I shall keep this post short and simple, starting with a simple delineation of affiliate marketing and how those crucial steps can be replicated by anyone to achieve success. Everyone who’s been successful in this business started somewhere. That much is certain. What did they feel that they needed to get started? — website; traffic; … Read more
Consider this post as one of the central pillars of your beginner’s guide on affiliate marketing. Because success in this context means leveraging niche opportunities for affiliate marketing. The concept of niche is, therefore, central to your project. A niche is defined by an interest in which people are invested emotionally — it’s a passion … Read more
On second thought, the title of this post could have been how to find a profitable niche in affiliate marketing — because essentially this is what I am going to address here in due course. More immediately, however, I feel I need to address the concept of the affiliate marketer as researcher. In fact, the … Read more
In this post let’s talk about how to work in affiliate marketing. And this necessitates going back to the concept of niche, because it’s so central to this industry. The general advice that one should choose a niche that aligns with one’s values and systems of beliefs still stands. That having been said, it’s equally … Read more
Hello everybody. I hope my suggestions for research and developing a strategy in the previous post inspired you to consider how to start your own affiliate marketing business. Great. A strategy is a good place to start. Now here’s an issue I have with strategies and plans in general. Just as a ship is constructed … Read more
One central affiliate marketing question is: how to find profitable niches? In addressing this holy grail of affiliate marketing, I have to address affiliate marketing synergy — between two powerful forces, emotions and the market — that characterises it. One of the reasons you found yourself here today may be at some point you have come across a … Read more
Trust is one of the central planks of any successful business and perhaps more so in online marketing in general, of which affiliate marketing is a significant part. It stands to reason, therefore, we take some time consider this vital issue. Trust — apart from all the other technological aspects — is what drives affiliate … Read more
The the big affiliate marketing question: How do I begin? The answer to that is a business plan which has already been made for you — and just in case you missed that, it’s here: Wealthy Affiliate. Everything, you’ll find, has been neatly summarised for you. What’s left, then? The Zen of Affiliate Marketing A plan … Read more
Increasingly, the single-channel approach that has long dominated affiliate marketing is being replaced by a multi-channel approach. This shift can be attributed in no small measure to the evolution of social media. Facebook , once the pioneering social media, has now been surpassed by others. Consequently, this is also reshaping affiliate marketing already … Read more
Every industry is susceptible to trends — forces that redefine consumer behaviour with a net-positive effect on sales. One of these trends in the case of affiliate marketing is: the use of influencers. As it is, affiliate marketing is a partnership-driven enterprise resting on the shoulders of a brand and an affiliate. The influencer becomes … Read more
