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Lesson 1: Welcome to this Affiliate Marketing Training Course
Welcome to this Achieve Success From Home MasterClass!
We are very excited in bringing to you this comprehensive course on starting your very own online business through affiliate marketing.
In this course, you will learn everything about affiliate marketing that will give you confidence and knowledge.
To start building your very own online business.
I will break down every process in this business model so that you can go away and build a 4-5 figure monthly income.
Really, what you can earn with affiliate marketing is limitless and it all depends on how much effort you put into this business.
There are 6 modules that make up this affiliate marketing training and cover…
What is affiliate marketing and how it works
What a niche is, why you need one and how to find a profitable one
How to create a website and how easy it is nowadays
Getting visitors to your website, keyword research, content marketing
How to make money with affiliate networks
Traffic and the different methods available
Plus so much more…
Why Choose Achieve Success From Home Masterclass?
Simply because Achieve Success From Home Masterclass is 100% free and is for anybody who is looking to make money online.
Whilst I am not your typical affiliate marketer who has lost thousands trying every course I could find.
I have tried several courses and followed several successful marketers like Pat Flynn, John Chow, and Neil Patel amongst others.
The knowledge I have picked up has helped me to succeed as an affiliate marketer and whilst it is still the early days, my business continues to grow.
We can’t stress enough, that the course is free and can save you a ton of money so enjoy and any questions just stick them in the comments section below.
This Course Is For Anyone Who Wants To Start An Online Business in Affiliate Marketing
It doesn’t matter who you are or what background you have or even whether you went to university and got yourself a degree.
Anybody can learn this stuff!
It really isn’t difficult!
All it takes is determination and a will to succeed and above all patience, because success is not going to happen overnight and people who promise you this are just not telling you the truth.
Any business no matter what it is takes time, and if you want it to be around for a long time then you have to apply certain steps that this course will show you.
These are the steps that were taught to me and all I am doing is sharing them with you so if it can work for me then it can for you too.
Therefore if you can read, follow simple instructions and apply what you are been taught then it is only a matter of time before you see success.
Remember this is a journey, not a race!
How To Get The Most From This Training Course
This is a training course for complete beginners who have no knowledge about affiliate marketing and looking for an overview.
This post will give you an overview of what is required to execute affiliate marketing the way that we do it.
Yes, we know there are other ways to run affiliate marketing which might be quicker but will be more costly due to paid marketing methods.
This post will show you all the steps that are required and subsequent posts will go into more detail about each element.
It goes without saying that no business can be built overnight.
It takes time, hard work, dedication, consistency and above all patience and if this isn’t you then we would not continue with this course.
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is an industry that has been expanding by 10% each year since 2010 and is expected to be worth over $8 billion by 2022.
If you take a look at the above image you will notice that those figures are for the US market only and by no means are you restricted here.
Affiliate marketing revenue on a world scale is somewhere between 15 and 20 billion dollars.
Affiliate marketing is a simple process in which the affiliate (that is you) makes a commission on the sale of somebody else’s product or service.
It means you don’t have to purchase any stocks or even handle the customer orders as this is all taken care of by the merchant.
What this entails is finding out what people are looking for and you would promote that product or service to them.
What you probably haven’t realised is that at some point you will have purchased a product or service through an affiliate marketer’s website.
Affiliate marketing is a simple concept but putting all the pieces in place takes a little time.
It is all about helping people solve their problems.
People search for anything and everything on a daily basis by typing keywords into the SEARCH ENGINES, such as GOOGLE.
With over 5 billion people who now have access to the internet, that means more keywords are typed into Google.
This means there is more potential to earn more money!
Google currently owns around 93% of the search engine market and there are over 8 billion keywords keyed into the search engine daily.
That is an awful lot of people looking for information, products and services.
Take a look at the diagram below which should make the whole process much clearer…
How this all works is by joining an affiliate program which is normally FREE and there are literally hundreds possibly thousands of them to choose from.
Think of a product or service and there will be an affiliate program that you can use.
