Affiliate Marketing is a great way to make money online. Whether it be a little of extra cash on the side, or a full time income, it’s possible if you follow the right steps and put in the time and effort.

There are a few things that I wish someone had told me when I was first getting into the affiliate marketing world, so I decided to take the time to give you guys…

5 Tips to Succeed at Affiliate Marketing

1)Have the right mindset

In my opinion, having the right mindset is the number one thing that you need in order to succeed at affiliate marketing.

What do I mean by this?

Well, one of the questions that I get all of the time is “how long will it take me to make a living wage online” or something along those lines.

Which is a completely understandable question, I even asked it when I was just getting ready to take my first steps into the internet marketing world.

Of course everyone wants to bring in thousands of dollars a month in a short amount of time, but that’s not really how it works.  You have to put in the time and effort in order to reap the benefits.

At first I was so unmotivated whenever I thought about having to work an hour or two a night, for at least a few months before I would see any kind of money at all.

But once I got into the right mindset, it became so much easier.

Once I got it into my mind that some day I would be able to work whenever I wanted, wherever I wanted, and spend as much time as I wanted with my family.  Suddenly, it didn’t matter how long it would take, because I knew that I was willing to do whatever it takes, for however long it takes to achieve that goal.

Of course I wanted it to come as fast as possible, but I stayed in the mindset that It didn’t matter when it happened, as long as it did happen.

Some people start earning a full time income within 4-6 months, and some people take a year or longer.  Of course that depends on how much work you are willing to put in.

I promise you that you will succeed as long as you put in the work, and get the proper training.

2)Get the Proper Training

I’m sure that it’s possible to make money through affiliate marketing without getting the proper training, but it’s going to be a lot easier, and probably happen a lot faster if you do.

I spent a lot of time and effort trying to make money online on my own, and I ended up just wasting a bunch of time, and some money on various scams and schemes.  I made a few dollars here and there, but nothing that was even remotely notable.

It wasn’t until I found and signed up at Wealthy Affiliate that I actually started making good money online.

Without the proper training, it’s easy to waste a bunch of time doing a ton of unnecessary things.  The proper training will help you focus on the important things, and cut out the things that don’t really matter at all.

The two affiliate marketing training programs that I recommend the most are Wealthy Affiliate, and Niche Blitzkrieg.

Both of the programs will completely walk you step-by-step through picking your niche, setting up a website, getting people to the website, and optimizing it to get those people to make purchases and earn you money.

Getting the proper training will help you stay on track, and get you to the money making part faster.

3)Set Goals

It’s easy to get off track, lose sight of the end game, and even give up if you don’t have a goal in place to push forward and reach for.

The goal that you set can be related to money, to the amount of time you want to spend on your website, or just about anything that you want to achieve.

Personally, I set a few short term goals that I strive to achieve, and a long term goal that the short term goals assist in achieving.

For Example, when I first started out, I set a goal to work at least 1 hour a night on my website, write 3 posts a week, and make my first sale within the first 2 months.

I didn’t achieve any of those goals; there were several nights when I was just to tired from my day job to put in an extra hour, there were a couple weeks when I would only write one or two posts, and I didn’t make my first sale until my third month.

But I wasn’t discouraged, I just pushed harder to achieve my short term goals, and set a new long term goal.

Just having defined goals to work toward helped me work more often, and to work harder because I didn’t want to feel disappointed in myself for not achieving them.

Creating achievable yet challenging goals is the key to staying on track and making affiliate marketing a habit.

4)Make it a Habit

Affiliate marketing isn’t something that you can just work on here and there, or whenever you feel like it.  You have to consistently work at it and put in the time and effort on a regular basis.

A good way to make a habit out of working at it is to create some type of schedule that you do your best to stick to.

The schedule I created was that I would work every night for and hour.

Mondays: I would come up with a post idea, write an outline, and start writing it.

Tuesdays: Finish the post, and finish various tasks that I had to do.

Wednesdays: Come up with a post idea, write an outline, and start writing it.

Thursdays: Finish the post , and finish various tasks I had to do.

