In this video i’ll give you a Step-by-step process on how to get Started as a beginner with affiliate Marketing we’re going to be going over Where to find the best products to Promote as well as the best promotion Strategies my goal is by the end of this Video you’ll have enough actionable Advice to get started affiliate Marketing today if we haven’t met before My name is matt diggety and i’ve been an Affiliate marketer since 2009 and over The course of my career i’ve been Fortunate enough to make millions of Dollars in affiliate commissions which I’m extremely grateful for and just so You know i’m not be asking you here’s a Screenshot from one of my affiliate Dashboards showing 20 800 commissions in The last 30 days here’s another one Clocking in at 13 800. and just to be Honest showing these figures is super Cringy i hate talking about money my Point in showing this is not to brag by Any means there’s just a lot of fake Gurus that like to talk to talk about Affiliate marketing but don’t actually Walk the walk trust me you’ll never see Me filming videos in front of a lambo Coming from another angle if you were to Run a google search for learn affiliate Marketing depending on which way the Wind is blowing you’ll see me at number One on google for this keyword so at
Least google thinks i know what i’m Talking about now before we start diving In let’s start to talk about why Affiliate marketing is so damn Attractive as a business model first off Unlike starting an e-commerce business Or selling products on amazon you’re Indeed selling products but affiliate Marketing doesn’t require you to invest In inventory yourself you don’t have to Worry about finding suppliers you don’t Have to worry about return policies you Really don’t have to do anything except Get people interested in products second Which is related to the first point you Can essentially start for free aside From the small cost of building a Website which can be less than a hundred Dollars the costs are negligible and Lastly if you’re an introvert like me You’ll appreciate this the third benefit Is that you don’t have to manage Customers it’s a hundred percent Possible to go about your day not Talking to a single soul should you want To so what actually is affiliate Marketing now with affiliate as you Already know you don’t actually own any Products but instead you can promote Other companies products and earn a Commission fee for doing so you’re Essentially a commission only sales Person except as mentioned you don’t Actually talk to customers and
Everything is done online on websites Passively for example let’s say at your Day job you repair air conditioning Units your freaking gangster at acs and You know a lot about them let’s say you Make a recommendation on a particular Air conditioning unit that could be on Your blog or in a social media like Youtube when someone clicks your quote Unquote affiliate link you’ll earn a Commission here’s another example if you Were to google best web hosting for seo You’ll see my blog popping up at the top Of google opening up this article you’ll See i recommended a company called Siteground if someone clicks this link And uses their service i’ll earn some Money but real quick if i could just say Something about affiliate marketing you Really only want to promote products That you’d want to attach your name to a Lot of people will promote products just Because they have high commission rates Bluehost i recommend only promoting Products that you’d be proud to share With your audience for example i use Siteground i have sites hosted with Siteground and i know my audience will Have no issues with it so now that you Know what affiliate marketing actually Is let’s start to dig into how to get Started there’s basically four steps That beginners should take when getting Started with affiliate first you want to.
Join an affiliate network then you want To find a product to promote after that You get a hold of your special affiliate Links and then you start getting traffic To those links so you can start earning Commissions we’re gonna go over all These steps one by one in this video so You can get started today now as you Know affiliate marketing involves Promoting products that you don’t own But you believe in and you believe that Your audience would enjoy the great Thing is that most products and services On the internet have affiliate programs All you need to do is look for example I’m a big fan of the work productivity And organization app asana if you simply Google asana affiliate program right Away you’ll see that they do indeed have An affiliate program and if you open This link you’ll eventually get taken to An application form it’s really as easy As that but for beginners i highly Recommend joining what’s known as an Affiliate network affiliate networks are Essentially platforms where you can log In and browse hundreds of different Affiliate programs in a single place as A beginner you’re better off digging Around and spending a little time to Find the optimal affiliate program in Your specific niche networks are perfect For browsing there’s tons of great Affiliate networks and i’ll be demoing
Three right now share sale amazon Associates and fan fuel share sale has Been around since the year 2000 it’s Over 4 000 different affiliate offers in Different categories the commission Rates range from 5 all the way up to 50 I’ve personally been using share sales Since 2015 and been earning a solid 2 to 5k per month from them consistently to Apply to share sale you need to click The sign up button here at the top and Then make sure you select affiliate Signup then you just create a username And password and you’re in finding Products to promote on share sales super Easy you can find specific merchants by Searching for them up here in the Keyword search bar and you can also Browse by niche by digging into these Categories here in the sidebar or using The logos at the top just browsing Through the automotive category you can See tons of affiliate programs for auto Parts car covers radar detectors Motorcycle helmets tires they literally Have everything i’ll open up the listing For lux automats the software is pretty Damn good i’ll explain what i’m looking At here so down here in the description They explained that they sell custom Made car mat there’s a link to their Website over here on the left and just a Quick scan of their home page shows that Yes indeed they do look legit up here at
