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Affiliate Marketing 101
Erik Stafford here, and this week I am going to be creating a series of posts that will show you the ins and outs of Affiliate Marketing.
Sound good?
Okay then… It’s Monday morning and class is in session!
Affiliate Marketing is basically finding and promoting existing products and services through a unique website link (your affiliate link) in exchange for a commission.
You can promote anything from physical products (electronic equipment, car parts, etc. etc.) to digital products (E-Books) or even memberships from large companies like BlockBuster.
It’s free to signup… and you can earn commissions from all of them!
There are three basic steps to becoming a successful Affiliate Marketer:
1. Find great stuff to promote.
2. Set up the technical stuff.
3. Drive traffic to your affiliate links.
This is the first post in the series: how to find great stuff to promote.
So where do we find great products to promote?
Well, it’s always a great idea to start with Google: whatever topic you might be interested in, go ahead and type it into Google with the words “Affiliate Program” added to the end.
So if “Crocheting” is your keyword, type “Crocheting Affiliate Program” into Google and see what comes up…
The next step is to check Clickbank: http://www.clickbank.com
Create an account (for free), then at the top of the page, click “marketplace” and search for “Crocheting”…
Look at that!
You can create affiliate links for any (or all!) of those products. When you find one you like just click “Create Hoplink” to generate your unique tracking link.
Here are a few other affiliate networks where you can find items you can commission on:
LinkShare: http://www.linkshare.com
Commission Junction: http://www.commissionjunction.com
As you can see, Affiliate Marketing is hands down the quickest, easiest, and most affordable way to get started making money online.
Your assignment? Find a product that you want to promote, either through searching Google, or on Clickbank or one of the other Affiliate centers…
And post a comment here with the name of the product you have choosen to promote and also your unique affiliate link so I can get a look at it.
The next step is to take care of some of the technical stuff, which we will deal with tomorrow.
I hope this has been informative…
See yah tomorrow for Affiliate Marketing 102!
To your success,
Erik
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about 1 year ago
looking forward to your next post
T. Smith
http://experts.wpass.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=AM101
about 1 year ago
Workoutpass: Over 100,000 Workouts. (Clickbank product)
about 1 year ago
Here is the link it is on Video Web Wizard 2.0
http://smileysplr.videoww.hop.clickbank.net/
Waiting for your next post great stuff
about 1 year ago
Thanks Eric,
Here’s the info you requested,
http://mindmovies.com/vid1/?10404, the one for clickbank is also on the blog.
Thank you for the continuing lessons!
about 1 year ago
Hi Erik,
This is the next site I want to develop, if I can get enough good products. It is still just parked at Kiosk, but I’m going to work on it soon, depending on comments you have about it. I could go with a more generic dog domain name and include a variety of products.
There are two sites with affiliate programs specific to kennels, http://www.dogkennelsandcrates.com/ with affiliate program through ClickShops looks easier to get in to. The other one states they want medium to high volume traffic first on the website, and I haven’t even created it yet… That site is:
http://www.dogkennels.com/ and it’s affiliate program is through Netshops.com. Its site is more attractive and the commission is more, but my guess is I’ll be rejected if I apply within the first two or three months I’m up.
I’m going to make it a high information blog first and then apply to one or both of these. Also, once I have a little traffic I’ll apply through Linkshare to Petsmart.
It’s not on topic, but I could include one or two of the Clickbank titles on dog food or dog training. They don’t have info just on dog kennels, so that is an ebook waiting for me to create maybe.
Interested in your reaction.
Liz Nichols
about 1 year ago
Great work guys, well done!
Liz: you need to sign up as an affiliate to get that unique link:
http://www.dogkennelsandcrates.com/store/affiliate-program.html
Tomorrow I will show you how to mask and redirect those affiliate links with a Domain Name, so they are not so long and creepy looking!
