I’m going to say something that might surprise you. If you can make $1000 in affiliate commissions, then you have the tools and know-how needed to make $100,000. So what do you need to do to make that first $1000? Just use this checklist…
If you want to hit the ground running, then you need to promote in-demand products that people are already buying. Here’s how to do that:
Here’s a great account of how an internet marketer made 28k in a week in his own words…
“I recently made around $28,000 in sales as an affiliate during a product launch, in a little over a week.
Commission was 50% so I didn’t get to keep the whole $28,000 although I actually banked around $14,000 (not including a couple of thou in competition prizes on top of that) which wasn’t too bad!
I was promoting a product that another marketer had launched and to convince people to buy through MY affiliate link I decided to offer a bonus
I knew I’d be up against other marketers offering the same (and bigger) bonuses so I had to carefully think about how mine would stand out from the rest.
I pretty much reckoned I could guarantee one thing – the other bonuses would be VERY slick looking with polished, professional graphics, probably videos, perhaps cartoon characters or caricatures…
…and all in all would look very salesy and polished.
So I went the other way.
I used a picture of myself in my kitchen taken just a couple of minutes after I got up, still bog-eyed from sleep, hair everywhere, drinking a cup of coffee.
Below that, and to outline my offer I used Courier font, which looks ‘typewriter-ish’ rather than high-tech but more importantly has been proved as one of the best converters with OFFLINE sales letters.
My bonus page was mostly black text on white background but with a few highlighted red lines of text here and there to draw the eye in.
It was rough looking
Scruffy in fact.
Unpolished
The bonus itself was good but the LOOK and FEEL of the sales page was so different that it interrupted the ‘slick’ feel of the main sales message and made my bonus stand out just that little bit more
It worked.
Sometimes a slick sales page can work against you by looking too homogenized, too mass-produced, and you need a little ‘home made’ feel to stand out from the crowd.
The trick is knowing when to use what
Meet Sarah. She’s a fitness enthusiast who runs a popular blog that covers various topics related to health and fitness. She’s building a loyal following and a good reputation in the industry, but she isn’t making any money for her efforts.
One morning she is taking her supplements when it occurs to her that this would be something she could promote to her audience. She finds the website, applies to become their newest affiliate and is accepted.
Sarah writes a blog post telling the story of how she began taking these supplements, what they have done for her, and how she wouldn’t be without them. She includes affiliate links in the post which direct readers to the supplement company’s website.
Sarah shares the blog post on her social media channels and sends an email to her mailing list, letting them know about the supplements and the benefits of using them. She includes the affiliate links in all of her promotions.
To sweeten the deal, Sarah offers her followers an exclusive discount code that they can use when they purchase the supplements. The discount code is only available to Sarah’s followers on their first purchase and it’s an offer many of her readers can’t refuse.
Sarah’s affiliate sales start to roll in and she continues to promote and earn commissions.
Now here’s the best part: When a new customer places an order, they have the option of receiving the supplements on a monthly basis at a discount. If they take this option, then Sarah will receive not just a one-time commission, but additional commissions each month on the automatic shipments.
Encouraged by her success, Sarah continues to promote products from the same supplement company. She creates additional blog posts and social media promotions, each time including her affiliate links and exclusive discount codes.
By the end of the first week, Sarah’s earned close to a $1,000 in commissions from the affiliate program. More importantly, many of the orders are set for monthly renewal. And as the next 3 weeks progress, she makes more sales with more automatic renewals.
That’s almost $1000 in commissions the first week, nearly $3,000 in commissions total for the month, and now she has monthly residual commissions of over $1,000 a month.
Of course, Sarah’s ‘overnight’ success wasn’t overnight at all. She’d already been building her blog and her audience for some time and realized it was silly not to start monetizing. If she had begun promoting sooner, when she first started blogging, no doubt she would have begun making money sooner, too.
Her knowledge of her niche and her customers, as well as and her ability to create valuable content that resonates with her followers created a great deal of trust with her readers. She also leveraged the power of social media and email marketing to promote the products and drive sales. Additionally, offering an exclusive discount code helped to incentivize her followers to make purchases through her affiliate links.
It’s important to note that building a $1,000/month residual income through affiliate marketing in one week isn’t typical. It requires a unique combination of industry knowledge, a loyal following, and effective marketing strategies.
If you already have a blog and an email list, then it might be possible. If not, perhaps it’s time to start a blog and list so that you, too, can begin to reap the power of affiliate marketing.
There are many tasks associated with being a successful affiliate marketer. From reviewing products to researching solutions for your audience and knowing how to get eyes on your recommendations, it’s an ongoing process that takes both time and dedication to your niche audience.
Many online entrepreneurs try to rush the process, slapping up several reviews for days and then quitting because they didn’t see results. If you want to truly cultivate a lucrative career as an affiliate marketer, you’ll want to follow this blueprint that has you immersing yourself in focused tasks for 30 days so that you build a profitable foundation for your business.
It can be really hard to make any headway as an affiliate—especially if you’re new. How are you going to get your links in front of people? There are tons of other affiliates trying to do the same thing you’re doing. You can drive free and paid ads, sure. But one of the best ways to get people to take a look at your content, click through your links, and buy what you recommend is to release free reports.
People love content. They need content. They read content to learn things and to find solutions to their problems. They often buy content and infoproducts to find these solutions. Again, it can be hard to stand out in a crowd when you’re trying to sell content—especially if you’re new.
The solution of releasing free reports that contain your affiliate links solves all of the above. You’ll get your links in front of people. You’ll attract people who want and need solutions—and you’ll stand out from the crowd because they can get your great content for free.