10 Feasible Channels of Affiliate Marketing for Beginners

 

With the deepening of the internet and digital marketing techniques, there are now practically no limits to the channels of affiliate marketing out there in the internet. Affiliate marketing beginners can always choose the channels that best suit them and are capable of helping them to get good revenues. Some affiliate marketing channels are characterized by short-term revenue capabilities like sharing affiliate links on social media for instance. While there are others such as building destination websites that are suitable for earning sustainable revenue for the long term. 

Experienced professionals however advise that beginners should not unduly limit themselves though. They can do well even if they choose to mix and match affiliate channels to create a stream of revenue with seasonal highs and lows.

Following are some 10 viable channels beginners can take advantage of and become good affiliate marketers:

1. Websites and Blogs: No matter how you design your website/blog, you can use affiliate links as tools, solutions, and complementary banners in the sidebar of the site. Most websites/blogs by design are topically niche sites, reviews sites, or how-to guides. All are suitable for affiliate links as tools to attract clicks to the products/services you are marketing.

2. EBooks and Courses: If you have the knowledge and expertise, you can write eBooks and use affiliate links on them. You can also design and sell a course that mentions a product, software, or service and use affiliate links on it too.
 
3. Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Ads: You can carefully search and locate affiliate programs that allow for running PPC ads. This is very important because not all affiliate programs do. To be on the safe side, if it is not clearly stated on the TOS rules of the program, make sure you obtain permission first from them to run PPC ads. Ask the program managers if direct linking or landing pages are required to do so. Without this permit, you risk getting removed from the program and the commissions you’ve earned reversed.

4. Social Media Advertising: You can leverage the wide reach of social media to gain huge coverage for your products/services. If you market on social media by running ads and posting affiliate links, it can profitably help to increase your reach. Your own following in combination with the followers of those following you help to make this process workable if they diligently share your posts to their own followers. If your following is large and engaged, boosting your own posts through the ad platform is some form of paid social media marketing that works well.
 
5. YouTube: YouTube remains the powerhouse of video content marketing. It is one of the top ways affiliates earn income. Many users usually come to YouTube to learn how to do something through videos. These how-to, well-crafted and high quality videos can become great marketing tools if they carry affiliate links in their description. Some of the videos are also used for product comparisons and reviews. You can thus make money with the affiliate links in the description and vanity codes in the videos.

6. Subscriptions: If you like to sell sports bet predictions or horoscopes, do paid marketing or professional newsletters, or even manage a subscription box; you can incorporate affiliate links to your products/services into them and earn income from subscriptions.

7. Newsletters and Email: Email marketing may be “old school” but it is still a very effective online marketing tool. What you really need is to carefully build a responsive email list and you are good to go. With this list, you can easily share relevant and timely communications/newsletters with your recipients. You can easily give your recipients discounts info, promos info and even deals on products they would need at the moment. Your email list is thus quite a valuable marketing asset you can depend on to earn money online by way of affiliate marketing.
 
8. Partnerships and Co-Branded Campaigns: You can explore the strategy of partnering with brands to promote each other with direct links or affiliate links. This you can do through blog posts, email blasts, co-sponsoring a giveaway on a third-party influencer/blogger site. By this arrangement, you can easily reach other wider audiences, track your results diligently and generate income through affiliate links. By the time you have impressive marketing stats; you can leverage these results to build larger partnerships. You get more and better marketing results doing so.

9. Product Reviews: If you have the skills, knowledge and expertise, you can be reviewing products in written content, on videos, and on social media. If you have your affiliate links on the content, it can become a great way to earn income.
 
10. SMS, Short Message Service: SMS through your smartphone and other smart devices can also be great for affiliate marketing. Just like email list, if your SMS list is responsive, you can get an audience that clicks and shops and you earn commissions. Bear in mind that most smartphone users tend to be younger. You can therefore craft and tailor your SMS messages to match your audience with the right products/services factoring in the right timing and season.