So if your affiliate marketing business was about “DRONES” which incidentally is a great niche.
Then you would search for and join an affiliate program that sold “DRONES” like so…
Get the drift?
[Incidentally, all the major retailers like Amazon and Walmart have affiliate programs that you could use and they are FREE to join too.]
Once you have joined an affiliate program then you would select the product or service that you want to promote by selecting the unique affiliate link.
This is a tracking code that would handle the entire order management process, which holds your account number and how you get paid.
The process and how it works…
A person would search for something in Google like “DRONES”
They would click on your website because yours is the first they see
They like the information that you have written
They click on your affiliate link and make a purchase
You are paid a commission
Now the bigger and more expensive the product the more commission you would make.
You could promote a product that has a membership that would be paid monthly which means you would get recurring commissions.
All you are doing is promoting other people’s products which means you are helping them sell more products and services and get rewarded for doing so.
This is a win-win situation for both concerned.
It is not out of the ordinary for some affiliate marketers to make 5 and 6 figures a month but we are jumping the gun a bit here.
Whilst this training course will give you the knowledge, it’s all about what you do with that knowledge that counts.
Remember that success will not happen overnight and if someone promises this then they are lying to you.
It takes a lot of hard work, determination, consistency and above all patience but extremely rewarding when things start moving.
Why Would You Want to Start an Affiliate Marketing Business?
If people were truthful about what they do for a
full-time job I think most would say that they were not happy.
In fact, most would be hoping and praying that something better came along but it very seldom does unless you make that happen.
Furthermore, who enjoys working for someone else I know I didn’t.
We would all love to have our own business so why not create one about something that you have a passion for, an interest, a hobby?
Something that you are going to look forward to getting up in the morning for and besides you can start when you want and for how long.
Extremely Cost-Effective, Low Risk And Straightforward
After trying various methods online I found affiliate marketing to be the easiest business model to understand and learn.
Although this course is 100% free it doesn’t mean that you can run your affiliate marketing business for free.
When we say cost-effective, we really mean that costs don’t have to be an issue especially when you are starting out.
There are plenty of good free tools that you can use and to give you some idea, take a look at what it costs me here on a daily basis.
There are no products or services that you need to own or stock as we are using other merchants’ products.
We don’t handle the customer orders and therefore don’t handle after-sales or returns.
This basically means that there are no risks.
Products And Services That You Can Promote Are Limitless
There are absolutely no restrictions on what products you can promote not unlike some business models like an MLM where you are restricted.
Just think of a product or service and all you have to do is find an affiliate program to join and you can promote it.
An example might be Smart TVs.
Just find the retailer who sells the type of smart tv that you want to promote, join their affiliate program and promote the product.
It might be that the retailer doesn’t have an affiliate program but that is rare.
Many people use Amazon simply because they sell millions of products and you are sure to find the right product on their site.
The Business Runs 24/7
Once you have your website up and running with content that you will have created it becomes a passive income generator.
This means that you don’t really have to do much as your content will be finding traffic or customers.
It will be doing this for FREE too!
Where you can spend valuable time with your family and friends and take vacations whenever you need.
Your business will be generating an income 24/7/365.
Everything you need to run your online business will be on your laptop and all that’s required is an internet connection.
Your Business Earning Potential is Unlimited
There are no restrictions to what you can earn with affiliate marketing, the more you want to earn the more you can earn.
To do that all you need to do is create more content.
Create more content that is going to help people who are searching for stuff in the search engines!
Some affiliate websites are earning hundreds a month whilst some are earning tens of thousands a month.
There are even websites that are generating hundreds of thousands per month.
It all depends on the person and what you hope to get out of the business but the more content you write the more income that your website will generate.
That is inevitable!
The more you put into this business the more success you will have.
Nobody gets to become a millionaire sitting back and doing nothing!
This Business is Extremely Flexible
No more travelling to and from work and no more earache from the boss.
Start work whenever you want, and wherever you want, all you need is a laptop and an internet connection.