The top it shows that they offer a 22 Commission rate so if you sell something Worth 200 you’re making 44 Epc stands for earnings per click this Means that if you got 10 clicks to this Offer you can expect to make 960 Another bit of information is their 90-day cookie the way affiliate links Work is when they’re clicked they store A cookie on the browser of whoever Clicked that link that way the system Knows that you should get credit if they Should buy these car mats a 90-day Cookie means that when someone clicks Your link they could literally go on an 89-day holiday come back and buy your Mats and you’d still get credit i’ll Tell you straight up that a 90-day Cookie is damn good so let’s say you Wanted to promote these car mats click On join program up here at the top now On this form you want to type in where You’ll actually be promoting them maybe You’ve got a car geek instagram or maybe You have a blog talking about car stuff Which is what i do now don’t worry i’ll Be showing you how to create a blog Later so maybe you’re not a car person Maybe you’re into dogs or fitness how do You figure out which niche is the best To dive into my first recommendation is To choose the niche that people are Passionate about when people are Passionate about something they’re
Talking about it more searching for Solutions more and more easily open up Their wallets to get those solutions for Example people are super passionate About their dogs but massage guns i Guess it depends on who you ask my Second recommendation is to choose the Niche with products that sell for at Least 50 remember you’re getting a Percentage of the sale price of the Product if you’re selling 10 yoga mats You’re going to be making less than a Dollar for each one you sell that’s why Something like the fitness niche where People are taking expensive supplements Is way better than the yoga niche even Though they’re very similar digital Products such as online courses are also Great to promote since it doesn’t Actually cost anything to add a new Student to a course course maker’s Profit margins are huge and because of This you’re typically getting higher Commission rates all the way up to 50 Software as a service products such as Online tools are also great because you Can get recurring commissions this means You get paid out every single month that Your referring customer stays with that Service i’m sure you can see how this Really starts to stack up now there’s a Lot that goes into niche selection so i Left a link in the description to a full Video on it so make sure to check out
After you watch this video once you get Into your affiliate program you want to Go to the programs get links page and Copy the merchant default link this is Your special affiliate link that Suresale uses to track and give you Credit for all your referred purchases If someone clicks this and buys Something you make money easy breezy Next up on our list of beginner Affiliate programs would be amazon Associates amazon associates has a few Benefits that make it stand out for Beginners the big one is that everything You can find on amazon is promotable if Amazon sells it then you can promote it And earn a commission on it and you Already know just how vast amazon’s Catalog is if you want to promote dog Toys or laptops you can do both on Amazon a side benefit is that let’s say Your blog about dogs get someone to Click on an affiliate link to a dog toy But that person decides hell let’s buy a Laptop today too you get commissions on Everything they buy within that 24-hour Cookie here’s a screenshot of my 30-day Amazon earnings which is decent but a Lot lower than what you’d find in my Other network dashboards there’s a Reason for this and i’ll talk about it More later to sign up with amazon Associates you want to head over to the Main associates landing page and click
Sign up at the top then start filling Out your name and payment information Step two is important because you need To fill out where exactly you plan to Promote them at this point i’ll just Type in the blog that i’m using to Promote their products but in case you Don’t have a blog yet you can always Just put in a youtube channel or a Facebook page which can take minutes to Create when you’re done you wait for a Couple days for approval here’s an Important point once you’re in the Amazon associates program you have three Months to make three sales in order to Remain in their program that shouldn’t Be hard and we’ll get to that later as Well to find out your special affiliate Links on amazon is super simple when You’re logged in just go to any product That you want to promote and you’ll Notice a new amazon associates header up Here at the top click on the text button Here under get link and it will create Your affiliate link for you you’ll also Get an option for creating an image link Which you can place on your blog it’s Super easy now as i touched upon earlier I personally don’t make much money with Amazon and that’s because of their low Commission rates here’s a screenshot of Amazon’s latest fee schedule as you can See these commission rates are quite Minimal especially compared to the fifty
