Ever heard someone trash what they don’t know? I have and I tell you, those who are unsuccessful in their affiliate marketing efforts tend to fall into a very specific category. And today I want you to start to profit from affiliate marketing so you might like to pay attention!
This article was first published on August 25, 2018, and it received a lot of attention, then. Now, following the pandemic and more people facing joblessness, it is imperative than ever to take a look at your online options. Affiliate marketing is the easiest and least capital hungry to start with.
Whether you are promoting Amazon products, eBay or Selling e-products that you don’t create, you are an affiliate on a commission!
And guess what, you can profit from your affiliate marketing efforts faster than you imagine.
I hope you are not one of those people looking to find an easy system that requires little or no effort and yet produces quick results. A microwave-type product?
Sorry mate, it doesn’t exist!
Some people believe that there is a magic formula or magic pill that will make them rich overnight. This course of action almost always results in failure, frustration, and even anger.
Purely because it means leaving out crucial steps in building an affiliate marketing business. Or any business for that matter.
This applies to network marketing as well!
You can do very well as an affiliate marketer, but this does not mean it can be done without any effort.
There are actually many highly successful affiliate marketers who make five-figure incomes each and every month. How exactly do these super affiliates succeed where so many others fail?
What these successful marketers have in common is a willingness to work day by day to accomplish what they want. To test new ways and keep at it until they bear fruit.
If you are willing to learn and work at your trade smarter, there is no reason why you can’t be successful with affiliate marketing.
In this article, we will be looking into a couple of affiliate tactics that can boost your income and grow your commissions.
How exactly do these super affiliates succeed while so many others fail?
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If you wish to get started, promote or sell something for a commission on or offline, a blogger, an affiliate marketer, an online marketer, etc… I can tell you with a hand on my heart that the KG Affiliate Zone will give you the steps you need to get started at no cost to you.
I used to wonder, how do all these leaders and most of the successful people I know keep on growing and building success after success like clockwork?
And the answer I learned is – Affiliate Products. These allow you to recommend complementary products/services to what you offer or get started online.
For some, they’re subscription-based platforms where you get to learn “What Strategies Work Today” too. You get to be part of a wonderful community of top earners, happy to share their success hacks. We’ve been affiliate marketers for over 7 years now. Affiliate marketing was a game-changer for us and I highly recommend it to you too.
My 7 Favorite Tactics to Profit from Affiliate Marketing efforts!
#1. Ever tried Online Forums or Message Boards?
A high percentage of affiliate marketers don’t fully appreciate the value of online forums/message boards. And there are a few good FREE ones!
These can be a great way to spread the word about the product you’re promoting. They are a reliable means to network and promote your offers together.
These online platforms pre-date social media so most social marketers have no clue what they are about and so never utilize them. Obviously, the most popular online forum is warrior Forum and we did a full expose on Forum Marketing for you so you don’t have to scramble the inter-webs for scraps of info.
If done correctly, you will find it a treasure trove of info and marketing secrets you will never find on social media platforms like Instagram!
So if you are an affiliate marketer, looking to expand your network, this is as good a time as any to join online marketing-oriented forums. You’ll be in a great position to absorb knowledge from other affiliate marketers as well as from very successful marketers.
They usually post a lot of valuable information in the forums, which gives you an opportunity to learn from their mistakes. And test out their techniques.
Also, you’ll greatly expand your knowledge of marketing and get your own name out there. On top of that, you’ll be in a great position to form profitable business partnerships and find joint ventures.
Remember to view your affiliate business as a serious business, and with proper networking, you should have no problems growing it.
#2. Have A Unique web page for every affiliate product you promote.
Don’t heap all your affiliate products on just one website to save on domain names or hosting.
Create a separate product page for each product. Unique is easier to rank with the right long-tailed keywords. If you have no clue what this is, Download FREE our white hat SEO resource for your degree in that direction!
Now, you’ll stand out from all the other affiliates hawking the same affiliate page with just their unique identifier number…Not unique at all. No authority, No posture, Kapische?
Here is what else will happen then:
You will always have a distinct page for that and your other offers.
Rather than blatantly trying to promote all your affiliate offers on one page, create objective reviews that provide real information to visitors.
This is called pre-selling, the part that comes before selling. We did that for the Ultimate Branding Blueprint and the 3-minute expert these reviews bring in sales quite often because they rank in Google!
Once you capture the visitor’s interest, they are more likely to click on the product owner’s sales page, where the real selling is done, via your affiliate Link! ? #Boom
So, you see why having a specific page for your affiliate product is more powerful? It helps you to make money with affiliate marketing!
#3. Let’s Talk Testimonials & Social Proof
I know, I know, you haven’t made are results to shout about so now what? Well ever heard of an affiliate company without product and customer Reviews or Testimonials?
Who said anything about your own testimony?
Until you create your own success, you can borrow others, AS LONG AS YOU STATE SO.