Lesson 3: 4 Basic Steps to Starting Your Affiliate Marketing Business
What you need to know first before we get started with building your online business is a brief overview of what is involved.
This will give you an overall picture of the steps that are involved.
There are only 4 steps that you need to learn which are laid out below but don’t worry we shall be covering these steps in more detail later on.
Step 1: It All Starts With a Niche!
So what is a niche?
There are two labels, a niche or a sub-niche which mean the same thing really it just depends on what context we are referring to.
A niche could be looked at as the top level of a market segment.
Such as…
Sport
Health
Fitness
Fashion
Electronics
These are what we class as broad terms which is where you would find the major companies competing with their vast marketing budgets.
This is an area that would be too competitive for us to compete in!
So what do we do?
We would concentrate on a smaller sub-niche which would be a subset of let’s say Electronics.
A less competitive niche like Drones, Guitars, Drum Kits etc
You could even look at sub-niches within sub-niches and the further you go down the tree the less competitive it is.
The niche we chose is “MMO – Make Money Online” niche which is very competitive but a massive niche all the same.
There are literally thousands possibly millions of niche ideas.
To give you some idea of what we are talking about here.
On a daily basis, there are over 8 billion keywords keyed into the Google Search Engine and each one of those keywords has the potential to become a niche.
You will hear people say that a niche should be something that you have a passion or interest in which makes perfect sense.
Because it will make your business so much easier and enjoyable but the niche you choose has got to be a niche where you can make money.
It’s getting the right balance that’s so important.
Why would we need a niche in the first place?
Well, you don’t really but would you find women’s clothing sold in an electronics store?
There are various ways that you could operate an affiliate marketing business but this is the most practical and effective way.
The whole idea is to become an authority in a particular niche and trying to spread yourself among several niches would be asking too much.
The rule of thumb would be 1-Niche = 1-Website
But this is not set in stone!
This will become clearer as we move through the training!
Step 2: Developing Your Website
Bill Gates once made a famous quote,
“If your business is not on the internet then your business will be out of business”
In other words, all businesses should have a website and that is the same in affiliate marketing.
A website gives you a presence and allows you to connect to people offering advice and recommending services and products.
Those days have gone when we would create an advert and purchase advertising space in a newspaper or magazine!
Before you decide to jump ship because you don’t have a clue about building a website this was the same for me and many others.
Nowadays with advances in technology, there is no requirement to be a technical person. Those days are well in the past.
No need to have programming skills simply because there are software tools out there to help you which are free as well.
These are called plugins and with over 60,000 there is sure to be one that will do what you want.
No need to worry about creating a website as this will be discussed later in the course.
Step 3: Getting Visitors To Your Website
The main focus is getting visitors to your website and without traffic, you don’t have a business.
The same with a retail store, if you are not in the right location and people don’t know about you then it won’t be long before your store closes.
There are two main traffic strategies, paid and free and whilst this course will cover both.
The main strategy that we will be using will be the free traffic method through SEO or search engine optimization.
The beauty about SEO is it is free and therefore without risks, not like paid advertising where it could cost you thousands.
Not only that but a paid advertising campaign only runs for the duration of that budget that you allocated.
You will also have to tweak the marketing campaign to get it just right.
Whereas SEO is free, it just takes a little time for the search engines to start noticing you but once it does the traffic is unlimited.
Step 4: Monetisation
Once your website is up and running and receiving traffic you need to know how to convert those into customers.
This is done by promoting products and services that people are looking for.
There is a right way and a wrong of doing this and what you don’t want to be doing is trying to sell all the time.
People switch off to this very quickly.
The most important factor is keeping prospective customers on your website and the only way of doing this is by giving them what they want.
Great content, which we will be going into much deeper further into the course.
You know what it’s like when you are searching for stuff where you bounce from website to website until you find what you are looking for.
Now, while we did tell you that affiliate marketing is a simple concept and easy to learn it might also seem a little overwhelming.
