Can you be an affiliate without a website?
Yes, you can make money with
affiliate marketing without a website.
Here are 9 alternative methods to
make money online:
1.
Social Media
Channels: This option has the most choices for
affiliate marketers looking to make money online without a website or blog.
Social media channels include Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Twitter, Reddit,
Pinterest, Vine Camera, LinkedIn, Google+, Tumblr, Flickr, Meetup and
Classmates. Several of these platforms allow you to place your own affiliate
links on your posts, comments, and profiles. The key to this option is to know
the rules of marketing on each platform (by reading the guidelines and policies
on each) and following them to avoid ticking off the other users and worse yet
getting outright banned from them. Remember that you don’t own your social media
accounts, you’re simply a visitor. It’s OK to sell on some of these channels
but focus on being contributor first and adding value to the community before
asking for anything in return. And that’s where to hard work comes in. Only the
best contributors make the big affiliate marketing bucks when it comes to
social media channels.
2.
Email
Marketing: You don’t need a website to
sell products and services via email. Although having one does make it easier
to collect subscribers to your list. Regardless, if you have a list of
customers, prospects and fans you can pre-sell and send them to a third party
affiliate partner landing page that closes the deal for you. If done right,
email marketing will provide you with the highest return on your investment.
3.
Create A Video
Channel On Sites Such As YouTube: Making
your own videos is simple today and if you can create instruction videos,
tutorials, lessons and/or entertainment that your target audience would find
valuable they will find you. You can then post your affiliate links on those
platforms underneath the videos. It’s important to note that, depending upon
your market, you’ll likely find a lot of competitors that are trying to
accomplish the same thing.
4.
Revenue
Sharing Social Networks: The
revenue sharing content model started with sites like HubPages, but have grown
beyond just text-based-content since then to include Daily TwoCents,
Techulator, Tsu, GetGems, BonzoMe, Bubblews, RedGage and Persona Paper. This
model is not without controversy since many content contributors complain about
constantly changing payment models, payments lower than expected and problems
with late payments. Do your due diligence and read reviews and opinions from
users.
5.
Promoting
Affiliate Products Directly Via Paid Advertisements: Some Pay-Per-Click ad platforms allow you to create
advertisements that land directly on affiliate marketing websites. While on the
surface this sounds like the easiest way to make money online with the least
amount of effort that’s not necessarily true. The PPC game is extremely
competitive and requires near constant testing, tracking and tweaking to make
it profitable. But if you can find a winning combination of conversions and
income vs expense you can make a lot of money using this method.
6.
Blog
Comments And Forums: This old-school method can
still work but with all of the other options available is tough road to online
success. It involves simply posting comments and feedback on third-party blogs
and forums and using your affiliate link in your signature. It’s far from
effective and not a very good option today. Especially because most website
owners will quickly identify and delete any third party affiliate links since
they can cut into their own income.
7.
Create Your
Own Information Product And Promote From Other Platforms: Creating a simple ebook that offers valuable information on
a topic is still a great way to make money online. The key to success is to
choose a hot topic that people are eager to learn more about then create
compelling original content that sets you apart. You can embed your own
affiliate links into the ebook and even use it to start building your own
private list on your topic. You can sell your ebook on platforms such as
Clickbank and eBay or offer it as a gift or bonus on social media platforms or
topic-related third-party sites. If you’re lucky, and the information is very
good, it could go ‘viral’ and find its way all over the web in a relatively
short amount of time.
8.
Write
Reviews Or Snippets On Classifieds Websites: Classifieds
websites allow you to sell virtually anything online. The most well known is
Craigslist. But there’s also Yakaz, eBay Classifieds, Geebo, Recycler and
Backpage to name a few. Consider writing short information snippets and reviews
for affiliate products and posting them with your affiliate link. But like
everything else, make sure you know the rules in advance to avoid getting
banned from these sites.
9.
Retargeting: You’ve probably heard of retargeting before if you’ve been
part of the online marketing community for any length of time. Retargeting,
sometimes referred to as remarketing, is a type of online advertising that
allows you to keep your offers in front of ‘bounced’ traffic after they leave a
particular website. This is a very effective strategy since 97% of people who
visit a website for the first time, leave without making a purchase.
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