cmoneyspinner
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About 10+ years ago I decided to try to make money online as an affiliate marketer. Sharing my experience and hoping you learn something from it.
The first thing I did was find affiliate marketing networks that I could sign up for free. Some networks make you pay a fee before you can join. I also made sure to pick networks that had a wide variety of merchants. For example, ShareASale, has hundreds of merchants and they sell everything: clothing, shoes, and jewelry, health and beauty products, home décor, food and drink, consumer electronics, etc. In this way, I could pick a niche, then go find the merchants and share their links.
In the beginning, I thought a blog or website was required in order to share the links and banners, so I built sites. Later on, I learned that you could use social media marketing and share links via Pinterest, Twitter, or Facebook. So now I do both.
Another thing to look for is whether the merchant pays per click, pays per sale, or pays per lead. Most of the merchants I have been approved for pay per sale. But a few of them do PPC. Pay-Per-Click is great because the potential customer does not have to buy the item, i.e. there does not have to be a sale. The person just has to click the link you shared and you earn because when they clicked the link, it sent a customer to the merchant's website. Some merchants just want you to get the customer to their store. I have not had any success with merchants who pay per lead. So I have nothing to report on that.
One last thing, for those who feel they may need to take a course or have some kind of training, there are free courses and paid courses. I suggest the free class but if you want to pay for a course, go right ahead. You will learn “how to” either way.
This is a quick snapshot of how I began my adventures in affiliate marketing. Once I started, I never looked back. I kept looking forward trying to find more and more affiliate networks and programs. There are lots of them out there.
REF: 8 Best Affiliate Networks for Earning Passive Income in 2021
The first thing I did was find affiliate marketing networks that I could sign up for free. Some networks make you pay a fee before you can join. I also made sure to pick networks that had a wide variety of merchants. For example, ShareASale, has hundreds of merchants and they sell everything: clothing, shoes, and jewelry, health and beauty products, home décor, food and drink, consumer electronics, etc. In this way, I could pick a niche, then go find the merchants and share their links.
In the beginning, I thought a blog or website was required in order to share the links and banners, so I built sites. Later on, I learned that you could use social media marketing and share links via Pinterest, Twitter, or Facebook. So now I do both.
Another thing to look for is whether the merchant pays per click, pays per sale, or pays per lead. Most of the merchants I have been approved for pay per sale. But a few of them do PPC. Pay-Per-Click is great because the potential customer does not have to buy the item, i.e. there does not have to be a sale. The person just has to click the link you shared and you earn because when they clicked the link, it sent a customer to the merchant's website. Some merchants just want you to get the customer to their store. I have not had any success with merchants who pay per lead. So I have nothing to report on that.
One last thing, for those who feel they may need to take a course or have some kind of training, there are free courses and paid courses. I suggest the free class but if you want to pay for a course, go right ahead. You will learn “how to” either way.
This is a quick snapshot of how I began my adventures in affiliate marketing. Once I started, I never looked back. I kept looking forward trying to find more and more affiliate networks and programs. There are lots of them out there.
REF: 8 Best Affiliate Networks for Earning Passive Income in 2021