The affiliate marketing industry is thriving and is expected to hit the $8 billion mark in 2022. With the growing figure of social media platforms and online influencers, affiliate marketing has become one of the most profitable online businesses.
While most people thought the industry was dead a long time ago, it’s actually a goldmine that’s yet to be explored.
Affiliate marketing provides an extra income that could equal or even surpass the salary of a regular employee working 9-5 jobs. You’re losing a big opportunity if you’re reading this but is still not interested in putting an effort to start.
Many live the life of their dreams because of affiliate marketing, earning thousands of dollars commission a day. However, remember that not everyone gets the same results. But it won’t hurt if you will give it a try.
If you’re hesitating because it may be a nerve-wracking job, it is not. Three steps are all you need to get started with affiliate marketing. After that, you will just wait for the commission to come to you.
Sign Up with ClickBank
Once logged in, do thorough research on the top products on each category available on ClickBank— those with high gravity and commission.
There is a product under the Sports category you should look out for, called Vert Shock. It’s a basketball training program. This product has about 30 gravity, which is not really high compared to ClickBank’s 100 average gravity.
You can do the following steps with any product available on ClickBank, but let’s just take Vert Shock as an example.
Get a hop link, also known as the referral link, of the product. Open another tab to examine the competition for the product. You will reverse engineer every review of the product within the marketplace to start your own business.
Look for the Product Review
You can use Google to look for the review of the product. Search for “vert shock review” to examine the ranking, standing, and how customers value that product, but above all else, focus on your competition— mostly those reviews that top the search engine.
You will use the blog post that ranks first on the search engine as inspiration to start making money with affiliate marketing. Copy the website’s URL, then paste it on Ubersuggest. Of course, you need to sign up first for an account.
Ubersuggest is a free-of-charge online tool that helps users generate keywords ideas, which helps improve and expand their content marketing strategy.
Through Ubersuggest, you will find keywords used in the article you’ve visited, then look for the keywords with the lowest competition, the keywords that are not commonly used within the niche.
For example, for Vert Shock, you could use the keyword “coolest basketball shoes” to start a marketing campaign.
Although basketball shoes have nothing to do with the training program, they are relevant to the niche because every aspiring player looks for cool shoes to use in playing. So, you can assume that striving players would be curious about Vert Shock once they see it on your content.
You must remember one thing in choosing a keyword, never choose the ones with a high level of competition. If you do, you might find yourself like a fish among the battalion of sharks.
Make Use of Google Sites
Once you’ve decided on the keywords that you will use, create a website through Google Sites. You can do this for free.
Create content that revolves around the keywords you’ve chosen. Make sure that they are valuable and substantial so the readers will be hooked and read your content until the end. You’re not just going to create one web page, but around three of them, so you need to have three keywords.
In your webpage, include a banner that promotes the Vert Shock product. To do this, go to Vert Shock’s affiliate page, then get the resources they provide for your use.
There are various sizes of banners available for you to choose from, pick the one that suits well to your liking. On Google Sites, click insert images, then upload your selected banner to the webpage.
Get back on ClickBank to get your hop link, then insert it to the banner you’ve placed. Once you’re done with all the contents, putting banners, and inserting links, publish the webpage.
Basically, to get started with affiliate marketing, there are just three things you must do— find a product, look for keywords, and create content. Even though these three steps might seem so easy, the process may be somehow difficult, especially for a beginner.
To triumph in this field, you have to be authentic in promoting your products. Unlike famous influencers, affiliate marketers choose how they want to promote their hop link. For instance, you could do a review, a side-by-side comparison, or a possible marketing strategy that comes to mind.
Moreover, you could use Facebook affiliate marketing, Pinterest, Instagram, or any other social media platforms to begin. And it doesn’t stop from blog posts and social media channels.
Affiliate marketers can also go for email marketing. You could create an email list and then send out offers to those included in the list. As another option, you could also pay a small amount of money to display ads to your target audience.
Regardless of which platform you use, the commission will not vary, so choose whatever you think will suit you the best.