How many times have you bought anything off Amazon or eBay without checking out customer reviews? I rest my case.
So, on your unique affiliate page, have a section or link to a testimonial page.
Every satisfied customer is a ray of light attracting others. So, you mustn’t forget to include testimonials from any satisfied customers. This is the glue that holds people to your page and gets them to buy. They think,
If other normal humans bought and got great results, how about me? #kerching…
Now even more excite g is YOUR own personal experience of the product you are promoting. Seriously you must be a product of the product. Why sell stuff you have No personal experience of? Some bloggers do that when a brand reaches out to them…
Don’t be that blogger! You will feel so natural and comfortable talking about that product and what it does from personal experience.
#4. How to Profit from Affiliate Marketing – Ask For The Sale
Also known as a Call to Action – (CTA)… Okay, imagine your mate comes to you excited…
Hey Syl, I just got hold of an amazing product I bought off Jane…you know I met Jane on facebook.
And you go: what product?
And your mate goes: oh you know I always suffered from acne and well I have been using this “Jam cotton” cream. In fact, I wanted to share this concept with you…
And your heart falls…WHY?
Because you have been promoting that “jam cotton cream” for the last 3 months but you didn’t tell your mate about it. Maybe because she is on the dole and you judged her ability to pay! Arrrgg bummer too bad!
So, it’s the same with having an awesome web page with no strong call to action asking for the sale…That call to action should hypnotize the visitor to take a look and click through to the main affiliate product site.
Keep in mind that if you want people to read your copy, you must get them interested right away by having a compelling headline.
All of your writing must be easily understood. Instead of writing long paragraphs, why not use bullet points, which can be read much more easily?
#5. Go for the Selling Product
Okay, some people think this is silly…I say hold on Jose!
See, promoting a proven affiliate offer is a simple and successful strategy for many.
It makes a lot of sense that a popular affiliate product is one that has quality and converts.
Most lazy affiliate marketers stay away from these offers because they think about the competition and how tough it may be.
Well, that is not quite the truth of the matter. If you’re properly approaching your affiliate marketing, then a high level of competition really helps you to know if the product will perform well for you too! I call this the Red Ocean!
This will greatly benefit you because you can skip over a lot of research and prep work. It’s not the best strategy to decide based on the level of competition. It may be low because it’s a loser.
We teach our clients to promote their Affiliate offers in the WeNation.
We also wrote a full article on How to make your first 1k/month online, you can read that here!
#6. That Traffic Getting huh!
No Traffic = NO sales. PERIOD
Whether you decide to go for Social media traffic, Paid Traffic, or Organic SEO traffic, you still NEED a lot of that sweet stuff to make sales. And it better be targeted or again No Moolah.
We have touched on Traffic in various posts one of the top ones being our article on Free Untapped Traffic Sources. Go read it so you never sit there twiddling your thumbs wondering where traffic sits.
Mind you if you aren’t using Pinterest for mob traffic juice you need your head checking…But we will save you that pain and point you to a comprehensive article on “Why Pinterest for Your Business.”
I always say DIY is the most expensive as the price is Your Life = Time Spent finding a nugget from the Freemium! So, don’t spend your life, rather Invest your time to free you to live your life. Get some training under your belt.
don’t spend your life, rather Invest your time to free you to live your life.
You need to understand and know how you’ll be getting targeted traffic to your various offers. Experienced internet marketers already know that some marketing techniques are more successful than.
So, it’s important that you know how you’ll be marketing your offers. And with a head start shared in the resources above, you better believe it that 3 months down the road you will profit from affiliate marketing more.
It is not recommended to use a shotgun approach to marketing. Also, chose just one marketing method, work, and master it until you are successful. Then try a different one if you want.
For instance, we focused on Pinterest Marketing and we know just how to work it.
Many marketers have difficulty because they lose focus, they try everything. They are like a disco-ball, throwing out lots of light, but not lighting anything enough! Try being like a laser beam i.e. one strategy until successful.
Traffic will be an integral part of your affiliate marketing campaign and this is why it’s necessary to identify a source that works for you and your niche and stick to it.
Many marketers have difficulty because they lose focus, they try everything.
#7. Free Reports Still Attract
A simple technique that we have used since we learned it way back is to help others out as a strategy i.e. contribute to your marketing by giving away free reports…
Creating free reports, e-books, and Downloadables is pretty simple and you can do so with this resource.
You can spread the word about your affiliate site and products by making free reports available to the public. This in turn means more people become aware of your product/service than ever before. You are giving away value and educating your audience at the same time!
Your Free report will accomplish this:
You have the chance of being recognized as an expert and you can warm them up to your affiliate product inside of the report!
A free report that can’t be found anywhere else is priceless. If even one free report is well received it can be circulated to people around the globe. Extremely popular reports become so by being liked by many people that eventually distribute them for you. Loads of free traffic to your offers is as simple as creating a viral report.
