Affiliate marketing the most basic way to go for a beginner?

May I ask why create a new e-mail address?

@Mel. I'm done I've got a product to promote plus a domain and hosting. What's the next step?

That is a kinda easy, no-brainer, too-good-to-be-true step you just gave the fellow. You'll make a good teacher, u knw. Ordinarily, online marketing should give any newbie the chills, just like maths to students. Lol.

OK Bartoss, Sorry I couldn't get back sooner...

Ok... I had you pause there because from this point there are a lot of different things you can do... basically you are going to "build" and "promote"... both of which have options:
I'll give you the EASIEST way...

YOU SHOULD MAKE $$ DOING THIS:

'Building':
You can redirect the domain name you just bought, directly to your affiliate link. (no 'website' building involved!)
PRO: easy. fast. the affiliate site is already built, and your domain name will take the customer there...if they buy, you get paid. so simple.
CON: You are not capturing any leads onto your own "list" of people interested in that type offer. Those leads are potential future purchases.
-- For now, just do the redirect... call your domain name provider on the phone; they will walk you through what to do. Later (after you have made a buck or two & got your feet wet)... we can get into auto-responders and squeezepage site-building (the beginning of your cash-sucking-funnel.):confused:

'Promoting":
Go to Trafficguyser (.com). Watch the intro vid... sign-up for $1... from here, follow what they tell you about creating a promo video with your domain name in it, and then submit that video and lookout! Build another and submit it too, and again... do it a few times.

- Your video(s) will be everywhere, promoting your "website" (actually just domain)... That "website" instantly redirects to your affiliated page, which pays you when people buy.

I hope you do this!

-if you build a halfway decent video and your product is a good converter... then you will make money. GL!

** You can change the affiliate product link you 'redirect' to as often as you want.
-This is a good way for you to cheaply test different products in the same niche. find the one that converts best. :rolleyes:

(PM me with the link to the product you chose and the domain you bought... I'm also curious who you got it through!)

Hope this helps!
Enjoy... this is just the beginning!

-Mel Kryger

I think that's great advice.

Don't just do it... put together a very simple plan and then stick to it. The experience and learning curve to get started as an affiliate is less than as a product creator.

You have to focus on driving traffic to your site - ideally capturing it and building a list - and converting it into sales by getting clicks on your links.

One of my biggest mistakes as an affiliate was expecting too much too soon. Instead of scaling things after my first few sales I'd move onto something else (a different model or niche) instead of sticking to it and master it.

Good luck!

I definitely think that, owning a product is the BEST "position" to be in... as far as earning money online. But even "owning" a product does you no good if you do not know how to get people to buy it... so... whereas I do consider it the best position to be in, I think it is a position that most people have to transition into. I think this transition comes from the marketing side of the "create & sell" model.

I noticed the first part of my post (#3 this thread) is missing ** I wonder what happened? Did I accidently DEL? ** well, I meant to include something like this:

--'Yes, affiliate marketing is the easy 'door' in to making money online. Even the big name guys you'll soon be learning about/from who have products that they own... ALL AFFILIATE MARKET... they send solo ads and ad swaps and build mini-sites, and portals, and niche blogs, and membership sites... the point is that "you gotta start somewhere." Lets show you an easy method to get you started:'--
(or something similar to that)
-----------
Look,
You can "create" or "own" or "sell"... but to make killer money, you have to combo them up and do all three, but it is a progression from the bottom to the top. I sell. I own (paid for creation). I am trying to create... I am not on "top" yet but I am trying and my first dabble at this had me uploading php files for squeeze-pages and manually submitting articles,a lot harder to do than what i layed out here... (I plan on showing you that stuff next Bartoss & everyone else!)

**Yes, I purposely kept the "tutorial" simple and did not hold Bartoss's hand (so-to-say) for his own good... and I believe the method I revealed here is good for anyone... beginner or middle (like me) or advanced, I mean who doesn't promote affiliate offers with videos--- maybe people who do not make money? =IT GETS RESULTS...
...IT IS NOT THE ONLY WAY... and in a comprehensive strategy it is just one small part... but it is sooo easy to do, and to explain without stepbysteping too much.

... I also did not want to dump every shred of IM knowledge I have into a post in the main discussion! (this is starting to feel like I need to tag WSO on these posts!! LOL)

EVERYBODY:
Go Make a few bucks easily, and reinvest into something more risky or complicated or scaled up. Each step of the way learn how to do something new or learn how to bring systems together in new ways... doing that will grow youe=r business and increase your revenues.

to Bartoss: I can't wait to hear about your success!
to anybody-else: do this & make some easy money

I hope you find this post useful.

-Mel Kryger

Hey Bartoss,

Thanks for the kind words.

No cc? well then keep that strategy in your pocket until you do...

-Let's try something else...

But first, to address your question about starting a blog:

Blogging can be a VERY powerful income stream... and though, they are easy to build, there are a lot (I mean A LOT) of ways to go about it.
... as far as the BEST way to go... it could be. However, you will still need to "promote" your blog...
*** The idea of making money online is appealing to many because it caries with it: the possibility of making money in your sleep... THIS ONLY HAPPENS with certain promo strategies (THAT COST MONEY) or else you have to do some serious promotional work just to get noticed out there.

If you want to build a blog, you are going to need to get some training on how to build it, how to fill it with content, which plug-ins to use, what theme to use, get a link cloaker... and eventually, with enough content and GOOD KEYWORD SATURATION you will start to get traffic organically from search engines and such... without a credit card it might be hard to obtain that information...

------perhaps another Warrior can help you with this???-----------

For now, lets get you doing something else to promote your new affiliate link... this is FREE (and nowhere near as PROFITABLE as thousands of video llinks)...
** I picked this strategy for you especially, because it is akin to blogging!

Go to Squidoo (.com) and make a lens: it is like a mini blog! It is FREE!
First, check your competition... see what their self-defence lenses look like. Get some ideas from them, combine the best ideas into yours! Don't forget to put your domain name (redirected to your affiliate link) at the bottom.

There are a lot of "how to" build a 'squidoo lens' videos over on YT.

Now in order to promote that lnew lens, you are going to have to do some work...

1) Find forums about self defense, sign up to them and start engaging with the community. When the opportunities arise, promote your link to your squidoo lens (not your domain name redirect link) - at those forums.

2) Write a few articles about self defense. You will need to submit them to article directories with a link back to your squidoo lens.
*** If you do this and get to this point, PM me for my email address; then email me your articles: I will 'spin' them up and create a few more out of them, and submit them to a few 100 directories for you (using software that eventually you too will have, and a service that costs a monthly upkeep.) I'll do this for you once, to help kick-start your earnings.

Well, we just covered a lot... so good luck, and feel free to PM me with any questions.

You will succeed!

Mel Kryger