Percent rates from share sale for Example if you sold a vacuum cleaner for A hundred dollars you’d only be making Three dollars with that measly three Percent commission rate you’re not going To get rich on amazon associates unless You’re selling a lot of products or a Lot of expensive products amazon still Has this place for beginners because you Can promote anything you can find in Their whole catalog but as you can see It has its downsides let me show you a Better way to find niche specific Affiliate partnerships let’s say you’re Really into weightlifting going to the Gym your gym bro there’s networks Dedicated to specific niches like fan Fuel fan fuel has pretty much every Supplement you’d want to promote in the Health and fitness space fat burners Weight loss pills testosterone boosters Nootropics anti-aging products they have All of it and if you scroll down here to Their weight loss products you’ll see Commission rates of 40 50 and 60 and That’s why my fan fuel earnings Dashboard shows much more revenue than Amazon simply because of their better Commission rates and better optimized Sales pages where i’m sending my traffic To now the point i wanted to make by Showing you multiple networks is that There’s a lot of options when it comes To affiliate marketing and you really
Want to shop around before settling on a Network anyways to sign up to fanfuel Use the link in the description and i’ll Earn a small commission oh my god there It was affiliate marketing in action It’s as easy as that Easy peasy lemon squeezy So now that you’ve selected a product to Promote let’s start to talk about your Different options for promoting that Product how much money you make is Ultimately determined by your conversion Rate multiplied by how much traffic you Get to your offers conversion rate has To do with how well you sell your offers Maybe that’s in the form of an in-depth Review on your blog or you made a Youtube video we’ll touch upon that Stuff later but for now let’s focus on Your different options for traffic when People think of affiliate marketing paid Traffic comes to mind that is paying for Ads on google or facebook to generate Traffic to web pages that have your Affiliate links here’s an example of What that looks like if you google cheap Web hosting you’ll see all these Listings up here at the top with the add Tag next to them the one at the very top Top10.com is an affiliate website if you Open this bad boy up lo and behold There’s a bunch of affiliate links here The upside to paid ads is scalability if Every time you pay ten dollars in ads
You can get an affiliate sale that makes You fifteen dollars then you just made Yourself a five dollar profit now why Not keep scaling this and pay one Thousand ten thousand hundred thousand Dollars per month on ads unfortunately There’s some cons to paid ads as well First you have diminishing returns when You spend too much money you end up Spamming the same ads in front of the Same people over and over again second I’ve don’t feel like paid ads is the Right approach for beginners when you’re A beginner you don’t have cash flow and You want a cheaper option for Experimentation now that’s not to say i Don’t like paid ads i run them myself But that’s because i’m already Profitable with the organic traffic Route the next option is free organic Traffic and that’s going to come from Various places like social media or Search engines like google here’s what i Mean by google traffic when we googled Cheap web hosting if you were to scroll Down past the ads you start to see the Organic google results these guys are Getting free organic traffic from google Now on the social media side of things i Truly believe that the best platform for Affiliate marketing is youtube youtube Is crazy it’s the only platform that Really helps you grow your audience and Pays you at the same time it’s also the
Second biggest search engine in the World second to google that is it also Converts really well i can say that from Experience now there’s some cons to Youtube of course if you’re shy you’re Obviously not gonna like making videos Yourself trust me though i’m an Introvert it’s a learned skill and you Can definitely get over your shyness and At the end of the day i can just edit These videos and remove the billion Stutters you guys don’t see in the final Cut but let’s say that you do actually Find someone to make videos instead of You it’s a bit risky to base your Business on the employment of a key Person that person leaves what are you Left with also as you can see i’m Invested in youtube as well i’m making Videos and growing my channel but i’d be Lying if i said i was 100 comfortable Putting all this investment into a Platform that i have no control over Channels get shut down all the time Another option is instagram once you hit 10 000 followers you unlock the ability To have your audience swipe up on your Stories this allows you to bring more Eyeballs to your affiliate links Separately you can also add links to Your bio there’s tick tock as well and i Personally don’t have any experience With tick tock except trying to pull off Meme dance videos but i heard it
Converts well now i touched upon this Before hands down the best place to Promote affiliate links is from a blog Even if you went to social media route You still want a place to send people That has your affiliate links for Example i have a page here with all my Recommended products and services i use But in my opinion after trying all the Different ways to get traffic having a Website that gets traffic from google is The absolute superior route the traffic You get from google converts like crazy If someone searches for best wireless Router they’re super ready to buy a Wireless router if you come up first Then you’re likely to get massive Conversions you also get to leverage Google the biggest search engine in the World nothing can deliver traffic like Google does and lastly you get to own The asset it’s your website it’s not Like it’s a twitter or instagram account That can get banned at any time because Of this it’s more stable going back to Diggitymarketing.com this is a website That i built based on my personal brand Which focuses on both affiliate Marketing and seo and on my site you’ll Find articles like this one where i Review various softwares and of course Include affiliate links for my Recommendations but you don’t need to Have a personal brand or even use your