But you won’t know what free report will go viral unless you start creating them today!
Conclusion
Finally, learn to do things the correct way and affiliate marketing can help you create an enviable job replacing residual income.
Also, remember that the Internet changes fast, so there will be new trends and tactics that come out. It’s vital that you are focused on what’s working for you, while keeping a peripheral eye out for changing trends.
And know that affiliate marketing may be new to you, but tens of thousands of people have used it to excel. It’s just a matter of getting the correct information. And we share that inside of our Private Club where you will learn just what works and zone in on what works even more for YOU! Check it out and take attest drive for a month here!
Have you got value from our expose of the How you can Profit from Affiliate Marketing faster than your fellow affiliates? If so, do feel free to share with someone else who may find it useful esp. Share on Facebook…
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To your Abundance
Live. Learn. Love
Julie Syl Kalungi

Creator of “The Affiliate Jetset Academy”.
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When I have a breather, I will have to revisit and read and assimilate and work this through again as I need to get my affiliate marketing off the ground.
Thank you for sharing your links with us at #282 SSPS Linky. See you again next week.
I haven’t tried affiliate marketing but it is something I’m considering.
Thanks for sharing this.
Veronica Lee @ ofmiceandramen. blogspot. com
Keep us posted Veronica, on your Affiliate Marketing progress.
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Julie Syl
Informative and very helpful article. Great tips. I will definitely going to implement these tips. I have bookmarked it for future references. Thanks for sharing such an valuable article.
Hey Henry,
Feel free to reach out for more juice on Pinterest Marketing. We have a whole category on Pinterest alone and a Full course for those driven to zone in faster! 🙂
Awesome tips that I am proudly sharing with my group.
Thanks Dr Elise,
So good to see you on here and thanks for sharing 🙂
Julie Syl
I haven’t done anything with affiliate marketing but it is something i have on my mind. Thanks for this detail article.
You are most welcome Chichi 🙂
Aw, this was a really nice post. In idea I would like to put in writing like this additionally – taking time and actual effort to make a very good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and by no means seem to get something done.
hey Krin,
Procrastination is one of the wiles of your dark side, you gotta fight it, Affiliate marketing can pay for that thing you desire to have in your life…give it a focused go! 🙂
Hi
Julie,
Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to earn handsome revenue online. Selling affiliate products online is not an easy task. It is very hard to grab someone’s attention to purchase your affiliate products. There are many things to do to increase affiliate sales. Here, I have learned a lot of new tricks about affiliate marketing which include using online forum and creating a separate product page for each product. I like the idea about including a testimonial page on affiliate page and yes, it will help in satisfying a customer in a right way to make a sale.
Great point we need to focus on one marketing method to work until we are successful. The tips provided in this post is surely going to be helpful in increasing affiliate sales.
Thanks for sharing this post with us.
Have a great day.
Praveen Verma
Heya Praveen
You are most welcome and thanks for your insights.
Indeed Affiliate marketing is a beautiful business model and we can help a lot more people globally get what they too need with our digital resources. So yes We love it.
It is not hard to gran someone’s attention with facebook giving us Live video to showcase what we do, know and can help others with, and with your blog, it gets even better! Posture + Targeted Service = Income 🙂
Make is a fab day too
Julie
Thanks for these tips. I have yet to work on affiliate marketing. I haven’t really touched on it but I better.
hey Wendy,
Affiliate marketing is a great way to create an extra income a residual one if you chose right and help others access what they need too!
A beautiful business model. we love it. 😉
I utilize affiliate marketing, but definitely not to the fullest. Creating a page for each product seems like so much work!
This is a really helpful article indeed. I learned a lot of new things about affiliate marketing and what it can do for my business!
Heya Elizabeth,
yes affliate marketing has truly saved many a life and family in income generation 🙂
I did affiliate marketing for years, but eventually got burnt out by it. However, I still dabble in it every now and then. These are excellent tips!
Hi Lesha,
I imagine affiliate marketing can get old if you arent getting much from it. Most YouTubers are in that space. But If you follow some basic principles of marketing stated here you will get your affiliate marketing mojo going
As a newbie blogger, I never considered so many aspects of marketing. Reading through I have new ideas going ahead. Thanks a lot!
Hi Sreekar,
Glad you got some new ideas 🙂
Affiliate marketing is something I’ve not quite got into as much as I don’t always remember using affiliate links especially on social meda. It’s something I need to spend a bit more time on x
Hey Rhian,
Affiliate marketing is as easy as sharing value, helping people with a solution to their problem and referencing your solution for long term relief 🙂
I hardly understand anything about affiliate marketing. Though I have good instagram followers and good blog reach it seems tough to me.
Hi Moni,
Affiliate marketing is so much what most bloggers end up doing. aka Selling other people’s products for a commission. You probably do it too. Just look at it differently
Hi Moni,
You probably do Affiliate marketing. as long as you sell anything for a commission online, you are an affiliate 🙂