“We are in 2020 and about 80% of all business transactions is almost online”

So what is Affiliate marketing?

 In simple line it is a business model where individual sell companies products and services in both online and offline. Which does not require a huge investment ,all you need is a good strategy to use to find people on the internet who are interested in buying what you promote.

Affiliate Marketing in  3 steps

1. FIND YOUR NICHE (product category)

Choose the affiliate product which you are going to promote. Do a research on Trendy products, Viral products , Evergreen niches ( product that can be sold every year like finance, self help, food, lifestyle etc) and seasonal niches ( products like xmas tree, Easter egg, Rain coats which can be sold only in certain periods.

Product research will help you to select the category which will generate a large amount of business.

2. AFFILIATE MARKET SPACE

“Find your affiliate partners”

A great advantage of Affiliate marketers are market space is free to join! And it’s a great way to find partners for your products and services within your category.

Use platforms like

Share Sale, Rakutenchi , Click Bank, CJ Affiliate, Advantage to start your affiliate marketplace search, as they administer the programs and payouts it is easy for the individual to run the programme.

You can also join free in Direct Affiliate Programs where top brands list their affiliate program in their website

If you choose tech & online services you can partnership with Go daddy, Google G suite, Shopify, SEM rush.

Step 3: PROMOTING THE PRODUCT & SERVICE

There are 2 methods Affiliate marketers use

Free & Paid strategy!

Free method is slow comparing to paid method as we are using free resources and will take time to get result.

Some of the free methods are

– Social media platform (face book, twitter, instagram)

–  YouTube channels

– Blog site

– Social media groups

–  Email marketing

Start sharing valuable contends, free training, reviews, Demos, visual contend etc and promote your product and service through it.

Paid method

In this method you can use paid tools to collect data and reach your goals a lot faster. This tools you to systemize and allow you to make money on autopilot.

The tools you can access are

1. Website or op-in page

2. Click tracker

3. Traffic

4. Offer

5. Auto responder.

Step – 4 “PATIENCE AND PRESEVERANCE”

Affiliate marketing is a long term strategy. If you lose patience and gives up in few months will never experience the full potential! Be patience and perseverance!

– Nalin Joel Dhas