Affiliate Marketing for Beginners, Part Two is your model for success online.
Learn what it is, understand the concepts, and find out How To Get Started Now.
This Article is part 2 on Affiliate Marketing for Beginners who want to learn how to start their own affiliate marketing business online.
You can check out Part One here Affiliate Marketing for Beginners 2023 Ultimate Guide
There will be many areas covered here to give you the basics of what you will encounter when building your online business.
Several people have created their own websites, yet they may still be a bit lost or confused about where or how to improve further to be successful as an affiliate marketer.
Mainly because they have not received the proper training or been left out in the cold by others, promising them the world but only getting a plot to stand on with no solid foundation to build on.
This Guide will give you the necessary knowledge of what Affiliate Marketing is for the beginner, how to get started now, and allow you to be successful in affiliate marketing online.
Here you will receive a heads-up and a foundation to start with to continue to build online.
When you have finished reading the Guide, you can make an informed decision if Affiliate Marketing is for you, along with where and what is the best place to start.
An important note to remember, you are taking a decisive leap forward in life.
Your future online business starts here, which can help you gain financial independence and freedom either for you and your family.
Now you will find what you have been seeking in your life, finding financial freedom and independence.
I would not advise you to quit your day job just yet, as this is not an overnight quick rich money-making scheme.
To be successful online, you need to take action, believe in yourself, and follow the training I will provide you with later on.
First, learn; second, apply what you have learned to build a solid foundation, and from there, the world can be your oyster.
One where you can learn how to work from home, have more family time, work your hours, and gain that personal independence.
Learning about Affiliate Marketing can feel a bit daunting at the start, especially if you have never done this before.
As you become involved, you will soon learn to love what opportunities are available for you and one that can undoubtedly earn you income along the way.
What is Affiliate Marketing?
The Definition of Affiliate Marketing, according to Wikipedia:
“Affiliate marketing is a type of performance-based marketing in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought by the affiliate’s own marketing efforts.”
Who are the players in Affiliate Marketing?
There are generally four parts to Affiliate Marketing.
• The merchant: (Other names are the retailer or advertiser who has the products or services on offer)
• The Network: (The Network is the intermediary, which acts on behalf of merchants and publishers mentioned in the next part.
The Network connects the dots, provides you with the affiliate link (more on that later and controls the payments made to both the merchant and the affiliate (that is you)
• The publisher: This is you (also known as the affiliate)
• The Visitor/Customer:
The visitor comes via your website, reads what is on offer, and what interests them.
Should they purchase via your affiliate link, they become a customer, and you get a commission.
The image below will show you how it works.
How does Affiliate Marketing Work?
Once you have created your website and become an affiliate, you begin to promote the products on your website.
See how Affiliate Marketing Works in the image below.
We have just covered the basics of what is affiliate marketing, who is involved, and how the structure works.
Is Affiliate Marketing a Scam?
Affiliate marketing is a legitimate business, and you certainly can make money online, not just a few dollars, but if you put in the effort and have the right attitude, you can earn a good living.
However, some have tainted affiliate marketing by taking advantage of many beginners who have been deceived by various scammers.
Here are just some of the types to avoid and be aware of.
1) The Quick get rich scams
Have you seen those ads with the fancy cars, yachts, and mansions, telling you how they got there and saying you can do the same by doing the same way they did?
These are total lies; I call them “Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing.”
They play on your emotions, knowing your needs, or want to find that financial opportunity and freedom for a better life.
As a result, many have fallen prey to these scams.
They will tell you to buy this or join that, and within a week or month, you will make thousands.
Many will even say you can earn on Autopilot, only with the push of a button and earn thousands by the end of the month.
If you see these, stay away, DO NOT click, join, or even give your email, especially any banking details.
They will start to con and try to convince you into buying more opportunities in the form of upsells and then some more.
In the meantime, you pay for their offers to spend thousands and get nothing in return.
Having fallen for such spam in the past, I do not want you to fall into their trap.
I found a dependable platform that will teach you the right way to earn online (more on that later).
2) Pyramid Schemes
Once very popular; however, those at the top were making money; you will find many MLM groups who operated like this.
Now illegal, yet many still try to deceive you under fake pretenses to get your money so they can get rich rather than you.
You may have seen some online where they ask you to join and invest in them; they get you to recruit others under you, and so on.
The money made goes to the top of the chain, everybody else is losing out and not making any money at all, and if they did, it would be far less than what you put in.
