If you’re a brand new blogger you’ve probably been wondering how you can start making money with affiliate marketing. Most big affiliate marketing programs require you to have a ton of page views per month… which is something you just don’t have when you’re just starting your blog.
But, I’m here to show you that there are plenty of affiliate programs that don’t require massive page views to start making money. And if you promote them strategically you can start making money right away. What do I mean by promoting them strategically? Well, you should write blog posts that are truly valuable and naturally lead to your affiliate offerings.
1 | Start with Courses or an eBook
This is a great place to start your affiliate marketing journey. If you took a course or bought an eBook that you got amazing results with, see if they offer an affiliate program. You could write a case study style blog post that tells your readers all about the great results you got. Include your affiliate links throughout your post and watch the money roll in.
I offer an affiliate program for people that purchase my Manual Pinning Simplified eBook and I’m also an affiliate for a few eBooks and courses.
2 | Ultimate Bundles
I love the crew at Ultimate Bundles and the amazing bundles they offer! They provide so much value to their affiliates to make sure they succeed. You’ll find affiliate training, promotional materials (like social media graphics and email scripts) so you can easily get started promoting their bundles. Click here to learn more about becoming an Ultimate Bundles affiliate.
Writing a blog post is probably the most effective way to promote these bundles but you can get started right away by promoting the bundles on Pinterest. Click here to learn how to make your first affiliate sale in just 24 hours with Pinterest.
3 | Your Blog Hosting Company
This is a great option. Many hosting companies pay a pretty nice commission to bloggers that help them spread the word. Bluehost pays commissions as high as $75 when someone signs up for hosting through your link. SiteGround also pays anywhere from $50 to $100 to its affiliates. That’s a really nice chunk of change, right! Some bloggers are making thousands of dollars a month just by promoting their hosting company.
4 | BlueChic’s WordPress Templates
I love BlueChic WordPress templates (I actually use the Isabelle theme on this blog) but I haven’t gotten around to promoting my affiliate link for them. I have been thinking about writing a post that shows people how to set up a money-making blog. This would be a perfect place to promote my hosting company as well as the BlueChic WordPress templates.
5 | Amazon Affiliates
I have to mention Amazon because its one of the easiest affiliate programs on the planet. Just set up your account and you can instantly start promoting thousands of products on your blog. It’s perfect for food or lifestyle bloggers. For example: If you’re a food blogger and you have posts that reference cooking products (think a brand new Instant Pot), you can easily find a link to that exact product and link it up in your post for people to purchase. Or as a lifestyle blogger, you can link up some of your favorite products. Easy peasy!
6 | Pretty Links
This is an amazing WordPress plugin that will put your affiliate marketing on auto-pilot. Just like magic, Pretty Links can take all of your existing links and turn them into affiliate links. They also have a tracking dashboard where you can see up to the minute details on how your affiliate links are performing.
If you’re serious about making money with affiliate marketing you should definitely consider getting the Pretty Links plugin. Click here to check out all the benefits!
You just discovered 6 different ways you can start making money with affiliate marketing. Hopefully, this helps you get started on the road to monetizing your blog. Do you know of a great affiliate program that would be a great fit for new bloggers? Feel free to share it with my readers in the comments below.
Such a helpful and information post, thank you so much for sharing! I’m going to start implementing your suggestions today!
I’m so glad you found it helpful, Courtney!
This is amazing information, thank you so much! Going to get the Pretty Links tip right now 🙂
You’re welcome, Leanne! You’ll love Pretty Links ?
I have been following Pat Flynn’s site until I saw your site. Thanks for showing Yaro and Robb in your article. Great Work!!
Hi Kyla!
Interesting post. I’ve just found your blog in Google when I was looking for new affiliate programs. Everything depends on the niche you choose.
For example Amazon is not the best choice for my niche, but as you mentioned in this article it could be perfect for someone else. It gives you an access to millions of products, so you can make use of it.
I can recommend a Fiver affiliate program. It pays good commission. It’s good idea to promote something you already use, such as training platforms. I promote Wealthy Affiliate, where I have learned a lot and I know that platform is valuable.
As I said, everything depends on your niche and passion.
I’m like your article, and I’m gonna read more of your posts. I want to find something new that I can use. I wish you all the best and plenty of successes!
Kind regards,
Błażej