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5 things you'll need if you're starting out with affiliate marketing



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5 things you'll need if you're starting out with affiliate marketing

When you're beginning affiliate marketing it may be upsetting because it will feel like you're and unappreciated and underpaid intern lol.  You'll need to do a decent amount of work before you start seeing a good amount of sales coming in, but don't worry, you'll get there eventually if you're persistent 5 things you

Being an affiliate is when you sign up on a platform or with a website and start listing their products on your website or over social media.  You don't have to make anything yourself, that's already done by the business that is trying to increase it's sales.  You don't have to worry about payments, the company should be tracking all of that and logging all of the traffic you send them.  All you'll have to do is worry about the company sending you a check or digital transfer of funds to your account if you're making them sales 5 things you  For those couple reasons, affiliate marketing is a big thing with new marketers and those who have massive lists that are legitimate.


Before you start calling yourself an affiliate marketing, you'll need a few things first.  Well, you'll need 5 things specifically 5 things you



1. You Need A Website
You won't need your own products, but you will need your own website in orde to place your affiliate links on in order to get clicks and hopefully some sales.  You can treat it like your own business by sending traffic to your website and if they click through a link they will get a cookie placed on their computer which will track them for 30, 60, 90 or more days.  If that person makes a person within a specific time frame, you will get a commission.

You'll need to have a good looking website and not something that looks like it was made in 2001.  Get a nice WordPress theme and set it on your own hosting for a few bucks a month.  This will set you apart from 95% of the other affiliates out there who are just spamming links wherever they can and getting banned on certain platforms 5 things you


2. Content Content Content
You will need a good amount of content in order to pull people in and show them you know what you're talking about.  You're supplying 100% free information to anyone who is willing to come in and read what you posted.  You could be running a legitimate blog about animals and linking to affiliate products related to the niche, and people will gladly purchase if they want the item.  Now your content has to be top notch and readable in order to convince people that you're the authority within your niche, so this could take time.  You could always hire a few writers, myself included *cough*cough*, in order to get content published on your website.  Some writers will charge $5 for 500 words while others will charge $15.  Of course you get what you pay for, so don't be stingy when it comes to hiring a good writer 5 things you


3. Building a List
One of your main goals is to build up an email list through newsletter sign ups.  If you're posting great content regularly then you'll have people coming in to your website day in and day out.  This will most certainly increase the amount of sign ups you have to your newsletter and that means more people you can pitch affiliate links 5 things you  Don't overdue it though,  I wouldn't publish too many affiliate links within your newsletters because people want to see your website being promoted through emails, not someone elses.  They signed up to get news from your website, so give it to them in form of an article, and have a link or two on that articles page which you're linking to in your newsletters 5 things you


4. Giveaways and Raffles
Now you're probably saying "If I'm giving something away, how would I make money?"  And that's pretty simple.  You will be doing a giveaway that doesn't cost you anything, and if it does, it shouldn't cost you much.  Think about it, would you sign up to my newsletter if I said I was the authority in Online Marketing?  Probably not since there are a lot of people claiming that.  What if I told you that I was the authority and you can have a free 100 page eBook that has plenty of money making methods you can use for yourself?  You'd probably sign up since it's just an email address being added to a list and not money leaving your bank account 5 things you  

Now when you give away this eBook you will have implanted affiliate links throughout it so that people will have to click through and see what you suggest they sign up for.  Of course you will get a commission through these links, and that's how you make money with giveaways 5 things you  Not only do you make money through the giveaway, you're building your email list 5 things you

Raffles don't have as much of a draw since not everyone wins, but you will still see people clicking through to sign up for a chance to win something.  A good example of this is when I do my monthly giveaways for 6 months of free SEO and marketing to someone in my list.  On my page it says "Sign up for a chance to win 6 months of Free SEO and Marketing!" so they know they aren't guaranteed a spot.  I don't get as many sign ups because these people aren't guaranteed anything after they sign up besides my newsletters lol.  It still works well though 5 things you