This is quite understandable and we all go through this but you should be looking longer term.
People who succeed are the ones who have the right mindset and don’t give up when things start to get tough.
All businesses no matter what they are will go through times when things just don’t seem to be going right.
Failing is all part of the learning process and as long as you push through that you will be fine.
It takes hard work, persistence, consistency and above all patience.
Any Questions?
If there are any questions at all please don’t hesitate to make a note and add them in the comments section below.
Your input is important and will help to ensure that what we are providing and improving value.
Any questions no matter how trivial you may think they are, are welcome.
The next module which is about Niches is under development and will be with you shortly.
Further Reading
We learned everything that we know through a company called Wealthy Affiliate and maybe you have heard of them and maybe not.
They provide all the training and support that you would ever need to start and run a successful online business as an affiliate marketer.
Here are links to give you more details without making a commitment…
For the last few years, it has been difficult due to a number of things but mainly down to forced lockdowns.
Economies struggling, people losing their jobs, businesses holding back on their spending and a host of other things.
Even a war which seems to have made matters even worse!
What has come out of all this is the vast number of people who now work at home, that is if they still have jobs.
This leaves it wide open for people who are now looking for work-from-home opportunities.
Affiliate marketing has always been popular but more so as we can tell by the number of websites that are coming on stream daily.
People are now seeing opportunities of working online where there are many with affiliate marketing as being one of the best.
[Affiliate Disclosure: The Future of Affiliate Marketing in 2022 has been thoroughly researched from information and testimonials that are in the public domain. This post may contain affiliate links which means we may earn a small commission, however, this won’t affect what you pay!]
For Those Who Don’t Know, What Affiliate Marketing is About?
Where the merchant or retailer would pay the affiliate for finding consumers and redirecting them to their store.
This could be commissions for leads or commissions for sales of products or services.
The job of the affiliate is only to find and direct consumers to the merchant and once they purchase a product or service they are paid a commission.
That’s pretty much it in a nutshell!
So in essence all the affiliate has to do is link the consumer with the merchant and everything else is taken care of.
Take a look at the image below…
Commissions can range from 1% all the way up to %70 or even as high as %80 in some cases.
So the more expensive the product the more commission you would make and this is termed as a win-win for both parties concerned.
What connects the affiliate with the merchant is an affiliate program which is normally free to join.
You receive your personal affiliate link and you are ready to go, this way the merchant can save on their marketing budgets.
Freeing up more money to pay affiliates for helping them out.
What’s The Future of Affiliate Marketing in 2022 Looking Like?
The future of affiliate marketing in 2022 is looking pretty good and on the up however, if you want to partake you have to change with the times.
It’s a very busy world out there and things are moving on somewhat with over 80% of brands that already have affiliate programs.
That can only mean one thing for the affiliate marketer, more income!
Since 2015 the affiliate marketing revenue has increased each year by approximately 10% which is a jump to around 60% here in 2022.
Where analysts have predicted it to reach around $9 billion in the US alone with a global reach of over $20 billion.
What Does That Mean For The Future of Affiliate Marketing?
Well, take a look at the number of users who currently have access to the internet.
In 2020 that figure looked something like 4.5 billion and two years later you are looking at near to 6 billion. That’s over half the world’s population!
What do people do when they are on the internet?
That’s simple they are looking for advice, and information on anything and everything. We’ve all heard the term, just Google it!
There are other search engines out there but most people know and love Google and besides Google takes around 93% of the search engine market.
That’s approximately 5.58 billion users looking for advice which is great for affiliate marketing because that is where the money is.
What’s The Future of Affiliate Marketing in 2022 – What is Involved as an Affiliate Marketer
We mentioned that the concept of affiliate marketing was a simple one but executing it in the right manner takes time.
There are various ways that you can do affiliate marketing.
Such as posting links on social media, creating videos on Youtube, creating landing pages and using paid traffic plus too many more to mention.
What we believe is the best way, is to create a website and use SEO or search engine optimization to find traffic.
