10
Ways to Promote Your Affiliate Link
1. Quora Answer
If you’re an expert on a
niche and love helping others by answering questions then Quora is where you
gotta be. Affiliate links are strictly prohibited when commenting on a
question. But you can add a link to a landing page, blog post, or your website
and if it just happens to promote your affiliate offer then you can bypass this
rule. There are thousands of people needing answers to questions on Quora and
if you think your affiliate offer can actually solve their problem then
answering their questions and including a link for more info can easily get you
commission fast.
2. Reddit
Reddit is a very
tight-knit community that you definitely don’t want to be spamming with your
affiliate link. This will get you banned very quickly from the community.
However, if you provide the community with very valuable information and show
initiative that you are actually trying to help people then you should do just
fine. As with most communities affiliate links are strictly prohibited but if
you redirect users to a landing page with more info on your affiliate offer or
a blog post then you can bypass this rule.
3. Twitter
If you’re going to spend
the time to invest in social media then Twitter could still be a good
option. Every second, on average, around 6,000 tweets are tweeted on
Twitter (visualize them here),
which corresponds to over 350,000 tweets sent per minute, 500 million
tweets per day. So if you’ve heard Twitter is a dying platform you’re sadly
mistaken. It is still going very strong and is everyone’s favorite spot for
short, bite-sized content. Since you aren’t able to describe in great detail
what your Affiliate offer is all about because of Twitter’s character limit it
might be worthwhile to direct leads to a landing page for more info.
4. Blog Post
If you don’t already have a
blog with active users reading your content you need to jump on this right
away. Blog posts are one of the best ways possible to share an affiliate link.
They are easy to get started, affordable to set up and provide a ton of SEO
value to your site. If you blog about content that you’re an expert in, the
content is relevant to your audience and the content is not easily accessible
anywhere else then you’ve hit the trifecta. Over time your subscribers will
trust the free advice you’ve given them and will click your affiliate link to
purchase whatever you are suggesting will better their lives.
5. Website
If you’re serious about
building your personal brand online or growing an online business you have to
have a website. They can take a long time to grow and scale, but the pros
definitely outway the cons. If you don’t have a web developer on hand or have
web development experience there are lots of drag and drop options to get you
up and running in no time. Two things you’ll want to do to ensure your website
is successful and makes you a ton of Affiliate commission is:
- Capture email addresses (contact form, pop up, hellobar, newsletter form, blog subscribe form, etc)
- Create content to get your site ranking on Google (multiple informative pages, blog, FAQ, resource section, sitemap, etc)
6. Craigslist Ad
Craigslist is one of
the largest classified ad websites on the internet. Millions of people around
the world flock to Craigslist to view classified ads in their city every day.
It is also the perfect spot to advertise whatever product or service you’re
offering to potential customers. Craigslist does have a rule that no affiliate
links are allowed on the site. However, you can bypass this rule by funneling
leads through a landing page first that promotes whatever you’re trying to
sell. From there you can add multiple calls to action that link to your
affiliate website. Presto! You’ve got a free advertising platform to generate
thousands of leads to your affiliate link.
7. Email
Email marketing is one of
the most powerful marketing tools on the internet. Some sites say “email
marketing is dead.” This is so not the case. Email marketing is very much alive
and well. Don’t believe me? The folks at Salesforce found
out that “Email marketing has an average ROI of 3,800 percent. For every dollar
invested, the average return is $38.” Statista also
did research to find that there are currently 3.7 billion global
email users. This number is predicted to grow to 4.1 billion users by 2021. So
yeah, email isn’t going away anytime soon.
If you are able to add a
form to your website and/or blog to collect email subscribers this is as good
as gold for generating affiliate revenue. You obviously don’t want to spam your
users with irrelevant content that doesn’t matter to them because they will
unsubscribe in this case. Make sure to always segment your lists to ensure
you’re sending your emails to the right users that are likely to not just open
and read your email, but also click the affiliate link to your offer.
8. Facebook Groups
Facebooks groups are
communities on Facebook that revolve around a certain type of niche. If you’re
already an expert in a niche or just passionate about one you most likely are
already part of several groups of Facebook. If not you can easily join a series
of groups you’re interested in. Some of them are open for anyone to join and
others are closed and will require access from the admin for you to join.
Participate frequently in group discussions and aim to help as many community
members as possible with your expertise. Over time you can provide your
affiliate link to help solve users problems. Don’t spam the community with your
link otherwise, you’ll likely get banned. Always be authentic and put the
customer’s needs first.
9. Craigslist Ad
Craigslist is one of
the largest classified ad websites on the internet. Millions of people around
the world flock to Craigslist to view classified ads in their city every day.
It is also the perfect spot to advertise whatever product or service you’re
offering to potential customers. Craigslist does have a rule that no affiliate
links are allowed on the site. However, you can bypass this rule by funneling
leads through a landing page first that promotes whatever you’re trying to
sell. From there you can add multiple calls to action that link to your
affiliate website. Presto! You’ve got a free advertising platform to generate
thousands of leads to your affiliate link.
10. Landing Page
Landing pages are a
fantastic way to collect leads and further explain what your affiliate offer is
without having them bounce off the page. When you’re trying to get a lead to
focus on something and you have links and ads all over the place it’s hard for
them to focus. A well-designed landing page solves all these problems and
allows the lead to focus on only one call to action aka your affiliate offer.
You can link to your landing page on your website, blog, website ads, email or
just about anywhere. If the affiliate offer is rather complicated and you would
like to further explain what the offer is before allowing them to access it
then a landing page would be a great choice.
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