5. A well configured auto responder
When it comes to email marketing, you will want to automate it as much as possible.  To do this I like using MailChimp and setting up 6 months of emails.  I'll have a few go out within the first week after someone signs up and then once a week after that.  It's said that it takes around 6 or 7 emails before someone will make a decision to purchase.  With my set up they will get 6 or 7 emails in the first month lol 5 things you  And if those initial emails don't get them to sign up, the next 5 months will 5 things you

If you don't want to do automation like that, you can always set it up to send out the initial first week emails and then send out an automated email once a month.  I would suggest that you also send out emails containing 5 or 6 of your most recent posts so that you can increase your click through rates to something that a reader might be interested in.  Getting 5 or 6 titles linked in your emails is like throwing out 5 or 6 fishing lines, it only increases your chances of getting someone on your website 5 things you



In Conclusion:
Affiliate marketing is certainly a difficult thing to do if you're a newbie, but it can be done if you're persistent and set up your system right the first time.  Luckily you stumbled upon this discussion which means you're not going to screw up as much as the other 95% of newbie affiliate marketers out there 5 things you  If you do screw up, learn from it!



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kaka135
Thank you for these good advice. I am planning to start affiliate marketing, and I only thought about the first two things - the website and content, but didn't know much about the rest. I think building a list sounds really good, as I always received information about affiliate products from the newsletters I subscribed to, and as I like the contents the website owners wrote, I might probably click on their links to support them if I really want to buy those products.

I am glad I have read this before I dive in, and thanks for the encouragement, especially for newbies!



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Corzhens
I am also after the content of the website because that is the easiest to understand with its basic requirements as to write an article. It’s fortunate that the website depends on the content all the time so that the website owner should have in mind the regular creation of new contents for uploading. But there is another matching aspect in uploading contents which is the tagging of keywords.



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Tronia
I think you summarized the most important things. If people that are starting out with affiliate marketing are still confused or are wondering about certain different areas of it, there is always so many different step-by-step guides about affiliate marketing. I really suggest you read at least one or two because it will broaden the way you see this marketing and it might give you some fresh, new ideas.

Also, like you've said, if you do make an error which is bound to happen at some point in your marketing career, LEARN from the experience. Don't give up, keep going.



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Clprice
There are many views and probably an unlimited amount of opinions on this all of which break down to a similar conclusion, but these are definitely a good basic 5 to get started. Content cannot be stressed enough if you have the content and you can access the exposure, you have it in the palm of your hand and you will do great as long as you stick to the basics.



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overcast
I think copywriting skills and headline catch, is what one needs to learn. It takes a lot of time for anyone to get their hands on affiliate marketing. You have to understand that content if written the right way is going to make affiliate marketing a success. Not all of the people can pull this off properly. I think it takes time for things to manage in that case.



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vinaya
That's true. When you are promoting affiliate products on your website/blogs, you need to write your own description with a good title. Just by having affiliate products on your website, you are not going to make money. In order to make money, you need visitors. One of the ways to pull visitors is by publishing valuable contents related to your products. If the reader like your post, he may end up buying the product you are promoting.



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wikifarmer
Nice information , I have been affiliate marketing since 4 years but now i realize so many defaults in my way of blogging, Thanks to you for the information, I will try implement few of your ideas right away as I find them very appealing.



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hermessantos
Great tips!

I think these 5 steps are virtually mandatory to get some results within affiliate marketing. I also believe that success in this segment lies in simply testing. Test to see what works and change what does not work.



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vinaya
I have an amazon affiliate store. After reading this post, I think I understand what needs to be done on my website. I will have to work on #3, #4 and #5
I have a list but the conversion is really poor.
I am yet to consider about giving freebies and building auto responder.



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Corzhens
I am greatly surprised that even in affiliate marketing, the content emerges as one of the important elements. Now we go back to the basics which is writing. This is good news for freelancers whose main line is writing because affiliate marketing is getting popular. That means so many are into it and they are needing content writers to push their business further to their prospects. Yeah, a well-written description of the product you are selling is a plus factor for affiliate marketing.



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