Do you have a following on facebook, Instagram, clubhouse, youtube or any social media platform? Then you have the basis of building an audience of people who are likely to follow your product recommendations.
The key to affiliate marketing is to build an audience of prospective buyers. People who if you recommend a product are likely to follow your recommendation and take a look at the product or service you are recommending.
It is then very simple to become an affiliate marketer. You simply sign up to an affiliate program for a product that you like. You may not realise how many products you use that offer affiliate programs.
Neflix, which many readers will recognise, had a strategy of growing its audience through affiliate marketing. Today, it no longer runs an affiliate program but its interesting to see how much growth was generated for the streaming service initially through affiliate marketing. Today, it relies on work of mouth and pay per click advertising.
Disney has adopted the same strategy by offering a small commission for each person who signs up through an affiliate link.
You then tell your audience about the product or service, provide them with your unique link to the product and point them in the right direction to buy the product.
The more you grow your audience, the more you are likely to make through affiliate marketing.