Your first steps to learning what affiliate marketing is and how to make money online begin here.
I was in your shoes a few years ago. I had heard about affiliate marketing but didn’t quite understand how it worked. I had a blog, but was not quite sure how to build or monetize it.
“The secrets of success are getting started and being persistent.”
–Debasish Mridha
To begin, I will answer your questions to help you better understand how this all works.
What is affiliate marketing?
Affiliate marketing is a way to earn money passively by promoting products and services created by other people or brands for which you earn a commission.
How does affiliate marketing work?
You begin by creating a niche, that is, determine the products or category of products and services you want to offer, sell or promote. You then research companies that offer those products and services and apply to become an affiliate.
You will build a website, build an email list or have an audience or existing client base to offer the products and services too. You promote the products on your website and when the products are sold to someone who visits your site, you earn a commission.
Do I have to have a blog to have an affiliate marketing business?
You don’t have to have a blog, but it does help. Without a blog, you can promote on your website or social media. On your blog, you can add affiliate links to your posts. If you are promoting more than one product or service, this could be helpful. The goal of your blog or website is to build traffic and monetize your site with affiliate links.
Can I make money as an affiliate marketer?
Yes, you can make money as an affiliate marketer. You can make good money, even full time income.
How do I make money as an affiliate marketer?
Promote the products and services you want to sell by showing an ad or link on your website, blog or via social media. Traffic coming to your site or seeing your ad click on it. When they buy the product or service you are promoting, you earn a commission.
How much money can I make as an affiliate marketer?
Your earning potential is based on several factors:
- the products and services you sell
- web traffic patterns
- competition
- effective use of search engine optimization (SEO)
With these factors in mind, remember that affiliate marketing is not a get rich quick scheme, it’s one of nurturing by careful strategizing to drive the right traffic to your website, blog, links or ads who will buy. With that understanding, your earning potential is unlimited because you can make money by participating in multiple affiliate programs.
Also, every affiliate program is different. Just like all things we buy there are low end, mid-tier and high end categories. How much you sell at what price range and the commission earned by the business will help you better determine how much money you will make.
How do I get started as an affiliate marketer?
It’s important that you learn how to be an affiliate marketer the right way. This means you want to learn how to get started and be successful as well as hav a community of support to help you when you get stuck. Wealthy Affiliate offers free training and helps you get set up and started with up to two websites for $0 (yes, it’s free). Click on the button below to get started.
Get StartedI’m a blogger, how will affiliate marketing help me?
If you’re a blogger and you’re not earning money as an affiliate marketer, you are missing out on an amazing opportunity. When you show your fan base your favorite products or talk about services you like, you could be making money every time someone buys when they learn about products and services from you. As my mother always said, “Don’t leave money on the table”. In other words, why not benefit from your knowledge, skills and great advice?
Do I need to take a course in writing to be an affiliate marketer?
No, it’s not required to take a writing course, however, it is important that if you are starting a blog that you have the ability to write with confidence so you can convey great information to your audience.
To start, use a writing tool like Grammarly. It’s a great writing assistant that checks your spelling and grammar.
WordPress also has a great editor that helps check your spelling and too. Wealthy Affiliate offers WordPress platforms when you set up your websites and they offer training within the community to help too.
Do I need tech skills to be an affiliate marketer?
The tech skills you need are minimal. If you use a computer, tablet or social media platform, you’re gonna do well with your skills as an affiliate marketer.