AFFILIATE MARKETING STARTUP WITH GOOGLE BLOGGER - HOW AND WHERE TO START
Introduction
AFFILIATE MARKETING STARTUP WITH GOOGLE BLOGGER - HOW AND WHERE TO START is a great topic. I am David Au from Toronto, Canada, a grandpa with kids and grandkids. We all stay home during the global pandemic with no more gatherings, activities, and no games with friends. I enjoy surfing the Internet and exploring Youtube and TikTok videos. There is a lot of good stuff. You name it. It is there. Nowadays, money comes and goes electronically fast. A big question hung in my mind on affiliate marketing. Are they true? Why not give it a try? During the two years, I have read and watched affiliate marketing stuff repeatedly, trying to find more and figure out what is happening in the affiliate market. Can grandpa, in the golden years, make some affiliate money? I created a new blog, 'Affiliate Marketing Startup with Google Blogger, with this humble idea. '
Who is my audience?
Well, AFFILIATE MARKETING STARTUP WITH GOOGLE BLOGGER - HOW AND WHERE TO START is created for:
- people who search the Internet to learn more about digital marketing
- people who have just started building a blog for interest
- people who want to develop a digital online store for their products
- people who want to learn online business
My friends, stay tuned as I post the updates here, keeping you informed along my affiliate marketing journey and sharing what I have learned and applied. I am pleased to share with you guys on the affiliate Highway 401. It is great to meet you online.
Today, let us walk through the what, where, and how of affiliate marketing using some free and essential online tools primarily. The Internet offers plenty of possibilities for making money as extra income. You would agree that today's technology makes it easier to make money at home and even on holiday in the resort.
Table of Content
- What is Affiliate Marketing?
- What's the difference between Advertiser and a Publisher?
- Advertiser (merchant)
- What and where is a Niche Market?
- What and where are the Platforms?
- Who are the Merchants?
- How does affiliate marketing work?
- Which Products to Promote?
- How to Start a Promotion?
- What are Keywords?
- The Pros and Cons of Affiliate Marketing
- Why use Google Blogger for affiliate marketing?
- Conclusion
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Now let us touch on the business model that may make extra income. I am referring to affiliate marketing here. Affiliate marketing means selling goods and services from other persons or companies who we call merchants. These merchants provide the products and commission to you (affiliates) upon your successful deals. It is similar to a front store making a profit by selling products from the merchants.
What's the difference between Advertiser and a Publisher?
As I signed up for a free CJ (Commission Junction) affiliate account at www.cj.com, I am the affiliate earning commissions. This is what CJ refers to as a publisher.
If you become an affiliate (also known as the publisher), you can do a lot with this free publisher account keeping in mind that there are rules to maintain. The Publisher Service Agreement (PSA) you agreed to when signed up. You must also strictly observe the stated terms and conditions of the advertisers (merchant) that you promote.
Advertiser (merchant)
Advertisers are called merchants by some affiliate programs. They are part of a paid program and have a contractual agreement. In short, advertisers pay fees to merchants (e.g., Amazon, CJ, Clickbank) and pay publishers (affiliate) commissions for successful transactions that originate from your marketing/promotional efforts.
Affiliate marketers make money as the middle man like the front store but do not carry inventory or delivery. You do not have to do accounting and bookkeeping. You make the commission as your profit upon the successful transactions. That is the extra income. Affiliates focus on promoting the products and connecting with the customers. Commission rates vary according to different products and merchants. Refer to the individual merchant for the detailed rate.
What is a Niche Market?
A niche market is a unique section of the big marketplace. It is incredible but small. The big boys overlook it as they focus on the big market. Examples organic food, underwater cameras, race bikes, vegan products, nostalgic photography, antique cars, motor racing, space travel, luxurious cruise, adventurous tours, quality life, luxurious life, hybrid vehicles, plugin cars, etc. The list goes on. When using your niche market, people relate to their experience, learning, gender orientation, passion, health, age, and personality. Here are a couple of examples for choosing a niche market.
- An energetic young man loves cycling. He cruises on the road every day on his bike for hours as his routine exercise. He has Fun with that, and he wants to join the bicycle tournament. He simply falls in love with his bicycle. This young man could choose race bicycles as a niche market if he goes into affiliate marketing. He can go selling race bikes online. He can source from Amazon or Aliexpress and sell via such platforms earning money as deals are done.