Fridays: Come up with a post idea, write an outline, and start writing.

Saturdays: Finish the post, and do various tasks.

Sundays: Do various tasks.

Of course I didn’t always stick to it, sometimes I would finish an entire post on Monday and take Tuesday off. Or I would take Monday off and do the entire post on Tuesday.

Heck, sometimes I would take both Monday and Tuesday off and not write a post at all.  But just having the schedule set helped me make a habit of working on my website, and to consistently put out content.

Your schedule doesn’t have to look anything like mine, make it to fit your regular schedule, and do your best to stick to it as much as possible.

Just knowing what you are going to do will help you save you time from having to figure it out every night, and it will help you get into the habit of working which will make it less likely that you will give up.

5)Don’t give up

Not giving up ties in closely to the first tip, which was having the right mindset.  You have to have the mindset that you are not going to give up until you are working fulltime as an affiliate marketer.

In order to succeed in affiliate marketing, you have to be willing to just keep moving forward no matter what happens.  There are going to be times when you just want to give up and stop working at it because you feel like you aren’t making any progress.

There are going to be set backs that make you feel like you wasted a bunch of time, and there are going to be those days when you wonder if anything is going to come from all of your hard work, but I promise you that it will if you just don’t give up.

The people that succeed at affiliate marketing are the ones who were willing to keep going when everyone else would have given up.  They are the people who wanted it so badly that they were willing to do whatever it takes to make a living online.

They are the people who got in the right mindset, got the proper training, set goals, made it a habit, and never gave up.  Those are the people who succeed at affiliate marketing.

Conclusion

In my opinion, these are the 5 most important things that you need to do in order to succeed at affiliate marketing.

1. Have the right mindset
2. Get the proper training
3. Set goals
4. Make it a habit
5. Don’t give up

If you can do those 5 things, I’m certain that you will succeed at becoming a fulltime affiliate marketer.

 

 

 

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Making money online through blogging is easier now than it has ever been before.  Now-a-days you don’t need any knowledge about coding, computers, or design in order to create a great looking website.  In this article I am going to give you all of the information I know about “how to start blogging for money”.

Where to Start Blogging

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Before I jump into the various ways that you can make money from your blog, I want to briefly go over the essential things that are needed in order to get your blog started.  When you’re looking for information about making money online, you will run across people who will tell you that you have to purchase various programs and tools to get stared, and that simply is not true.

 

The only things that you need to start blogging are a registered domain name (URL, or name or your website), a hosting platform (basically a place to store your site) a keyword tool and I would highly recommend some training.

Those are the only things that you need, and don’t let anyone try to tell you that there is something extremely expensive that you need in order to get started.

You can purchase a registered domain for around $10 a year, from a place like Domain.com, Namecheap.com, or Godaddy.com. You can get reliable cheap webhosting from places like Bluehost, or my personal favorite place Wealthy Affiliate.  They not only host your websites, but they provide a keyword tool, and extensive training on how to set up your website, and get your articles ranking in Google.

I would not recommend starting without getting some sort of training, it will make it a lot easier, and ensure that you won’t spend a bunch of time writing content without ever seeing any reward.

Ways to Start Making Money From Your Blog

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There are many different ways that you can make money from your blog, and here I am going to give you information about the top three ways.

• Affiliate Programs
• Advertising
• Creating your own product

Each of those three ways are great ways to make money from your blog, but there are different ways to go about doing each.

Affiliate Programs

When you are creating your blog, one of the most important decisions you’ll make, is what it will be about.  The main thing to keep in mind, is that you have to find a problem that people have, and then you have to help them solve it.  Once you know the specific theme of your website, you can begin to find affiliate programs that will pay you for getting people to purchase their products.

You can find these programs by simply Googling “What your site is about” + affiliate program.  For example if I had a website helping people lose weight (I wouldn’t recommend making a website about) I would Google Weight loss + affiliate programs.

No matter what you choose to make your blog about, you will be able to find related products to recommend, and an affiliate program to go with it.  Amazon has a good affiliate program, and as you know, they sell just about everything you can think of.

