One of the first ways I began to make money was through affiliate marketing. With affiliate marketing, when someone purchases a product that you promote, you receive a commission. The benefit is that all you have to do is drive traffic. You do not have to create a product or provide support for the product. It is not as easy as it might appear, however. Read more to find out the best way to quickly become a profitable affiliate marketer.

1. Beginners Guide to
Affiliate Marketing
Norene Broyton

2. Beginners Guide to Affiliate Marketing – The
Shoestring Marketer
One of the rst ways I began to make money was through a liate
marketing. With a liate marketing, when someone purchases a product
that you promote, you receive a commission. The bene t is that all you
have to do is drive tra c. You do not have to create a product or provide
support for the product.
Drive Traffic —> Person Purchases —> You Earn a Commission
Beginners Guide to Affiliate Marketing – The Shoestring Marketer

3. Beginners Guide to Affiliate Marketing – The
Shoestring Marketer
You can nd products in whatever niche you are interested in. Whether it
be health, hobbies, making money from home, gol ng, etc., there are
product creators who o er a liate commissions. The easiest way to nd
these products is to go to your favorite search engine and search for niche
+ a liate program. It is certain that you will nd many vendors looking for
affiliates.
What Affiliate Products Should You Promote?
Many marketers will promote whatever is hot, trending and promises a
large commission. I feel that it is important to promote with integrity. I
urge my students to promote only products of value and the only way to
know for sure is to buy the product or ask for a review copy. Until you have
seen the product yourself, you have no idea if it is quality or not.
I also only promote products that make sense to my audience. I know what
it is like to create a business on a shoestring budget. Every product I
promote must pass the shoestring marketer test. Is it quality? Does the
value far exceed the price? Will it help my followers move closer to their
goals? If the product does not pass this test, I will not promote it.
How to Find Products to Promote
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4. Beginners Guide to Affiliate Marketing – The
Shoestring Marketer
Affiliate Marketing Commissions
Depending on the product and the vendor, the a liate marketer can earn
anywhere from 4% (typical a liate commission for an Amazon product) up
to 100%.
Why would a product creator give an a liate marketer 100% of the
purchase price? Many product creators realize that having an email list of
people who have bought a product is worth far more than an email list of
people who were simply seeking a free gift. Second, a product creator
might give 100% commissions on the front end product, but then make the
lion’s share of money in the backend, or upsell to the product, all the while
attracting affiliate marketers with the 100% commission on the front end.
As a shoestring marketer, I love a liate marketing because it can be done
on the cheap. Marketers can promote products through free means such
as Facebook pages and groups and YouTube videos. The biggest downside
of a liate marketing is that 1) it can be di cult to start if you do not know
what you are doing and 2) you are not able to get the email addresses of
the people who buy the product. This means that everyday you are starting
from scratch. You get a commission, but the product owner gets the buyer
on his email list.
Until now….
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5. Beginners Guide to Affiliate Marketing – The
Shoestring Marketer
Learn From The Best
Whether you are learning a new sport, or skill, the fastest way to become
good is to hire a coach or study the experts in the field.
When it comes to a liate marketing, two of my favorite a liate marketers
are Mike Thomas (mikefrommaine.com) and Brett Rutecky
(brettrutecky.com). They promote internet marketing products through
video reviews. Mike interviews product owners and Brett reviews the
product directly. Both marketers are thorough and ethical; they provide the
information necessary to make an informed decision without the hype.
Both Mike and Brett are also product creators. Brett is a software
developer and his software products are always top notch. I have
purchased them all. Both Mike and Brett are tremendously invested in
helping other marketers. Their products, in addition to being useful in their
own right, also have an extra element to help internet marketers even
further.
How cool is that?
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6. Beginners Guide to Affiliate Marketing – The
Shoestring Marketer
A liate Trax – The Complete A liate Marketing
System
Their newest product, A liate Trax, is a complete money making system.
Yes, really. It provides the purchaser 1) software to track affiliate
commissions. With this software you can see who has bought, how often
each person refunds (are they a serial refunder?), which products sell the
best, the refund rate of the product (does the vendor produce good
products?) and more. With this type of intel, you can zero in quickly to what
types of products your list is interested in, and which product vendors
produce the best quality products.
A liate Trax also provides 2) full a liate marketing training for those who
are new to this aspect of making money online. Even seasoned marketers
will nd information that will increase sales and pro ts. Brett and Mike
both currently make 30K per month with affiliate marketing.
Think maybe they have something to teach?
A liate Trax also allows the purchaser to 3) sell 25 copies of this product
as their own. This means that in addition to learning how to become an
a liate marketer from two of the best in the business, they will also give
you the opportunity to be a product owner without having to create a
product or provide support for that product. Awesome!
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7. Beginners Guide to Affiliate Marketing – The
Shoestring Marketer
To me, however, the best part of A liate Trax is that 4) the software
captures the buyer’s software for the affiliate marketer! Sweet! You promote
a product, the person buys and you get BOTH the commission and the
email address. You automatically begin to build up a buyer’s list!
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8. Beginners Guide to Affiliate Marketing – The
Shoestring Marketer
This is shoestring marketing at its nest! So the best beginners guide to
a liate marketing PLUS the best tracking software for a liate marketing,
PLUS the best and perhaps only software to capture the email addresses
of those you promote to — can be found in this one, outstanding product:
Affiliate Trax by Mike and Brett.
Since I purchase every product that I promote, if you buy A liate Trax and
have questions about the best way to go about using it, feel free to contact
me!
Beginners Guide to Affiliate Marketing – The Shoestring Marketer