in commissions.
Unlimited Potential. As an affiliate marketer, your potential has no limit. The more people you can get buying through your affiliate links, the more money you make. Many affiliate marketers make several million dollars per year, and this can be a reality for anyone willing to put forth the effort to build an affiliate marketing business. But HOW do you build an affiliate marketing business? I am going to cover that in the next section.
So, how can YOU create your own successful affiliate marketing start-up? Let’s dive deeper into that below.
The 4 simple steps to success!
There are actually only 4-steps to creating a successful affiliate marketing business, and if you can follow these and have access to the training, tools, and support necessary to run your business (which I will be helping you with), you are going to be off and running!
So I am not only going to be giving you the exact steps, but helping you understand how you can accomplish these steps.
Step 1: Choose an interest / Discover your business direction:
The first thing you are going to need to do before you start the build-out of any business is come up with an idea for your business. This is also called the “niche” stage of your business, where you get to choose the audience and the category of your business. This could be anything, from training a puppy to basketball, sports betting, video games, etc. There are literally millions of potential directions that you can head with your business.
The great thing about this is that it can be any topic. So it is best to choose a topic you are interested in and passionate about, and no matter what your topic is, I promise you there will be MANY opportunities to make money online with it.
This means that you cannot only create an online income and achieve the freedom to work when or where you want to; you can do this by working with a topic you are passionate about, which makes it even more fun. When you love what you do, it’s not work – it’s a journey to success!
If you have a hard time coming up with an idea/topic, don’t worry. There are effective AI tools you can use for this inside Wealthy Affiliate, which is the platform I recommend for building an affiliate marketing business.
Step 2: Launch a profit-ready website – in seconds:
If you have no technical skills or have no experience with building websites, I know this step might sound scary.
But do not worry – today, there are a lot of tools that can help you, and you do not need to be able to code or anything else. At the platform I use for this the websites are pre-built and coded, so you do not have to do anything like this.
With just a few clicks, your beautifully designed, profit-ready website comes to life in mere seconds, so it is something anybody can do no matter your previous experience and technical skills.
Having a website is like owning a small piece of the internet – this is the foundation for making money online, and luckily, it is now something anybody can build.
I remember when I built my first website many years ago – it took weeks to do. Now, it is a lot easier as technology has progressed, and the tools and training I will show you will help you get started easily and have a website ready today.
So do not worry about whether you can do this or not – you definitely can!
Step 3: Attract visitors / Get traffic:
Getting visitors to your website is what will end up making you money. The more visitors, the more opportunities you have to earn.
There are many ways to generate traffic, and if you follow the training I recommend and have used myself, you will learn the latest, most effective traffic-generation techniques to captivate your ideal audience.
I know it works as I have done it myself and have been able to create a multiple 6-figure online income this way.
As you can see from my earning examples above, once you learn how to do it, the traffic will keep growing, and the potential is HUGE.
Step 4: Make Money.
Once you have visitors to your website, you can start monetizing this traffic.
There are many ways to do this – it all depends on your preferences, your specific topic, and your website. You will learn exactly how to do this and how to find the best way for you to earn money through the training at Wealthy Affiliate, which is the name of the platform I use for this and highly recommend.
And the great thing is that you will learn how to earn by promoting top-tier brands without the hassle of inventory or support and without having to invest in any products or anything like that.
If you do it the right way and take action, your earning potential is virtually limitless.
So there you have it, how to effectively start an affiliate marketing business in a nutshell. If you are interested in creating your own affiliate marketing business and have no experience, or you are currently trying to build out or scale an affiliate marketing business, and you are not getting the results you want, I CAN PERSONALLY HELP.
Again, I have been at this for more than 6 years full-time, and you can immediately connect with me within my homebase, WealthyAffiliate.com.
Upon creating your account, you will be taken through the easy process of creating your free Business Hub – this will help you find the idea for your business and launch a foundational version of your website within a few minutes.
You then get access to the training, websites, hosting, research tools, networking, mentorship, and direct support.
It’s also free to try, you can get a “test drive” Business Hub for no cost…no credit card required. I highly recommend if you are even the slightest bit interested in becoming an elite affiliate marketer, you get rolling right now with your account. I will be reaching out to you within 30 minutes or so, of you joining. 😉
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And if you have any questions you want to leave here for me, feel free to do so. I will make sure I get back to you as soon as I can (usually within a few hours).