If you would like to learn more about affiliate programs, click here to read my article about them.

Advertising

Companies spend millions if not billions of dollars a year advertising their products through various platforms.  Once you start getting people to your website, you can start making some decent money from advertisements.

There are two different types of ads that you can use on your site:

• Pay-per-click Ads
• Relevant Advertisers

Pay-per-click ads

These are small ads such as banners, and sidebar pictures that you can display on your website, and earn a little bit of money every time someone clicks on one of them.  The amount per click can range from a few cents to several dollars depending on the demand and competition.

Putting these types of ads on your website is something some people will do, and some people won’t.  When you have these ads on your blog, if someone clicks on them, they will be taken away from your site, which will keep them from continuing to view your content.  That is just something to keep in mind when putting on the ads.

These ads can be added through the use of Google AdSense.

Relevant Advertisers

Another way to make money through advertisements, is by contacting a relevant company, and simply asking them if they would like to advertise on your blog.

This route is something that might take a little more time to achieve because most companies are going to want proof that your website is bringing in a decent amount of traffic.

Creating Your Own Product

This is something that will most-likely have to be done later down the road, after you have already established your website, and have a healthy amount of traffic to your website.

The type of product that you create will vary widely depending on the topic that your site is mainly about, but I will give you few examples in order to give you a place to start.

Let’s go back to the weight loss example I brought up earlier.  If I had creating a website, and had hundreds of people visiting it everyday, I might use the information that was on my blog, and organize it into an EBook.  I would then advertise that book on my website, and that would create an extra amount of income every time someone purchased one.

A book is not the only thing that you can create, I’ve seen people create online video courses, membership programs, and even actual physical products that went with their website.

When it comes to creating your own product, be creative and make sure that it is high quality.

How to Start Blogging for Money Conclusion

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To start blogging for money you simply need a Domain, a web hosting platform, a keyword tool, and some training.  Once you have those things, you can start making money through affiliate programs, advertising, and even by creating your own product.

The most important thing that you need to do is to take action, and consistently put out helpful content, that is the best thing that you can do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling stuff online is a great way to make some extra money on the side, and if the right amount of effort is put in, it’s even a good way to make a living.

But what items should you sell? How should you sell them? And where should you sell them?

Today I’m going to be covering three methods, and strategies that can be used to sell things online.

 3 Ways to Make Money Selling Stuff Online

There are three main methods that you can use to sell items online.  Each of the methods has it’s own perks, and downsides which I will go over throughout this post.  It’s up to you to use the information that I provide to pick which way is the best method for you.

The three methods are:

• Affiliate Marketing
• Selling products on sites like Amazon, eBay and Etsy
• Creating an Online Store

1. Affiliate Marketing

The reason I chose to go with affiliate marketing first is because I believe that it is the easiest of the three methods, and can be accomplished with little to no cost, by anyone who is willing to put in the time and effort.

What is Affiliate Marketing? 

Affiliate marketers are basically like online sales representatives.  They are people who promote products online, and earn a certain percentage of every sale that they make.  In other words, they get customers to buy other people’s products in exchange for a commission.

How Does It Work?

Websites like Amazon.com (among many others), have affiliate programs where you can sign up and start referring people through affiliate links.  Affiliate links are links to products that are specifically unique to each individual.  Anytime you get someone to click on your affiliate link, and they continue to buy a product, or several products, you will earn a percentage of that sale.

Perks of Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing can either be something that you can do on the side, or something that you can do for a living.  It is truly a business where you get back what you put into it.

These are the main reasons why I recommend this more than any other way.

• Cheaper than other options because you don’t have to purchase products to sell
• No shipping expenses
• Websites can be created in a matter of minutes
• Several methods can be used to promote products

Promoting Products

There are several ways to promote products, here are a few of the most popular and effective methods:

• Building a Promotional Website (easier than you may think)
• Email Marketing
• Video Marketing
• Social Media Marketing

I’m not going to go into too much detail about how to incorporate these methods because I’ve already written an entire post that goes into depth about each of them. You can access that article by clicking here: What is Online Affiliate Marketing?, or you can click here: Wealthy Affiliate, to learn about my #1 recommended place to learn everything there is to know about Affiliate Marketing.

