Affiliate Marketing In A Nutshell – 5 Tips For The Complete Beginner

“Affiliate marketing is by far one of the fastest growing industries on the internet.

Every year more and more people get involved with the hopes of changing their financial future. One of the things that makes affiliate marketing so attractive is the extremely low start up costs that are involved.

You can literally be up and running for less then $20. There aren’t many other businesses that you can start with such a small amount.

So what exactly is affiliate marketing? To put it simply, its selling someone else’s product for a commission. You advertise a product and when a sale is made, you will get paid. Now for those who are just starting out, here are 5 tips that will help you be a super successful affiliate marketer.

Tip #1 – Have Your Own Website Or Blog To Send Traffic To
One of the biggest mistakes I made was using a hubpages page as my jumping off point.

I sent all of my traffic to my hubpages page and for a few months everything was going great. I was getting a ton of traffic and sales due to the high rankings of my hubpages page.

However, once hubpages decided to change some of their guidelines and take my page down, I basically had to start all over.

So never use hubpages or any other web 2.0 site as your main page. Just use them as a way to build backlinks and traffic to your main website or blog.

Tip #2 – Start Building A List Immediately
I must say, I was very hard headed when it came to building a list. I hated all the promotional emails I would get every single day and I just didn’t want to be that person.

So I sort of became anti list building. But as time went on and I started to grow my business, I started to realize just how powerful having a list is. I also learned how to properly build a list from guys such as Frank Kern.

Your list can turn out to be one of the most valuable assets your business will ever have. So please, start building a list from jump. Don’t wait.

Tip #3 – Don’t Be Afraid To Step Into The Ultra Competitive Niches
If you truly want to be a successful affiliate marketer, you will have to take on some of the more competitive niches.

Why? Because those niches are the ones that can make you the most money.

Weight loss, money and love are the most competitive niches out there. And they are that way because billions and billions of dollars are being spent on those types of products every single year.

Don’t shy away from the competition. Just get out there and make your voice heard and you will be able to make money in those ultra competitive niches.

Tip #4 – Work On Your Business Every Single Day
When you are first starting out it is important that you take the time to work on your business every single day.

It doesn’t matter what you do, just do something that will help your business grow. When you do, you will see results much quicker and you will be more likely to stick with it.

Tip #5 – Take Massive Action
One of the main reasons so many people fail when it comes to making money online is because they never get started. Success is an action word. Anyone who is successful is that way because they took massive action.

When you learn something that can help you make more money, implement it immediately. There is no overnight success when it comes to making money online. It take massive, consistent action on your part.”