That means we are adopting a free method as opposed to a paid method for our marketing campaigns.
That means we will be saving thousands of dollars over a period of time.
If you took a look at an earlier link then you will have an understanding of what is involved through this method.
However, if you didn’t then here are the 3 steps that are involved.
It All Starts With A Passion
A passion, interest, hobby and something that you are going to love getting up in the morning and focusing your time and energy on.
Now it doesn’t have to be singular but you want to become an authority in your passion and therefore it is easier to concentrate on one thing.
You do not want to spread yourself too thinly!
It can literally be anything, golf, fishing, investments, making money online, fashion, health and wellness and the list goes on…
To give you some sort of an idea of what we mean, people on a day-to-day basis key into the Google search engine over 8.8 billion keywords.
All those keywords have the potential to become your interest or passion.
Once you have decided on what your business is going to be about then you …
Create Your Website
Normally any mention of a website
sends people running to the hills but I am not sure just why.
Maybe 5-10 years ago when you needed to have a bunch of technical skills like HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc.
Nowadays there is no need and I should know since I have been a software developer for many years and hardly ever use those skills.
The basis of a website you can create in less than 5 minutes, it is that easy with thousands of professionally-looking themes to choose from.
There are over 50,000 plugins that you can install that do all the fancy stuff so that you don’t have to.
Writing Content
Another thing people will run away from, however, you are writing constantly on social media and texting friends.
So writing shouldn’t be an issue, especially when you are doing it as a job and want to make money to create a better life for you and your family.
What are you going to write about I hear you say?
That’s easy, you know the passion that you choose that your business was to be about well everything related to that.
So if you choose Drones, then your website would be about drones and everything that people are asking about in the Google search engine.
You know…
Best drones for beginners
Drones with cameras
Drones under $200
Expert drones for filming
To do this you would use a keyword research tool and something like Jaaxy but there are many out there, I only mention Jaaxy because I use it.
The idea is to find out what people are searching for and the level of competition so that we can avoid and find less competitive keywords.
Once you have found your keyword then that is what you would use as the title of your content or blog post.
So if your title was “Best drones for beginners” then you would write about the best drones for beginners.
What happens is that many people will be searching for the “Best drones for beginners” and guess what.
Your website will be at the top of page one of Google where people can see it and a 30-50 per cent chance they will click on that link and go to your website.
That’s effectively it, but because we are using SEO that takes time but 6-12 months down the road.
People will be seeing your site in their hundreds and thousands.
So how do we get paid?
That’s easy also because there are hundreds of Drone retailers out there that have affiliate programs that we can join for free.
A few to mention would be Amazon, Walmart, Target, Drones Direct, DJI…
Just type Drones + affiliate programs into the Google search engine and you have a list of merchants that allow you to sell their stuff in this case Drones.
As we mentioned earlier it depends on what your niche is about and what commission percentages are and this can be from 1% up to 80%.
Obviously, the combination of the product cost and commission rate determines what you are paid if the consumer purchases.
Let’s say a drone merchant paid out 4% and you managed to sell a professional drone costing $3,000.
Your commission would be $120, now we know that doesn’t seem a lot but if it was a trending product and you were high in the Google rankings.
Just think if you sold 100, then that would go from $120 – $1200.
Now, this is just an example, it could be more or it could be less but your site is constantly on the internet 24/7 and you don’t have to do anything.
Other than creating more content and the more content you create the more traffic will come to your site.
All you do is rinse and repeat what we have just mentioned in this section.
The more content, the more traffic, which means the more potential for more sales.
Where Can You Learn Affiliate Marketing?
There are many ways to learn affiliate marketing, you could try and do it all yourself by watching Youtube videos like we first did.
The problem here is that there are far too many conflicting ways to do what essentially should be straightforward.
Not only that, but most people are trying to sell you something so you aren’t really getting true value but that is my own opinion.
Yes, we spent some time trying to find our way and when something doesn’t work then you move on to something else or someone else.