2. Selling on Amazon, eBay, and Etsy

Selling physical products on Amazon, eBay, and Etsy can be a very rewarding if you’re willing to put the time, effort and money to start.  There are a couple different ways to go about selling products on these websites.

• Retail Arbitrage
• Private Labelling

What is Retail Arbitrage?

Retail arbitrage is the art of finding retail items that are listing at a lower price than the normal selling rate, then turning around to sell them at close to normal price to make a profit.

This is something that can be done for a living, I know of many people who do it for a living.  They visit stores like, Target, Walmart, and even yard sales, and thrift shops, in order to find marked down items that they can purchase and resale, it’s possible, but it takes a lot of time and effort.

What is Private Labelling?

Private labeling is basically creating your own brand of items to sell online.  There is a lot of initial research to do, and several hoops to jump through in order to create your own private label product, but once you’ve done it, it can be extremely rewarding.

In order to create a private label product you must find an item that sells well on Amazon, but also has relatively low competition.  Then you have to find and contact a Chinese manufacturer through the use of a website such as Alibaba.com so that you can purchase it and have it shipped to you.

The initial cost to purchase a private label product can be in the thousands of dollars, but the end result can range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars if done correctly.

I would suggest starting with Affiliate Marketing to earn the cash to start a private label product.  I actually plan to start a private label business in the near future.

Creating an Online Store

In my opinion, creating an online store appears to be the most difficult of the three methods to achieve, but also can be the most rewarding if it is done correctly.

If you’ve spent any time researching ways to make money online, you’ve probably come across the idea of making a niche website.  A website that is specifically targeted at a relatively small group of people.

Well creating an online store is taking that idea to another level.  Instead of creating a niche website and earning commission through affiliate marketing, you create a website that directly sells your own products.

It involves all of the difficulties of building a website, contacting Chinese manufacturers, and getting your own shoppers.  Though it is something that can be challenging to do, it is also something that is possible to do.

Though I would not recommend trying it if you are new to the world of making money online.

Conclusion

Affiliate Marketing, Selling on Amazon, eBay, and Etsy, and creating an online store are the three main ways to sell stuff online.

If you are interested in making a little of extra cash by selling stuff online, or if you’re trying to make a living online, I would recommend starting with affiliate marketing, and then moving your way up to one of the other two methods.

If you want to get started with an online career, I suggest that you read more into where I got my start online, and my #1 recommended place to start earning money online, Wealthy Affiliate.

If you have any questions or concerns, please leave me a comment below and I will be sure to get back to you.

 

 

 

 

In my opinion, online affiliate marketing is the best and easiest way to make a full time income because you get to work from the comfort of your own home, make your own schedule so that you can spend most of your time doing whatever you love to do, and you can make as much money as you want, depending on the work that you are willing to put into it.

But what is online affiliate marketing? and how is it done?

What is it?

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Affiliate marketing is a term that tends to seem as if it is some type of complicated system that you need to go to school to learn, but in all reality it is something that is pretty simple.

An affiliate is basically like a sales person.  If you walk into a retail store like Lowe’s Home Improvement, you will see several employees that are there to help you find exactly what you need, so that you can purchase it.

That is all online affiliate marketing is, you simply help people find the products that they are looking for, tell them about the products, and you earn a commission every time that you get someone to purchase something.

That’s literally all it is. With affiliate marketing it’s possible to make large amount of income online simply by promoting other people’s products.

How is it done?

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Hundreds of companies, such as Amazon, have affiliate programs where you can go through the products that they offer, select the ones that you want to promote, and get an affiliate link that is specific to you.

Every time that someone clicks on your affiliate link, and ends up making a purchase, you get a certain percent of the money that they spend at the store.

So naturally your main objective is to get your affiliate links out in front of as many people that you possibly can.  The more people that see your link, the more likely it is that one of them will click it, and continue to make a purchase.