Cheers,
Erik
about 1 year ago
Greetings:
Very happy to be experiencing your course. My “home work” follows:
Butterfly Download Network http://5wchief.flynetwork.hop.clickbank.net/
Am quite interested in the rest of this course and am anticipating great things with your assistance.
Thanks.
about 1 year ago
I have a friend who suffers from occ panick attacks, and in talking to him and other acquaintances, find that anxiety and panic attacks are not infrequent among people. They often do not like to discuss it openly. I am wondering if there is a market for self help/ nonmedication help. Your opinion please.
about 1 year ago
Hello Eric,
Thank you for your emails. Keep sending them out.
The product that I want to promote is ‘The DNA of Success’ by Jack Zufelt:
http://prase.zufeltdna1.hop.clickbank.net/
I have bought this myself and after years of searching this is the one I have been looking for.
Thank you
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Robert Brealey – -
New Ultimate Supertip
http://www.NewUltimateSupertip.com
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about 1 year ago
Hi Erik I’ve been at this for awhile now without any success I hope you can help,here’s the informtion you want it please give me your feed back.
http://textdirect.nononsense.hop.clickbank.net/
about 1 year ago
Erik this is some great stuff but I’m really tired of these ebooks and videos I think I need some one on one coaching waiting for the next lesson.
about 1 year ago
Hi Erik,
The product that I want to promote is Turbulence Training. I actually purchased the ebook first and I’m getting great results from it. I later found out I can be an affiliate for it. My link is http://miket13.turbulence.hop.clickbank.net/ .
I am enjoying your course. Thanks for the great info
about 1 year ago
Hey Erik ~~ You weren’t lyin’ when you referenced search & research. I have several days in this, trying to do due diligence. It’s Life with Panic Attacks. The hoplink is http://katanga5.nicolaquin.hop.clickbank.net/.
I believe this topic is of interest, although it isn’t glamorous. I am a licensed clinical social wkr; I know that people are reluctant to take meds if they can use an alternative treatment method.
Again, thanks so much. Give my regards to Wendy and the rest of the crew. gin
about 1 year ago
Hi Erik,
I have another site under construction called http://www.BasicBusiness101.com
Iam stuck with some of the tech issuesat getting it to connect to my autoresponder. I have products already loaded and will ads the Adwords Keywords Elite.
Best Regards
Mike Madden
about 1 year ago
Hi Erik:
I am looking forward to each day’s lesson. Here is what I am going for: http://www.bodybot.com
The hoplink is as follows:
http://sperenza.bodybot.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=P1M1
I did some research on a couple of more things and will work those along with the lessons as well. I will hopefully get all my mistakes and failures out of the way faster.
To your success!
Thanks!
Dianne
about 1 year ago
Hey there Erik! I have been doing Affiliate marketing for some time now making a decent amount. I have recently started teaching my girlfriend how to do this exact process here and wanted to share her “Action” in moving forward and getting things done
She set up 2 campaigns:
http://www.CalebJennings.com (promoting my affiliate product)
Her 1st clickbank product:
http://manifest36.2cook.hop.clickbank.net
I am very proud of her
She is doing this all on her own, I am just guiding her along with some of the basic tech stuff!
People seriously need the information you are sharing in the form you are communicating. Thank you so much for taking it upon yourself to do this service for the people you work with. I can’t wait to see piles and piles of success stories coming in for you!
To Your Continued Success,
Caleb Jennings (aka “The Follow Up Master”) and Sheila Oliphant
about 1 year ago
Hi Erik,
Thanks very much for the enlightening information. I didn’t realize where the redirect for a domain could be done from, now I know.
Quick question, shouldn’t you have a popular (page ranking) website before redirecting it to an affiliate page?
How are we going to get traffic to a very new domain?
(I may be jumping the gun, just curious
thanks,
joe@start-business-loans.com
about 1 year ago
Hello Erik,
The product that I want to promote is (Designer Handbags). I don’t have a website (domain name, etc) at this time.
I’m just starting out, and found your course so far, to be very interesting and informative. Here is the link that you requested – many thanks.
Click Here!