3) Fake training programs
There have been many so-called training programs over the years.
Some ask you to join a certain program (normally this will cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars), promising to teach you all there is to know about how you can make money online instantly.
Most are full of rubbish and many do not explain how you actually can earn money unless you purchase more upsells (more cost to you) and still do not give you anything in return.
Sometimes they will offer you a free PDF to download, loaded with the same rubbish again.
Many times they can be old and outdated that do not teach you anything
Normally at the bottom, get you to click to join, and you are back where you started, no better off.
Many still teach false ways; even now, on YouTube, some will give you old techniques and tactics that are now considered illegal (this is known as Black Hat SEO) or so outdated they don’t work anymore.
One huge trap with the promise of making huge amounts of money just by doing nothing.
True Affiliate marketing has nothing to do with making money overnight or getting rich quickly. Click To Tweet
Affiliate marketing has been around for a very long time and is a genuine way to make passive income; many have failed, yet many have succeeded in creating this as their full-time job and a very lucrative one at that.
However, like any business online or offline, you need to put in the effort to make it happen.
Here are just some of what you should learn with the proper training in affiliate marketing.
• Learn new skills.
• How to choose a Niche.
• Creating your first website based on your niche selected.
• Understanding how to create content for your reader
• Learning the meaning of Keywords, how to research along with what is Long Tail Keywords and how to use them.
• One thing that may seem strange to state when you start, don’t think about making money; instead, think about building a solid foundation to help your visitors to come through you.
If you feel you are just looking for overnight success, then you might as well stop reading, continue working for someone else, and put up with what your boss tells you to do.
However, if you want valid reasons to be successful in the long term, please continue, and I will show you the best and right way to become a successful affiliate marketer.
No fluff, No BS but authentic ways to learn online; you will find out how to earn while still learning and growing along the way.
Super Affiliates
Are You Next? (Join Now)
These are the elite group of affiliates within an affiliate program.
In the one I belong to, anyone can become a super affiliate.
These super affiliates also receive gift rewards for their hard work and effort.
As a gift, for achieving this level, they get to go to Las Vegas for free regardless of where they live in the world as all expenses are paid for by Wealthy Affiliate.
Their rewards include paid accommodation, airfares, food, and even some extra cash to spend while there.
Along with meeting with the Co-founders who provide all this for the Super Affiliates at their annual conference.
Although this is not your common way to reward your achievers, the Co-Founders certainly go out of their way to reward those who work hard and achieve great results.
Where can I learn all of this?
In two words: Wealthy Affiliate.
Primarily a training platform that will teach you many essential elements required to learn how to build a solid foundation for your website and the right way to succeed online.
However, it has become more than a training platform in the 18-odd years since it first started.
Here you will learn not only how to build a solid foundation for your website, but you will also get many other features free as part of your membership.
Many other places will charge you separately for some of the free benefits you get as a member, which adds to your cost.
Types of memberships available for You.
There are 3 forms of membership available within Wealthy Affiliate which are as follows.
Starter membership (Free to Start)
The free starter membership gives you the first of 5 levels free to test it out.
This is a test trial drive feature that will give you an insight into what affiliate marketing is and how to build a framework for your website.
As a starter member, you have 1 free subdomain SiteRubix website to test the waters with free hosting to see if this is for you.
You can choose to stay as a free member as long as you like but with limited options, or you can take the second option and upgrade to the next level which is.
Premium Membership
This is the Second and very popular Premium Membership.
Once you become a premium member, you automatically unlock so much more training and resources now available to you.
Instead of two separate training levels as with the Free Starter membership, you now have over 120 lessons from the two courses shown below.
Plus, you also have Free hosting with your premium membership with up to 3 websites along with an additional 52 Live training classes on top of the two courses given.
As a bonus for joining Premium, you also get 32 free credits to purchase your own top-level dot com domain (value at $15.99) with many additional extras you would normally have to pay elsewhere.
The first Course called Online Entrepreneur Certification
Here you will learn how to create a website along with getting an understanding of your Niche.
Refer to the Level One Image below.
The second course is Affiliate Bootcamp, where you get Phase 1 again 5 lessons within as shown below.
This second course is for those that wish to promote Wealthy Affiliate, but not just that you will get more advanced training in other areas to take you further online.
Not to mention the regular monthly commissions you received when you refer a new premium member along the way.
Starter members can promote Wealthy Affiliate and should their referrals go premium, the commission is usually half of what a premium member would receive.