Now don’t get me wrong, you can’t just throw your links out there and expect people to click them, you have to give them a reason to click them.

You have to provide them with helpful information that directly relates to the items.

For example, if you were trying to get people to buy Clorox Wipes, you might target house maids, and explain to them why Clorox Wipes are better than other wipes, and list several outside-of-the-box ways that they can be used around the house.

How to get your links in front of people.

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Over the years affiliate marketers have developed several ways to get their links out in front of people, here are a few of those techniques.

1. Websites
2. Emails
3. Videos
4. Social Media

While these are just a few of the ways to get your links out, they tend to be the most effective.  Now here are some brief explanations of each are done.

Affiliate Websites

In my opinion, creating an affiliate website is the most efficient, and reliable way to get your affiliate links in front of thousands of people who are ready to buy.

The thought of creating a website tends to throw a lot people off, because they have the idea that creating a website takes a bunch of programming, and graphic design skills, but you that could not be further from the truth.

Websites can be created almost instantly, with very little effort, thanks to the thousands of design templates that have been created by incredibly skilled individuals.

I recommend that you watch the video to the right that shows you how to create a website in 30 seconds.

After you spend a little bit of time creating the website, then you can add anything that you want to it.

This includes product reviews, and information that is related to the items that you want to sell.

Creating a website is my number 1 recommended way to approach affiliate marketing, mainly because you can then implement the other marketing tactics.

You can collect email addresses from your visitors, create social media accounts that go with the website, and even make videos.  All of which can be used to share your affiliate links.

Email Marketing

What better way to get people to see your click your affiliate links, than by sending it directly to their email inbox?

There are several ways to collect emails, but the easiest way to get them is through you website.  If someone is one your website, then they are interested in the content and products that your website offers.

The best way to get someone’s email address it to offer them something of value, and give it to them once they enter their email.

For example, if someone was on your website that was about making house maid’s lives easier, you might offer a highly detailed article that lists how to get out even the most impossible stains.  Then you would simply make it so that they can have access to that article, if they simply enter their email address.

Once you have their email address you can send them emails that relate directly to what they are interested in, and you can include your affiliate links with them.

Just keep in mind that these people can block your emails at anytime, so you have to make sure that you are not spamming them with emails that are just trying to sell them things.

You have to send them legitimately interesting and helpful emails, and subtly include your links.

Video Marketing

When was the last time that you watched a YouTube video, or any other type of video online?  It probably wasn’t too long ago, especially if you watched the video that I included in this post.

Millions of people around the world watch thousands of hours of video every single day, that’s millions of people that you have the chance to market to through videos.

You can create videos that contain information that is related to the items that your trying to promote, and subtly put your affiliate links in with them.

Create a YouTube channel, post videos, and share them on your websites, your email lists, and on your social media accounts.

Social Media Marketing 

By now you’ve probably realized that it does not matter which method that you use (Website, Email, Video, or Social Media) the basic idea always stays the same.

Create helpful content, add your affiliate links, and share it with people. It is no different with social media marketing.

Create a social media profile, on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, or any other website, and start adding content that will be interesting to the people that you are trying to reach.

That’s all there is to it.

Conclusion

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Online affiliate marketing is a relatively simple way to make a reliable income online.  If you get some guidance, and put some work into building up a base of people to promote your products to, you can absolutely make a living online.

Where to get started.

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If you are interested in getting started in online affiliate marketing, you can click here to learn about my #1 recommendation when it comes to learning about, and getting started.

Wealthy Affiliate is where I got started in my online career, and is where I continue to learn about everything that has to do with affiliate marketing.  I can honestly say that signing up for their free membership was the first step towards a new and improved life for me.

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If you have any questions at all, feel free to leave me a comment below, and I will be sure to get back to you.

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When It comes to making any type of notable money online, you normally need to make some type of an investment up front.

Well there are a few ways to make decent cash online, without shelling out buckets of money.