- A middle-aged vegan lady can sell vegan food through Amazon. She can also sell vegan digital products such as e-books and e-manuals from Clickbank, making commission money with successful deals.
Before starting any marketing activity, research is essential. Doing plenty of research would ensure better success. Take your time choosing our niche. It is better to do our research thoroughly rather than make a rushed decision.
What are the Platforms?
Amazon
Amazon is a massive platform with 200 million visitors per month. She has 2.5 million sellers. The product ranges cover lots of well-known commercial brands and digital brands. Here, access more information regarding marketing the Amazon products with your website.
Commission Junction
Commission Junction is also known as CJ. She has 70,000 publishers selling big-name commercial brands as well digital brands. She carries thousands of brands.
Shareasale
Shareasale is fast-growing, with 16,500+ merchants, 225,000 publishers, and 182 million sales in 2020. Join and sign up with Shareasale. A watch chair in your backyard from this platform.
Who are the Merchants?
Which and how to choose your merchants? There are plenty of merchants from the platforms I have mentioned above. They are reputable multinational platforms. Therefore sourcing suitable merchants is not a problem at all. Choose the names we know and are a family with. Make use of Google search, Youtube search, and Amazon search. They help as they give more insight for us, making our decision more accessible and better.
Which Products to Promote?
There are thousands and thousands of products. You must find the most potential and suitable matches for your niche market. Before selecting your products to promote, search relevant information for the top 10 ranking products with the following free search tools:
- Google Search
- Youtube Search
- Amazon Associate Search
- Commission Junction Search
- Shareasale Search
Choose the top sellers related to your niche market and promote them. It would save a lot of your time, and it works much better than just choosing randomly from the top of your mind. Below is an example:
I like a quality life. To help me live this quality life, I need to make extra money on my retirement pension. I like the concept of making money and online business. I joined Clickbank and became her affiliate selling digital products. As an affiliate member, I access the Clickbank affiliate dashboard to choose my selected product among hundreds of products to sell online. I set the following filters on the dashboard: language, countries, physical book & upsell, recurring, and e-business. Here go the shortlist of products from which you can choose to promote. Each product has two links. One is the product landing page link for the prospect, and the other is the affiliate link for the affiliate information. I selected the landing page link and then promoted the link in my blogs and videos. Now we come to the crucial part: how to promote the product.
How to Start a Promotion?
The merchants provide affiliates with good tools for their promotion. They are in the affiliate dashboard. There are other free resources for promoting traffic to your product-related website. They are the social media, and they are:
What are Keywords? How do they work?
You need to have the "product title" and "product description " when promoting your product." Use keywords in the title and description. Search engines need such keywords to find your websites, and these keywords should be targeted and relevant to your selected topic. They want well-targeted and relevant keywords. Here to more details regarding keywords in heading 1, heading 2, and Heading 3.
You can check out the top-ranking keywords by going to some popular sites and right-click your mouse there. You can see the source code there and the keywords used. Now you can borrow their ideas. It helps a lot. . Find your relevant keywords from this free tool. Another tool is also handy for writing our advertisements. It is the swipe file. It is beneficial if you need some examples to help you write your own advertising and call to action messages.
Youtube
Go to Youtube.com and signup for an account. It is easy to join, and it is free. You can upload your own videos and other people's videos with this account. Give a name under the title for each video and brief information under the description. You can include a link to promote your website/product in this area.
For example, this link to Freelance Pay Cheque" is a digital product from Clickbank, and when people buy through this link, I get some commission.
Youtube #Shorts
Shorts are now in the beta version. It offers a $100 million fund from 2021 -to 2022. It is time to join as it is free. Here people do not have any requirement to join. People do not need 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours of watch time per the Youtube (regular) requirement. It is easy to join, and everyone can share the Youtube #Shorts fund.
Discover, buy and sell goods with Facebook Marketplace. FB Marketplace is an e-commerce platform that connects sellers and buyers through meaningful interactions and unique interests. People can post their affiliate links to Facebook, the enormous social media where friends connect. Come here to visit me via Facebook.
People can automatically upload videos from their cellphones to Instagram and post them to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. It is cool. It helps boost traffic to your vlogs, blogs, and websites.
You are welcome to visit me on Instagram.
Blogger
With Blogger, I have created several blogs. Some for Fun, some for Google Adsense, and some to promote my affiliate programs. It is straightforward to use, and it is free. Come and visit me at:
