How To Earn Affiliate Commissions Online: Strategy, Tips, Tools & Websites

November 19, 2013

Many people write to me and ask me how they can earn affiliate commissions online. It is actually pretty simple. In this article I will explain everything you need to create a business that earns affiliate commissions online, and begin making money as early as the next few days.

Definition Of What Is Affiliate Marketing

Let’s define what we are dealing with. To earn commissions online is called being an affiliate. You are an affiliate reseller of products. And when you sell a product from your own site, you get a commission. The commission depends on what that company pays per sale of a product.

Affiliate partnerships between you and other companies can come in different forms. It can either be commission per sale, or a commission per a user who signs up for something.

Sometimes you may have an affiliate agreement with a particular company. But most of the time, it is good practice to sign up for a large affiliate site which already has contracts with hundreds of companies. And you can then choose which of those hundreds of companies products you want to resell. Some affiliate sites you can register with are cj.com amazon.com or many others. I personally like cj.com and recommend it. I am not paid to say that. I just prefer that site.

Here is a tutorial on general marketing. And here is a tutorial to get you familiar with how to do online marketing effectively.

First, Set Up An Affiliate Website

Once you sign up for cj.com or any other affiliate service, they will give you links that you can post on your own website to begin selling products. You have to post those links on your own site. If you do not have a site, you can easily set up a blog and put your links on that site. We is our tutorial for how to easily set up your blog in as little as a few hours.

Begin Marketing Your Affiliate Products And Earn Commissions

This is where the fun really starts. You must be able to drive people to the pages of your site where you placed the affiliate links. There are many ways you can promote your site. Here are some video tutorials. This is an introduction to marketing overall.

And here is how to do online marketing to promote your affiliate website.

And here is how to get traffic via SEO (search engine optimization).

And here is a playlist with over 7 hours of video tutorials for you to learn how to promote your website.

Affiliate Marketing Course & Coaching

After coaching many people on affiliate marketing, we have created a number of resources to help you in your affiliate marketing efforts. First, we offer an affiliate marketing course. If you want the course for free, sign up for our affiliate marketing coaching, and we will give you the course free for signing up.

How To Drive Traffic To Your Affiliate Site

To sell the affiliate products you will need to drive lots of traffic to your affiliate site. You can drive traffic with numerous marketing strategies. Some of the strategies include social media marketing, email marketing, SEO and inbound marketing with various content marketing strategies. You can also get press coverage for your site.

Here is a video tutorial about how to do online marketing.

And here is a video tutorial for how to do social media marketing the right way.

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Und bitte besuchen Sie meinen YouTube-Kanal, in dem wir viele Marketingthemen behandeln.

Autor: Alex Genadinik