Easy Affiliate Marketing Formula For Total Douchebags

So, let’s not waste time with filler. You want to get started with affiliate marketing as soon as possible right? And you want to do it properly I assume? Good, here is how:

1) Find a Market

Don’t get too caught up with finding a market. There are 1000s upon 1000s of markets online, so really you just have to pick one. Ideally you want to look for these key things:

Are there many products already out there in the market? If so, this is good sign, means there is a market.

Are there many people selling in this market especially using pay-per-click advertising? If yes, this is good too, means that it is likely a profitable market.

Don’t be scared because of competition, this is a good sign. More often than not no competition means there is no market.

Here is how you answer these questions. Go to ClickBank.com and do a search in the marketplace for products. Let’s say you want to enter the home construction market, like ‘How to build sheds.’ Type in ‘Shed building’ and see what comes up.

Another way is to go onto Amazon.com. Are there many ‘How to build shed’ books or magazines?If so, this is a great sign.

Now, do a Google search for ‘Shed building’ or ‘how to build sheds’ etc. Do you see any paid advertising (shaded in yellow at the top or listed on the right side)? This means people are actively paying to promote such products indicating that it is a profitable market.

2) Find a product

Now that you know a market exists, it’s time to find a product and create your affiliate link. To make it easy, go to ClickBank.com and chose a product from the ones available in your selected niche. You can do this by doing another quick search in the ClickBank marketplace.

There are two approaches here to selecting a product: First, you can choose one at the top with a high gravity (which means it’s being promoted by many people and they are likely making sales). This means competition will be higher, but it also means it’s probably a proven seller.

The second approach is finding the sleeper product. These are products lower down on the list that are newer to the market, and therefore have low gravities. You can really clean up with these because the competition isn’t there yet, however, they aren’t necessarily proven winners.

Once you find a product it’s very easy to create your own personalized link. Just sign up to ClickBank (it’s free), follow the instructions, and create your hoplink (which is what they call your affiliate link).

3) Promote your product

Now that you have your link you can start promoting. There are many ways to do this. First, if you have some money kicking around you can try pay-per-click advertising. You can sign up to Google’s AdWords program and start immediately.

A free way would be article marketing. Write a quick article, 250-350 words, on a subject related to your product. At the end of the article add your ‘signature box’ which is a brief statement about your offer and your link.

These two methods are good enough to begin. You can expand as you go.