My Free Affiliate Marketing Training for Beginners –Understanding the Basics.

Affiliate Marketing is the best form of earning money online as it is simple, legitimate, and almost every Internet Marketer does it.

Chances of you losing money is slim and you have all to gain which is why it is raising in popularity.

Still, failure can be imminent if you do not have the proper training to start with as you could be stuck for months without making any results which is why today, we’ll be going back to basics and learn Affiliate Marketing from start.

 

What is Affiliate Marketing?

Just to make sure everyone knows what it means, Affiliate Marketing is simply the act of selling someone else’s products online in exchange for commission.

Think of it as being a salesman in the real world, only this time you’re doing it online – Plus commissions are way higher (Can go from 50-75%) and oh yeah, you can make money at home in your pajamas.

You can become an Affiliate Marketer on many established platforms such as Amazon.com and even Wallmart which already have an established reputation so you need only to leverage their hard-earned fame.

You can always create your own products and sell but that would take months or even years which is very time consuming so in the meantime, Affiliate Marketing is your best choice if you’re a beginner in the Online Business World.

 

Is Affiliate Marketing For You?

Affiliate Marketing may be the best way to make money online but it sure isn’t the only way to earn online.

Before you go down this road, it is important to make sure that you’re on the right path because if you quit halfway, you will never see fruition.

Here are some other ways of earning online for you to ponder on…

• Freelancing – You can go to sites like Freelancer and eWriter to earn money by posting your services.
• Youtubing – YouTube can earn you money but you need be good at it, as in VIRAL good because how you earn money is by putting ads on your video.
• Sell stuff online – Sites like eBay and Craigslist work well with this.
• Online surveys – Sites like MyView and CrashCrate pay handsomely.
• Solo ads – One of the riskiest most expensive way of making money online as money can disappear in a blink of an eye.
• Binary options – I wouldn’t advise anyone to take on Binary as you basically gamble your money away based on luck. This is the mother of all risks online and in business, you want to minimize risks, NOT gain more.

Still keen on Affiliate Marketing?

Good, because here are some great benefits to blow you away…

• Versatile – you can make money on almost every medium whether it’s through email marketing, blogs, or even word of mouth.
• Cheap – it costs ZERO dollars to start as you are actually doing the product creator a service by selling his products for him even though you get commissions. If you NEED to pay in order to become an affiliate, then you’re not an Affiliate Marketer, you’re a customer.
• Good perception – Affiliate Marketing is ethical which can attract more people to buy compared to other forms of internet marketing.
• Anyone can do it! – You don’t need prior knowledge to start.
• Scaling potential – If you have a blog with great SEO, people will be going to your site non-stop which can multiply your sales even when you’re not working.

 

What is the Best Way to do Affiliate Marketing?

Through a blog and SEO.

If you ask any established Affiliate Marketers today, everyone would say that having a blog is essential in making money online as it helps target your campaigns better and increase sales as people tend to trust you more with a story.

You can still make money online without a website but your chances will be low and you won’t make as much money from there.

Even if you offer a deal they cannot refuse, people today are clever (especially the money-conscious ones) and a percentage of them would surely Google out reviews to make sure that they are not scammed or to make sure if the product that they’re considering to buy, is really worth it or not.

And if they were to find your blog on the first page of Google, they would surely be more than likely to buy because having able to bring your blog all the way up there is no small feat.

In people’s perspective, if your blog is on the first page of Google, that means Google trusts you too hence earning you their trust as well.

And so comes the next question of the day – how actually do you get your site on the first page of Google in the first place?

There are millions of other websites who are in the same niche as you and some of them are even more established, so what exactly is that secret weapon which a quality site needs in order to beat your competitors without spending any money at all?

That my friend, is where SEO comes in.

 

Things You Should Know About SEO

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization which the practice of getting your blog on the first page of Google.

If you see how many websites like LifeHacker, Forbes, and even Wealthy Affiliate reached first page of Google, it is because all of them have strong SEO.

However, good strong SEO does not come instantly which is why you need to bear in mind that…

• SEO depends on Google – Since Google is the search engine where every site can be found, SEO depends on how often Google updates its system because if you don’t keep up, your Google ranks will get messed up and you’ll lose you rankings.
• Content is King – There are millions of websites being built every month which is why the more words you have in your blog posts, the easier it is for Google to tell you apart and rank you.
• Doing Blackhat tricks will penalize you – Some people do not like being subjected to Google’s slow ranking process for websites so they do quick shortcuts instead. Methods like this are illegal and if Google finds out, your site is going to get penalized.

 

How to Rock Affiliate Marketing With a Blog? 5-Steps to Success.

Finally!

Now to the main dish of the day, how to do Affiliate Marketing for beginners.

Having a blog may seem overwhelming but believe me, it’s fairly easy to start and here’s how…

Step #1 – Choose a Niche & Product

There are hundreds of niches you can choose from, ranging from gaming, gardening, and beer crafting or just about anything you can think of!

