Affiliate Marketing Strategy

So, today, we’re going to give you some advice about affiliate marketing.

I. Let’s talk about what NOT to do with your affiliate link.

Never send your affiliate link to someone who has not given you permission to do so.

We know you want to make money, but honestly… if you’ve ever done that before, how did it work for you? You probably got told off, unfriended, reported for sending SPAM and/or blocked. People don’t make purchases from people who randomly send affiliate links through messages, emails, texts, etc. They buy from people who they know, like & trust.

Don’t flood your social media channels with your affiliate link.

Again, this goes back to being ‘spammy’ and it’s one of the reasons JVZoo links are often blocked by Facebook or require authentication through a reCAPTCHA test. People don’t visit social media to see ads. They go to interact with their family and friends. That’s why it’s called ‘social’ media, not ‘ad’ media. And while social media is a great way to generate leads & build your business, it must be done correctly. Invest in the training that will help you advertise correctly on social media and it can do great things for your business.

Avoid putting your affiliate link on traffic exchanges.

Yes, they are still around and people are still using them. But, they aren’t a very good place to drive traffic to your affiliate link. One reason is that the people ‘surfing’ other sites are simply not interested in your offer. They’re there for the same reason you are – to get traffic & leads. They’re busy looking at a timer, not your page. Another reason is that it could hurt the Seller’s site rankings. A flood of traffic from a single domain with very short visits will result in a super-high bounce rate.

Here's a quick start guide to help get you started in this lucrative world of affiliate marketing.

II. Choose a profitable niche

You can either choose a topic people looking for, solve their problem and do it simply for the money or you can do it with passion and earn money too.

Just note if you do it for the money and the success is not coming very soon it most likely you gonna quit the dream of making money online.

That’s why doing it with passion, as a hobby gives you more patience, you work harder, you provide the best quality you can and success will follow.

There's literally thousands of products both physical and digital in all kinds of niches.

I recommend going for a niche that you have some kind of interest in.

I will add some niche ideas at the end of this cheat sheet.

II. Create a blog.

1. Find a domain name:

Once you have your niche or idea of what your website is going to be about. You now need a domain name - this is the name of your website.

Something short, easy to remember and is related to the niche you've chosen.

2. Get hosting:

You need website hosting so your website can be online. Choose a hosting plan that is in your budget. For this example, I recommend one of the following -

◉ StableHost

◉ Siteground

◉ Hostgator

◉ HawkHost

3. Install Wordpress:

You can hire outsource for your site. But I recommend Wordpress because it’s free and it’s simple to customize your site. In addition, there are thousands free themes and plugins.

4. Find a theme/template

There are literally thousands of themes both free and paid. This is up to you but I recommend going with a free WordPress theme when starting out. You can always change your theme later if you choose to go with a premium theme.

5. Find products to write reviews on

Wait...

Did you have account on affiliate programs?

If you have not, you should register an account now to start this step.

I added a list of affiliate programs at the end of this guide.

To get started you should find 2-5 products on your affiliate program to write reviews about. These products should have an affiliate program so you can make money recommending them to people.

IV. Drive traffic to your blog

 Find questions people are searching for that are related to the niche and you can promote the products too.

Jump on question and answer sites like yahoo answers or Quora and search for some terms within your niche or even search for the products you're going to write reviews about. There maybe people asking questions about them. The reason why you want questions is for the articles you are going to write to compliment your review pages.

I normally write down a list of questions that people are asking or searching for answers for then I write articles to answer those questions..

The more helpful you can be in the article answering all possible questions the better. In the article you can link back to your review page and add your affiliate link to the products you're promoting.

 Keyword research - finding long tail keywords

Some of the questions you've written down in part 6 will be good long tail keywords but you want to find more keywords that are easy to rank in search engines. Then write more articles around those long tail keywords to bring in traffic.

An example of a broad keyword: "weight loss"

An example of a long tail keyword: "weight loss pills for women"

I highly recommend downloading and installing the keywordseverywhere extension into your browser and bookmark the following:

kwfinder

keywordshitter


Set up your social media sites:

Jump on all the social media sites you can find and create a profile/account for each. You can have the same name as your website or make it a more personal or generic type of account.

Here's some to get you started - Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Weheartit, Google+

^ There are LOTS more but this will get you started. The idea is to create these

accounts, share and like other peoples stuff and build a following. Then start sharing

your website to your followers and get them on pages where you have a presell to

the product or offer you're promoting.