Affiliate marketing and having a following?
Today’s been a bit chilly compared to last Friday…
When the wife decided that the front lawn needed cutting.
Luckily enough I managed to escape that chore as my daughter’s boyfriend was here, lol.
I came across an interesting question today that someone was asking online…
Someone asked:
“Is it possible to replace my job with an affiliate marketing business without being an influencer or showing my face?
What are realistic outcomes for someone starting out.
I feel like affiliate marketing is only worth it if you have some sort of following…”
It’s not something I’ve really thought about when I started trying affiliate marketing.
I’d say…
Yes, it’s possible, but it will take WORK.
You don’t need to be an influencer or show your face.
But you do need a following of some sort if you want to build a long-term income.
You could create one of those faceless YouTube videos. Or write content and link to an affiliate offer.
A bit like I’m doing on social and linking out to an opt-in page…
Some years ago, I enrolled in a course on Udemy for affiliate marketing.
That taught the direct link method with ads for ClickBank products.
(It is quite good as well, and it’s still on there.)
It’s currently now listed on Udemy as a top-rated course.
Though when I did this, the main training was using Bing Ads.
And direct linking to an affiliate offer, with a small section on building an email list.
(Since I last looked at this, the course is now updated to include other traffic strategies.)
But the problem I found was finding a product on ClickBank that was going to convert well.
Most newbies expect the first product to convert right off the bat.
(Which we know is usually completely the opposite.)
I took this course in 2014 when it first came out on Udemy.
And I didn’t make any commissions from doing this.
In the free Facebook group, that was part of this course.
Quite a few people kept asking how long it’d take them to start getting some commissions.
That’s the thing with this strategy, it can take trying a few different products before you start and see any results, if any.
It’s one you must be consistent with and don’t mind spending on ads while you’re doing this.
But for me that isn’t a great strategy.
Nope, much better to build an email list and create a rapport with that list.
By offering them valuable and interesting content. And provide them with offers that you’ll think will help them.
Zaf.
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