My advice is it start with a passion you have because you are going to regularly update your blog and only after your first blog is successful, should you let yourself decide on whether or not to build another blog.

One blog can earn you around $100 to $1000 a day if you do it right, just imagine how much you can earn if you have 20 of them?

This very blog that you’re reading (MyInternetQuest.com) is about blog traffic tips which is why I’m writing you this blog post for free.

Once you have a niche in mind, you should head over to Amazon.com to check out which stuff you would like to sell on your blog which is related to your niche.

I’ve written a blog post on being an Amazon Affiliate for you to check out here.

There are many platforms for being an Affiliate Marketer but for this lesson, let’s go ahead with Amazon for better understanding.

Step #2 – Build a Blog

Now to face your fears, building a blog of your own!

Having a blog is important to target your offer better as you will be writing content which can lead to some sales.

There are many platforms for making a free website or blog but for Affiliate Marketing, speed matters a lot because every delay in page loading will make more and more people lose interest in you and for that, the best free website provider would be Site Rubix.

Don’t worry, building a blog is really easy and you could have a go at typing it in here…

Once you have a name ready, the next task at hand is to build your blog to look professional and here’s a quick video on how to do that in 30 seconds…

Step #3 – Write Contents Regularly

Writing contents is important to target your readers to your offer and the idea is to give them a reason to buy.

A great thing to write about is a review on a certain product such as what I’m doing for my blog.

How I earn money is by writing reviews on scams online, exposing their secrets and leading my readers to a better offer which is Wealthy Affiliate.

You can do the same with your own reviews be it new games if your niche is about gaming, new iphones if you’re a huge iphone fan, or even recommended gardening tools of you’re a new gardener strapped for budget.

However, there are LOADS of blogs on the internet doing reviews so being different will definitely go a long way in having more people to trust your site and you can do this by mixing reviews and regular blog posts such as this very page you’re reading.

Doing so will give your blog a broader reach and will attract more types of people than those that you only target with reviews.

Step #4 – Join an Online Business Community

This is when I include my offer and ask you to join but with very good reasons – You NEED to mingle yourself with an Affiliate Marketing community and the best place for that, is Wealthy Affiliate.

You could join all those Facebook groups but I would not advise you to do so as they are full of spam and does not have valuable information updated regularly.

Wealthy Affiliate is a program which teaches you how to become a pro Affiliate Marketer by building a quality blog, and ranking it on Google which is what this very blog post I’m writing is about.

Inside, you will have all the tools you need such as a free blog builder, webhost, updated lessons on blogging, a keyword research tool and of course, a community of people just as enthusiastic as you!

It is also the very program which I learned Affiliate Marketing from and how I was able to do this…

Achieving my blog on the first page of Google!

Although some of my blog posts are on the first page of Google, not all of them are and I am still on the learning curve to understand Google better.

Still, I am already earning some sales so just imagine how big the potential of earning can be if all of your blog posts are on the first page of Google!

Although Wealthy Affiliate is an affiliate program I’m offering my readers, I do not get any commissions for the free starter account that I’m promoting.

Instead, I only get my commissions if someone decides to become a premium member.

Although the amount of money I get will not be as much as other programs, I only recommend quality programs that do not scam people of their money as I value my readers well.

Step #5 – Keep Writing and Never Give Up!

Probably the most important advice I can give anyone.

When you have a blog, you hold the mantle of a blogger and the biggest challenge a blogger faces – Consistency.

Sure, starting a blog is easy (It costs next to nothing!) but maintaining it, is a whole different matter entirely.

The reason why bloggers become a success is because they blog regularly as this gives Google a signal that you’re still alive, and tells your reader that you’re up-to-date and still care for them.

Take a look at my analytics here…

When building a blog, the first month will be really rough because you still need some getting used to, and Google needs to know that you’re serious about it too and not just thinking of doing a one-off.

But after a while, your blog will get steady visitors and will continue rising up high and steep which means you’ll get more sales from your blog.

Now you know that you should post content regularly, but I’m sure you’re wondering HOW often should you be posting.

The answer to that, is 2-3 times a week if you want your blog traffic to increase, and once a week if you want to maintain your currently traffic rate if you don’t have time.

You can write every day but I wouldn’t advise it because you’ll give your readers a hard time catching up to your posts which means you’ll lose your chance to impress your current loyal readers apart from the new ones you attract.

This way, you will get loads of quality organic traffic to your site for free which is much better than spending tons of money on risky campaigns which you will never know is worth the money or not.

 

Conclusion

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Affiliate Marketing may be easy, but it takes a little getting used to in order for you to master it.

There are many ways in implementing it but as long as you stick to building a blog and mastering SEO, you are going to get tons of free traffic to your blog which will catapult your Affiliate Marketing results faster than you can ever imagine!

If you’re interested in learning more about how to become a Pro Affiliate Marketer, check out my #1 recommended program here.

Thanks for reading, do drop your comments below and I’ll be more than happy to reply.