How to earn your first paycheck with affiliate marketing
Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to earn a reasonable income online. This tutorial shows you how easy it is to earn your first paycheck with affiliate marketing.
Step 1: Sign up with ClickBank
ClickBank is the largest affiliate marketplace. If you want to get into affiliate marketing, ClickBank should be your first stop.
Most of the products sold on Click Bank are virtual; such as books, video games, software among others.
To start earning, you must first have a ClickBank account. Registration is free; all you need is a working email address.
Once you’re registered, choose products you’re passionate about. It’s important to select products you’re passionate about so they can motivate you to keep pushing.
However, you can also select any other product of your interest. (You can type in the YouTube search bar “how to sign up for ClickBank”)
Step 2: Get a custom domain from godaddy.com
The next step is to set up your website. To be successful in affiliate marketing, you need to present yourself as an authority figure.
The people who see your products must have confidence in you. The first step to earning the trust of your target customers is to have a custom domain.
Godaddy offers the cheapest domains and web hosting services.
You can buy a domain for as little as $9 per year. Once you have your domain, set up your website.
(See this tutorial on domain registration and web configuration https://youtu.be/Vz0Fpn44ht8)
Step 3: Get free stock images from pexels.com
The secret to selling anything online is in the images. You need quality images that clearly represent your products.
There are many sources of images, but you may have to pay for them. The trusted source for free images is pexels.com.
All you need to do is register and start using the free images available.
You can use the images here to design your website, design your ads, and create social media posts.
Remember that a picture is worth 1000 words. If you can’t explain it with words, try to use a high-quality image.
Step 4: Sign up for a free account at canva.com/
If you don’t know how to design product promotions or website graphics, don’t worry. Canva.com is the place where you can learn and design whatever you want.
Canva is very easy to use even for students. The good news is, if you don’t want to waste time learning how to design, you can do the work for a fee.
However, you must upload your own images to design with canvsa.com. (Check out this video tutorial on using canva.com to design https://youtu.be/WL-WbHwsbs8)
Step 5: Advertise using classified ads at adlandpro.com/
Now, to start selling your product and earn money, advertise your classified ads on adlandpro.com. This is the best place to post classified ads for beginners.
The good news is that you can post classified ads completely free of charge. You have the option to customize your target audience based on the products you sell.
It is important to narrow your target audience down to a specific interest group.
You can also use paid classifieds to increase your sales.
Once your website is set up and everything is in order, it is your duty to continue creating posts. To get started, create a promo image every day for 90 days (90 promo images).
Share all your ads on social media every day for 90 days. Analyze your market response to determine which ads drive the most impressions.
You can also post polls to your audience to find out what they want so you can give it to them!
Note:
Instagram is the most popular social media platform where you can post photos. You should make it your priority marketing tool in 2018.
You can sign up for Instamate at https://v2.instamate.com/login.php to help you schedule image and video posts.
It’s also critical to treat all of your social media platforms as marketing tools to keep increasing sales and building relationships with your audience.