Starting a business used to be a gamble that you have to take with many heavy precautions. But with online businesses and affiliate marketing, it isn’t as risky anymore. It’s a good starting point for you to learn more about internet marketing without investing an arm and a leg. Now, you can earn money with an affiliate program, and save money by getting yourself a plugin or service that’s built specifically to help you create your affiliate links easily.
There are many available in today’s market, many built for WordPress so they’re bound to be familiar and easy to use for many of you.
What You Need
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Domain and hosting
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WordPress.org account
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An affiliate plugin
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An affiliate account like Amazon associate account – Create one at https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/welcome.
Setup Steps
Set up EasyAzon.
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Hover over to the first tab in EasyAzon Settings > Click AWS Account Management Page > Continue to security credentials to get your security credentials.
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Click Access keys > Create new access key > Show access key.
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Copy and paste your access keys to EasyAzon.
Create and set up your Amazon product.
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Log into your Amazon Associate Account.
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Click Product Advertising API from the top menu > Sign-up.
Set up your Amazon tracking IDs
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Go to Amazon Associates tab > Sign Up next to each country . Your site can be used for every country.
Setup and configure your EasyAzon Pro plugin.
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On EasyAzon dashboard, click on Search (top menu) > beside Default Search Locale, choose your default country.
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Click on Links (top menu) to configure your link settings.
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Click on Link Localization (top menu) to select which countries in which you would like to direct your customers to for purchase and delivery. Hit Save Settings once done.
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Click on EasyAzon (side menu) and set up the local products that you would like to promote per country store.
Create your Amazon affiliate links using EasyAzon Pro.
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On WordPress page, click on EasyAzon.
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Choose country on Search Locale option.
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Configure Search Index. Click Search after entering your options.
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Enter your keyword to search for products beside Search Keywords or ASIN (You can narrow down your research by configuring Search Locale and Search Index) > Click on Link to the search results page for “Your searched product”.
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Click on the link type beside your product of choice and configure the settings based on your preference and click Insert. The link will be auto generated and will be viewable on your site.
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Write down your niche ideas.
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Narrow them down to at least three.
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Do keyword research.
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Pick your niche.
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Do a quick Google search on each and see how well those sites, and their products, are doing.
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Find yourself an affiliate program to join. Some base it on their niche, but most go for popular e-commerce sites like Amazon.
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Create a brandable domain.
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Register or find a web host that will also do the registering for you.
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Get a platform for your site. WordPress.org offers you flexibility and most hosts offer it already so why make it difficult for yourself, right?
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Install a plugin that will help you create numerous affiliate links fast for an unlimited number of sites. One such plugin is EasyAzon, though it’s focused on Amazon
Marketing Setup
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If you are not an Amazon affiliate, simply search through the plugins on WordPress to get the one that fits your needs and follow the procedure.
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Find blogs in the same niche or some that would be interested and contact them about doing a guest post.
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Create accounts on various social media sites and promote your site there.
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Join forums, actively participate, then promote your site.
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Write content about your niche regularly.
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Consider putting up ad space and investing in paid advertising.
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Spread of information and promotion through forums and online groups.
Timeframe
Time to do: 5 weeks
Time to see results: 3 months
Additional Tips
Establish credibility through your website design.
Build customer relationship by allowing a very good user experience of your shopping cart service and providing customer support even after purchase.
Use targeted landing pages and add call-to-action elements on your website.
Potential Results
Potential starting monthly for the first few months is $300 – $500.
