When you promote or sell a person or a company’s products, and you get a commission by doing so, you’re an affiliate marketer, my friend. It’s one of the best zero-risk ways for you to earn money and learn to become a digital marketer.
There are so many ways and options for you to find an affiliate program to join. Which one you choose really just depends on your preference.
You can choose to start with a popular e-commerce site, a popular site in your niche, or a performance marketing network. We’re going to discuss the latter.
What You Need
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A website for your business that has a professional look and design
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High quality content that’s been search engine optimized
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Account with performance marketing solution like ShareASale
Setup Steps
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Go to shareasale.com and click Affiliate Sign Up.
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Create a username and password > Enter your website link and provide details > Fill in the form for your contact information > Wait for approval.
Find affiliate links.
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Log in to your account and click Get A Link/ Banner.
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Choose from the list of approved merchants and click Get Links.
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Click the type of link you want. On Text Links, click Get HTML Code.
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Copy the code and paste it on your site, email, or social network.
Track your progress.
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Go to Reports > Traffic Report and check out how you’re doing.
Find the right platform.
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Research and create a list of performance marketing solutions and other affiliate programs that you’d be interested in.
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Narrow that list down to ten affiliate programs.
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Visit each item and find the one that sits well with all that you want. Consider ShareASale, it’s one of the leading sites for its category and a good place to start.
Timeframe
Time to do: 2 days
Time to see results: 1 month
Additional Tips
Focus on driving traffic to your site. One of the main things you can do is improve your content.
- Click the Create Custom Link tab to have your affiliate link take people to a merchant’s site.
- Go to Deals/ Coupons to give you a custom tracking link and participate in a deal being run.
- Go to Banners and hover over an image to see the size. Click it to get the code.
Potential Results
You will need to invest a lot of time and effort to succeed in becoming a successful affiliate marketer. You could earn up to $500 a month in the first few months. But you could find yourself earning up to $80,000 a year by working harder.