Top 4 Ways to Make Money Online Without Any Investment

#1 Affiliate Marketing

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If you’re a person who is looking to start making good reliable money online, without a large up front investment, then affiliate marketing is my number one recommendation for you.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing may seem like a bit of an intimidating thing, but it’s really not.  All it is, is just simply promoting other people’s products online, and getting paid every time you get someone to buy a product.  That’s it.

What items should I Promote?

The best thing about it is that you can literally promote just about anything online.  Let’s put it this way, you’ve heard of Amazon.com right?  Well every single item that is sold on Amazon, can be promoted by you, and you can earn cash anytime you get someone to go to Amazon through your link and they buy something.

It doesn’t even matter if they buy what you are promoting or not.  If they buy anything, you’ll get a commission for it.

Admittedly the commission are fairly low, around 4-10%, but imagine if you get someone to buy a book that you’re promoting, and they decide to purchase a new computer with it.

Plus there are other affiliate programs out there where you can earn 50-75% of every sale.  If you would like some Affiliate Program Ideas click here.

How should I Promote Products?

You can promote products in so many different ways, and that is the beauty of it. I’ve made money by creating a list of cool products on amazon that would make great Christmas gifts, and sent it out to friends, and family.  Anytime one of them bought something, I made a little extra cash.

There are many ways to do it, but I recommend building a website, and getting people to visit it, that way you can get access to thousands, if not millions of people who you can promote products to.

Building a website is easier than you might think. Just watch this video about creating a website in 30 seconds.

If you are interested in learning more about Affiliate Marketing, I recommend that you go sign up for a free membership at Wealthy Affiliate.

There they teach you all of the steps of setting up a website, and getting traffic to it in order to promote products.

They also have an affiliate program that allows you to make money for every person that you recommend to sign up for their paid membership.  You don’t even have to be a premium member to earn money promoting them, but you earn double if you are.

If you would like to learn more about Wealthy Affiliate, you can click this link right here, to read my full review of their community.

#2 Taking Surveys

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Taking free surveys online is a good way to make extra cash online without any type of monetary investment.  There are several websites out there that offer free surveys that you can take, and they will pay you a small amount of money for each one that you take.

Websites such as Mysurvey.com have a points system where you earn a set amount of points for each survey and the points amount to a certain amount of money.

For mysurvey.com the points system shows that 2400 points is equal to $20.

Each survey ranges between 100 to 500 points, depending on the length and material that it covers.  Put in some time, take some surveys and get some spending cash for it.

If you would like to read more about Mysurvey.com just click this link to read my full review.

#3 Data Input Jobs

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If you do a search online for “online data input jobs” you will find plenty of companies that will hire you to do various data entries.

What is a data input job?

There are several jobs online that could be considered data entry positions.  These position can range from writing captchas to processing emails. There are many of them out there, you just have to look.

There are many companies out there that need their written paperwork transferred into a digital medium.  You can find these positions at various companies.

They also need help formatting paperwork, transferring text from images into actual text format, and also filling out various forms.

Another good option would be going to microworkers.com or outsource.com where people post small tasks that you can do to earn some extra cash.

These tasks are extremely simple in nature, and can include things like liking a company’s page on Facebook, following them on Twitter, sharing some content, or rating their YouTube videos.

These tasks come from thousands of companies and individuals who are looking to outsource some simple micro tasks that they don’t have the time to do, or simply need someone else to do.

#4 Freelance Work

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If you are good at taking pictures, or creating artwork, or designing then I recommend going to a website like Fiverr.com.

At Fiverr everything is $5, hence the name.  I know $5 dollars does not sound like too much money for the amount of time it may take to design something, but their are ways to earn more.

If someone wants a design done by you, and the design is going to take you 3 hours to do, then you can charge them the amount that you want per hour.

This can be done because each $5 purchases what is known as a “gig”, If you charge $5 for a half an hour gig, they can purchase 6 $5 gigs which would amount to a $30 design, in other words, you were paid $10 an hour.  Which isn’t too bad, especially if you are a person who love to design things.

