Are you active on social media now? Do your friends and family follow? You don’t have to be a celebrity with millions of followers (although celebrities do affiliate marketing). You can start your affiliate marketing efforts right where you are with your followers. You might not think of what you’re doing right now as starting your own affiliate marketing business, but it can be. Consider the following examples:
I (author Ted) have a friend who is active in posting about local events on Facebook. He posts about local road conditions (important in Alaska where roads can vary from good to icy in a matter of miles or minutes). He posts about local events and such because he is interested in the community and local events. Other people follow and respond to her posts, so she has a following of people who trust her.
Doesn’t that sound like exactly what an affiliate marketer is looking for in an audience? You want people you’ve built relationships with who know and trust you. Then you only need to make one minor change – one minor addition. Maybe there’s a product you’ve used and loved that would be of interest to your audience. Write a review and add your affiliate link to this product.
Keep the three-to-one rule in mind. Write three informative social media posts with an affiliate link for each post. You don’t want to turn off your audience by posting affiliate links too often.
Another friend is active in the gardening community. She posts notices about local farmers markets, items of interest to local gardeners, and items of interest to the sustainable food community (this is a big deal here in Alaska, where the food chain from the lower 48 is thousands of miles long and some Times subject to local weather conditions). Of course, these informative articles and notices are accompanied by affiliate links to gardening products that readers can purchase, earning the affiliate a commission.
I turned my love of travel into a website that offers great information along with my affiliate links. However, I know other people who love to travel and are active in posting information about their latest travels on social media like Facebook. Along with information about their personal experiences, they post tips and tricks: tips that save them money or local hidden gems that allow them to enjoy the area even more. had been. One such travel enthusiast who started posting out of his love for travel started earning an affiliate income by posting some ads from travel agencies and earning affiliate fees. There were also posts with affiliate links for travel related products.
Are you a new parent (or new grandparent)? Are you excitedly posting new baby pictures, your child’s latest achievements, and information about products you’ve found useful or new baby toys your child just loves? Turn your interest and passion into something that will also generate side income for you. Include your affiliate links for the products or toys you post about in your Facebook posts.
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