What Is Affiliate Marketing?

Surfing through the internet looking for some side hustle, you are facing a phrase over and over again called Affiliate Marketing and you are wondering what the heck is that exactly? Is this Familiar?

You are in the correct place. From this article, you will know what is Affiliate Marketing and what is a little more important you will be knowing how to use it for you and not against you. You will know that 3 little secrets that most of the Affiliate Marketers don’t know. Let’s jump into it!

Affiliate Marketing is basically an activity when you get paid for promoting someone else’s products or services. Which is honestly way much easier than building something from scratch and then start the marketing part. Of course, if you have ambition like that, you can do it, and it can generate you a huge income in the future but if you need fast cash, in that case, it is way much easier to become an Affiliate Marketer to someone else.

It is a full WIN-WIN position. Is good for you because with a little effort, without needing to go to an office and spend specific hours there can earn unlimited amounts of money and it is also good for the company because they allow you to “sell” their service or product and for that in exchange they are willing to share from their profit margin. That is why is getting more and more popular all over the world.

How you make money with Affiliate Marketing?

That is the point where the whole game getting so exciting. Because the key is in the promotion. Let’s say you sell (I don’t really fancy this word because there is a lot of misunderstanding surround) or promote a product or service through your unique link and you will generate leads for your business and you will be paid in a % (5–95%) that is already settled in an Affiliate Terms&Conditions.

For you being able to generate leads, you need to be able to drive traffic (organic or paid) to the offer. We will talk about this specifically in another article.

What type of Affiliate Programs can you promote?

There are several options and varieties. You can choose from financial companies offers, ebooks, online courses, items from Amazon, travel booking sites, education about how to start an online business, the line is almost endless.

First, you need to decide, what products or services are close to your heart, that you would be more than happy to promote, just like a good moóvie, that you just have seen and then make the effort.

And the 3 little (big) secrets that most the Affiliate Marketers don’t know and because of that they don’t reach success or they cannot sustain it.

1. How to take action, what to do exactly step by step, day by day to get closer to getting paid for your time and effort.
2. How to promote a specific product without pushing and leave the “I really want you to buy something because I really need that money” feeling out of the game.
3. How to give honest and true value to their clients.

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