Face whatsoever when you’re creating an Affiliate website you can be completely Anonymous which is a huge advantage that Website affiliate marketing has over Social media here’s an example of a blog Called house and beyond which focuses on The home improvement niche there’s Basically two different types of content That you can post on affiliate websites That are most effective first you have What are called roundup reviews these Are your top five ten whatever lists Like this top six list of the best Bronze shavers with this kind of review You’re giving your recommendation on Multiple products in the same category And ranking them these convert really Well and typically have a high volume of Traffic then we have single product Reviews like this review of these nest Bedding bamboo sheets with this approach You’re just reviewing a single product And recommending it or not and of course It’s chock full of affiliate links the Thing is while these web pages indeed Look nice they’re really not hard to Create given the technology that we have Today there’s drag and drop page Builders that can craft something like This up in minutes and i’ll start to dig Into that too before that though another Way you can do affiliate marketing is Through emails but again this is a great Option if you have a website that can
Get people to sign up to your newsletter To stay up to date on your new content You can also create quote unquote lead Magnets that encourage people to Exchange their email addresses for Something like a pdf guide of exclusive Content with the email approach you Typically start by sending a bunch of Value-packed emails and then once you Build rapport with your subscriber then You can start to send links to your Favorite products one of the most famous And successful email newsletters is the Morning brew and if you’re into Investing my favorite newsletter is from Investing.io so i’ve talked a lot about Websites and how they’re my favorite Medium for affiliate marketing let me Give you a brief tour on how easy it is To actually create a website your first Step in creating a website is to get Some hosting your website needs a place To live a place for all its images and Text to be stored and displayed from and That’s what a host does for you for Beginners my favorite low-cost host is Siteground to start with them go ahead And head on over to their hosting page By using the link in the description That will earn me a small commission Which will help to support the channel Get the startup plan which has a nice Discount and is perfect for a beginner’s Website at this point it’s going to ask
You if you want to register a new domain Or if you already have a domain your Domain is the name of your website so as A beginner you probably don’t already Have a domain so let’s register a new One for purposes of illustration i’ll Create biohackerly as an example website For the biohacker niche next you want to Start filling the stuff out for the data Center if you’re not targeting a Specific country in their language go Ahead and choose the us here that’ll Make sure that your server is close to The us which has the highest search Traffic other than that all the defaults Are fine so go ahead and pay now now go Into the siteground dashboard under the Website tab and you’ll find your site Select complete here on the next page Just click continue then start a new Website and from here select wordpress WordPress is the industry standard Content management system that is going To allow you to add new content to your Blog on easy mode then just type in what Username and password you want to log Into your site it takes about two Minutes and you’ll be taken to the Screen this is a step-by-step wordpress Starter walk through another benefit of Using siteground go ahead and click Start now here’s where you select your Blog’s theme it’s the basic layout and Design of your blog i like this minimum
One here so let’s just go with that one You can select some extra features on The screen but for an affiliate blog you Really only need a contact form now your Blog is being built from the ground up Bam we’re done click on view site to see What it looks like All right not bad but you definitely Need to customize it to do that you just Go right up here to the edit page button And right here you can just start Editing the text you see straight away For example the first thing you want to Do is change the title eventually you’re Going to want to start creating review Posts to review your affiliate products To do that from your wordpress dashboard Simply click on new post here you’ll Find a simple editor that will let you Add in new content as well as images and Of course affiliate links so you can Monetize your review now that you Started your blog at this point you need To start thinking about traffic how You’re going to get people from google Over to your blog this is what seo Search engine optimization is all about Now the complete strategy for seo is Beyond the scope of this video but i can Say that there is indeed a repeatable Process to it to get started i have two Options for you first check out my seo Beginner guide playlist for some free Videos on some of the core essentials to
Seo i’ve left a link in the description And if you want a deeper dive check out My course the affiliate lab which lays Out my exact blueprint for the seo and Affiliate marketing career path You.
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