That ends up being like a vicious circle and all that happens is that frustration sets in, you get annoyed and you end up giving in.
You have to find a mentor and a place that you can trust and I hear you saying, “Well, that sounds expensive”.
Yes it can be if you end up joining a program where all they are interested in is taking your money and I hate to say it but probably around 97% are just not worth entertaining.
I have tried several in the past looking for a quick and simple solution and all that happened is they didn’t work and I lost money.
Eventually, I did find a solution and it was by joining Wealthy Affiliate, a company that has been going since 2005.
They have around 500k active members and have seen over 2 million people in that time.
I was very sceptical and it gets you that way because you feel that this is just another scam, just another waste of your time.
But, I get it because we have been there but if you don’t try then you will never know and besides this will not cost you a dime to look.
That’s entirely up to you, discard what I am saying or take a chance and remember you won’t even have to hand over your credit card details either.
Future of Affiliate Marketing, The Type of Questions That People Are Asking
When Was Affiliate Marketing Created?
The first rendition of affiliate marketing came about in 1989 which so happens to be the year that Cern made it available as the world wide web.
That was due to the company PC Flowers and Gifts founded by William Tobin which was launched on the Prodigy Network.
Was the company successful, absolutely it was.
What Is The Best Affiliate Programs For Beginners in 2022?
It depends on who you talk to but for a beginner, these are the ones that people tend to head towards. The percentages are the highest available.
Amazon Associates – 20%
Clickbank – 75%
Aweber – 30% recurring
LeadPages – 50%
Elementor – 50%
Each affiliate has what we call a cookie which is a text page with details recorded, which lasts for a length of time.
Once the consumer is on the site then they could be on there for quite some time and purchasing many products and services.
You would make commissions on every sale with the timespan.
Is Affiliate Marketing Still Viable?
I think we have established that affiliate marketing is going nowhere fast.
Since 2015 each year the affiliate marketing industry revenue has increased by 10% and is continuing to rise.
Especially as there are so many people now coming online with it worldwide well over $20 billion.
What Is Better Than Affiliate Marketing?
I am going to be biased here and once again it depends on who you talk to but affiliate marketing is certainly the easiest and most cost-effective.
To give you some sort of idea, it costs me in total on a day-to-day basis around $1.40 and that includes the membership of a training platform.
What Is Bad About Affiliate Marketing?
Just because we say that affiliate marketing is an easy concept doesn’t mean it is going to be easy because as you probably know.
Any business venture is going to take a lot of hard work and besides this industry isn’t something you can do for a short while and forget about.
What’s Better Dropshipping Or Affiliate Marketing?
Dropshipping I hear is dead in the water but I don’t think it really is with dropshipping your initial outlay is going to be between $5000 and $10,000.
Here it is going to be very competitive and it’s all about finding the right product and where you can source it from.
Yet again it is all about finding the right traffic and getting that sorted and the skies the limit.
But for me, it has to be affiliate marketing simply because it is so simple and straightforward.
Why Is Affiliate Marketing The Best?
We have laid it out earlier in this post where all that is required is a niche, website, and content followed by commissions.
Is Affiliate Marketing A Risk?
Every business venture is a risk but your outlay compared to let’s say drop shipping is going to be minimum.
What tends to happen is that people start affiliate marketing thinking that it is going to be an instant overnight success which it never is.
How we Make Passive Income Online?
To round things off and thought that you might be interested in how we make a living online.
We mentioned that we are a member of Wealthy Affiliate and have been now since 2017 and we aren’t going anywhere.
The training whilst good for a complete beginner gives you access to everything that you would need to be successful.
The training platform is very professional yet very easy to find what it is that you are looking for.
Help for me has to be top class and it is here at Wealthy Affiliate because there are many ways to find help and you won’t be waiting long either.
Instead of me boring you with all the details why not head over there and find out for yourself.
Anyway, that’s about it for this post and hoped you enjoyed it, if there is anything I can help you with shoot me a comment.
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