Affiliate Marketing

 

AFFILIATE MARKETING- A SMALL IDEA

This is the most Authentic definition of Affiliate Marketing found on Google search- Affiliate marketing is the process of earning money in the form of commissions every time you promote a company’s products or services and generate a sale.

How does it work?

As it is clear from the above definition that there are two major steps in it-

Step 1- Choosing products or services for promotion. You should choose a particular topic in which you can look into, as per your skills. On the Internet there are more than enough categories available for the same. The famous examples for the same are websites such as Digistore24. In this website you can get any category and promote as much as you can. It has got very impressive commissions on all of them. People from many countries have also joined it as it has got coverage to many countries. All you need is to register first.

Step 2- Generating sales after the first step. Once you have decided on any category then you should think of various ways to work to generate sales. There are various ways of doing the same. Some of them are-

1. Using Blogs- For this you can use Google's free blogging service known as Blogger. In blogging you have to add some photos and text according to your skills. The more informative the blog is, the more it will have a chance to attract readers. Here, information giving should be the priority, not just selling anything. After giving all the information, you can suggest clicking your Affiliate Link. You can get this Link after choosing a particular product to promote. You have also the choice to provide more than one such Links. Just remember to shorten your link everytime you promote, whether through this method or other methods mentioned next.

2. Using various social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook etc.

They are further explained as follows- 

1. YouTube- By creating YouTube videos or Shorts you can promote your products. One way is to review your product and the other way is to tell the benefits of the products to other people. You can mention your Promotional Links in the Description.

2. Facebook- You can promote your Promotional Links, after creating informational pages, in the middle or in the end. Or you can pay for Facebook ads and it will promote for you.

Similarly, you can promote your Links through other platforms like Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram etc.

The above mentioned ways are almost free ones, for paid ways there are methods such as:

a. Creating a website, where you can put reviews if you have or just give helpful knowledge. In the contents of the website, you can always direct your readers towards the Promotional Links. You can add paid banners and ads inside it. 

b. Paid email Marketing websites, where you can purchase subscriptions, to further reach your readers.