There are plenty of other things that you can offer on the website for $5, just head on over there and search around on the website, you’ll come up with some ideas

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If you have any questions, concerns, or any ideas that you think I should add to the post, feel free to leave me a comment below.

-Laetyn

 

Trying to Find the Best Free Affiliate Program?

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Whether you have already taken the time to pick the niche that you want to invest your time promoting, or you are just beginning to look at products, it is important to find the best free affiliate program to promote products through.

So here are my top 5 recommended affiliate programs.

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Google AdSense is one of the easies and free ways to start making some money online by simply adding advertisements to your blog and/or website.

How does it work?

After putting adds on your website, there are two different ways that you can begin to make money,

Through Clicks, and through impressions.

You can earn money by having someone click on an advertisement on your website; the price per click ranges anywhere from a few cents to a few dollars.  Clicking your own ads will most definitely get you banned, so don’t ever do it.

You can also make money off of your impressions, which you basically get by simply having people view your pages and posts.

AdSense is simple to add to your website, and can make you a bit of extra cash once you start driving traffic to your website.

Amazon Associates

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I’m certain you’ve heard of the online retail giant that goes by the name of Amazon.  If you are familiar with affiliate marketing in any sort of way, than I’m sure you’ve at least heard of the Amazon Affiliate Program.

The Upside

This program is considered by many Affiliate Marketers as the best affiliate program that is in existence today.  Amazon has thousands upon thousands of products, and you can get paid to promote any one of them.

Amazon Associates provides an extremely user friendly interface that allows you navigate with incredible ease.

The Downside

The major down side to the Amazon affiliate program is that it only pays out 4% of the price of the sale.  Which the thought that you will only earn $4 for every $100 sale you make, is not the greatest thing in the world.

Clickbank

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If you are looking for an affiliate program that allows you to get high commissions on the products that you promote, then Clickbank is just for you.

The Upside:

Most of the products that are offered on Clickbank are digital in nature and can accessed immediately after a payment is made.  This allows for to different things:

1. The fact that most of the products can be accessed instantly allows for higher conversion rates due to the fact that the customers does not have to wait for a physical product to be shipped.
2. The commissions on the products are able to stay high, many of them can range from 50 to 75% of the sales price.

The Downside:

Many of the products that you can promote through Clickbank may be a scam, and it can be difficult to tell.  The scams on there can lead to a high amount of returns, and can affect the trust that your audience has in you.

If you use Clickbank, just be sure that you pick a legitimate and helpful product to promote.

Commission Junction

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Commission Junction is one of, if not the largest affiliate network in the world.  They help link together thousands of merchants with affiliate marketers.

The Upside

A large number of companies, many of which are fortune 500 companies use CJ Affiliate as main affiliate system.  This makes it easier for you to connect with large companies and find which affiliate program will work best for you.  There are affiliate programs listed on there for just about any niche that you can think of.

The Downside

The system is a bit difficult to get used to, and the customer support system is not a simple thing to work with either.

Wealthy Affiliate

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Wealthy Affiliate is an online affiliate marketing school that will teach you the ins and outs of setting up and building your affiliate site, and getting it to bring traffic in.  Along with all of the information that you can get from them, they also have a great affiliate program.

The Upside

The program walks you through setting up a site to either promote a niche that you pick, and you can also get commissions for promoting them.

You earn $11.25 for every person that you get to sign up for their premium membership, and that commission is reoccurring for every month that person stays a member.

It is free to join the community, and if you upgrade to a premium membership yourself, you will earn double the commissions. ($22.50 per person)

The Downside 

The premium membership does cost $47 a month, but is not required to start making commissions for your referrals.

Their program is the only product you can get a commission from them for promoting.

For more information check out my Wealthy Affiliate Review

Conclusion

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Starting out as an affiliate marketer can be an extremely difficult and daunting task.  It takes a lot of initial work at the start before you can start receiving the rewards.

But I can certainly tell you that it is worth it.  There are thousands of affiliate programs out there, and the difficult task is simply finding the best one that will work for you and your website.  I know it was a difficult task for me.

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If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below and I will be sure to reply to you.

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-Laetyn