But it gets better with the final membership where the commissions are so much higher.
Premium Plus Membership
This is now becoming the fastest and most popular membership now.
As a Premium Plus member, you will get 64 Free credits to buy not one but 2 top-level domains as part of your package deal.
Along with all the additional benefits that you may need to pay extra elsewhere.
You can also host up to 10 domains for free as a member. That alone can save you hundreds elsewhere.
Here you get all that Premium has to offer but in addition to the two courses and the 52 classes per year, you also receive an additional 200 live video training.
All the live video training is recorded, and due to time zones worldwide if you are unable to catch it live you can see the recordings anytime and as often as you want.
Kyle and Carson, who are the co-founders of Wealthy Affiliate, are also the same as I mentioned above who give their super affiliates that bonus gift to Las Vegas.
That way, if you feel you cannot be successful online and live your dreams, you can opt-out anytime you wish with no pressure to become a premium or a plus member.
The training platform teaches members how to become affiliate marketers, and be successful online and be part of a community with over 2,700,000 members.
On top of all I have already stated, the Premium Plus members have more added training from the Super Affiliates giving their views and ways that got them to the top of the ladder again recorded live and available when you wish to see.
You will also find a live chat room in which you can ask questions if needed, also note it is 24/7 as members are from all around the world.
There is so much to cover on what you get, too much to state here so you can check it out here and will show you the differences between the three.
When you are motivated and inspired by what you receive you can simply fill in the details and get started straight away.
Therefore, what is the cost to join Wealthy Affiliate?
For starter members, as I said, it is free to join, no credit card is required either.
To join, follow the prompts given to you from the link above.
All you do to join is, fill in a username, create a small profile about yourself, and add an image of yourself along with an email address.
Only Wealthy Affiliate will know your email address and any other private details when you fill in the details.
The starter membership is free, and the aim, as I said, is for you to see if this is for you.
For the premium version, you will only pay $49 per month or if you go yearly it would be $497 saving you a further $91 which works out to be nearly 2 months’ savings from the monthly cost.
For Premium Plus it is $697 yearly or $99 per month
By going yearly you are actually saving $491 per year compared to the monthly cost of
$99 per month.
The best method to pay is to create a free PayPal account then link that to your bank.
Once set up and you have completed all your details, payment is automatic via PayPal, so you do not have to worry about when your membership is due.
Yearly best Option
As you can see, going yearly is the cheapest method, and by going annually, you tend to be more committed to making your dreams come true.
Who knows, you could be the next super affiliate earning that trip to Las Vegas free.
Nevertheless, as I mentioned initially, this is not an overnight quick rich scheme to make money.
Dedication, focus, and forward action on your behalf, along with some hard work, primarily at the beginning stage.
As you apply and follow the training, you can become successful online. How much you can earn is up to how much effort you put into your website.
Remember, it is up to you how far and successful you become.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Although the training is at its highest, it is your action and responsibility for your success online.
Help is always there from the community members, along with the co-founders.
There is also a 24/7 real support team for premium members that generally respond within minutes of your request should you require added technical support.
Therefore, if this is for you and you want to become a successful affiliate marketer and find that financial freedom working from home online, this is for you.
To take action, refer to the last point below.
How to Get Started Now
I promise you will learn a lot; you have support and assistance from the members here and the super affiliate as well, and there is a lot to learn and a lot to gain.
Many members have also created some training of their own for you to benefit from, along with their experiences of how they became successful.
The choice is yours
What you need to think about is why and the reasons you want to be successful online.
Yes, having that added money is excellent.
Still, if you are only thinking about money, you will struggle.
The best way is to think of how you can be of service to others by promoting your website and offering your visitors; the money will come later.
The first point is to gain credibility for your website and then be found on the search engines for your future customers to see you.
If you cannot do that, the money will not happen; that is why we need to take out the money thinking; regardless of how important it may be and why we want it.
Focus on building a solid foundation to create great content for your readers and offer the best way to want your readers to want.
All else will fall into place.
Wishing you much success in all you do, and always remember to believe in yourself, enjoy what you do and keep going forward.
Giving up is not an option, but a choice that will determine if you are three feet from gold or give up when you are so close.
So if you are ready to learn, earn, and grow online, here is your opportunity to join now.
I will be on the other side to welcome you, and there will be an additional bonus for you should you take my offer and become a premium member within the first seven days.
The best way to get started here is within Wealthy Affiliate.
Be the success that you deserve to be
