If you’re wondering what affiliate marketing is and how you can do it, this post has info you need to get started with affiliate marketing in 2020.

Get Started with Affiliate Marketing 2020

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Affiliate marketing means that you get paid to share products and services with other people. You'll be earning cash for recommending things you love and you easily integrate it into what you're already doing. You can do it with any market, any business, and any kind of objective.

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Starting affiliate marketing is not hard. To succeed, you just have to know how to share the right things with the right people at the right time. When you've got this down pat, you also need to be strategic with the products you choose to be an affiliate for. If the market is oversaturated and a ton of people are already affiliates for the same company, it will be a lot harder for you to make money.

So, keeping those things in mind, here are…

3 Tips to Get Started with Affiliate Marketing

1. Find products and services you already love

When you engage with a company that you currently use and love, affiliate marketing magic happens. It will be super easy for you to talk about why other people should love them since you already do! When you've got some companies in mind, look on their websites for info about their affiliate programs. If they don’t have one listed, shoot them an email and ask about it!

2. Create content that shares the thing

There are so many options here! You can create SEO-driven content like a blog post or Youtube video with great keywords that will direct people to the company. You can make Instagram and Facebook content or use an email newsletter or put links in Pinterest. Whatever type of content you want to make is totally doable! Brainstorm how you can fit the product into the content you're creating and go for it.

3. Drive traffic to your links

When your affiliate links are easy to find, people will click on them more often. So put those things everywhere. Link to them them on your website, in the description of Youtube videos, in your Linktree on Instagram or wherever people are already going or will be going and can click on them easily.

Woohoo! Now you have all the tools you need to start affiliate marketing. You’ve got this!