How To Monetize Affiliate Marketing Without a Website (For Beginners)

Here are 6 popular ways to monetize affiliate marketing without a website, and even if you are truly a beginner online.

There a many ways to make money online.

You start your own shop, sell your products on Amazon, publish an ebook or course, sell a service, do consulting, and everything in between.

But most of these have one giant caveat: you need something to sell. 🙂

And of course, coming up with a product, or a specific expertise someone is willing to pay you for, takes time.

Perhaps the quickest way to start an online business is to start doing affiliate marketing.

So what is affiliate marketing?

Basically, you get a cut for a referral of someone else’s services or products.

You are given a unique link, that looks something like this:

www.somewebsite.com/aff=12345

When someone clicks on your affiliate link, they are directed to the product website.

If you refer a visitor who ends up making a purchase or performing an action such as completing a form, you are given a commission.

It’s very simple.

Commissions vary depending on the price of the product or what the action was.

Some pay $1 for a lead, and others more than $1,000 for a high-ticket course.

When you think about it, affiliate marketing is a win-win for both the affiliate and the product owner. The product owner can gain access to an audience they couldn’t speak to before (your audience). And the affiliate doesn’t have to go through the hassle of creating, distributing and shipping a product.

If you want to get into it, I recommend looking at large affiliate networks like ClickBank, JVZoo, Commission Junction, Rakuten. There are thousands of them out there.

I’d also recommend you take a close look at my article on making affiliate marketing work. It will help you find the right offer and how to build the best funnel to maximize referrals.

Although there are a plethora of ways to make money online, affiliate marketing remains one of the most popular, easiest and most sought after method.

Wait, can I do affiliate marketing without a website?

Yes!

While building and maintaining a blog is the most common way that people launch themselves into affiliate marketing, there are still numerous alternatives to getting your affiliate links out there.

And this couldn’t be truer these days, with all the social media networks allowing you to grow an audience by adding content to your own channel or page while leveraging their traffic and Brand recognition.

If you want to build your website or blog from scratch, you’ll be faced with numerous challenges that you’ll have to overcome before you successfully establish a loyal audience that trusts you.

For a website to earn money affiliate marketing, it must be designed for maximum conversions so that it can strike the right chord with the audience being targeted.

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For this to be a reality you need a website that can attract and maintain the attention of a targeted audience.

And that’s hard to do when you are starting from a blank slate.

The most challenging issues you have to contend with when building a website are the time, money and effort it takes to design a great website and drive traffic to it

Creating and maintaining a website that has high traffic requires time and effort. You have to ensure the design is up to par and also need to spend a significant amount of time creating high-quality and relevant content that captivates readers enough to keep them coming back for more.

A successful website requires investing, effort and even a significant amount of money on tasks such as content creation, content marketing, web-design and search engine optimization. If you have no prior knowledge and experience in web development and technicalities of running a website, you will greatly benefit from alternative ways of doing affiliate marketing.

Who can earn money through affiliate marketing?

So what if you want to make money affiliate marketing without necessarily starting or maintaining a website? The great news is that you can definitely get a slice of the affiliate marketing pie through other means.

All you have to keep in mind is that the secret to success is to get your affiliate links in front of an interested audience-how method you choose to use is all up to you! That said, there are reliable ways you can do affiliate marketing without a website.

1. ClickFunnels

Developed by Russell Brunson, ClickFunnels has been up and running for over 3 years now. It essentially allows for the creation of different types of marketing funnels. A funnel refers to a series of pages which an audience easily navigates through to buy a product.

The ClickFunnels platform enables you to configure and create themes that suit the product or service you are promoting without the trouble of editing complicated codes and programming. This platform makes it remarkably easy to create high converting lead pages that can attract a large audience.

How exactly does ClickFunnels work?

Contrary to common misconception, this system is actually simple and straightforward. Instead of spending a lot of time and effort creating the perfect marketing campaign, you are offered convenient drag and click options. You are able to market through a sub-domain of ClickFunnels without any need to worry about using your own website.

Simply begin by choosing the best kind of funnel system to set up. There are currently 5 main funnels types available on ClickFunnels; sales, webinars, opt-in, launch and membership. The most beneficial funnel system is the custom which gives you the freedom to customize the perfect funnel using a combination of all the funnel types. Being an affiliate on ClickFunnels gives you an opportunity to earn up to 40% commission.

Some advantages of using ClickFunnels to do affiliate marketing include;

• You have an opportunity to reach a large audience whether you are a beginner or have been in the affiliate marketing game for a long time! Using ClickFunnels helps you easily create a complete, effective and advanced marketing sales funnel.
• You can start right away! You are able to start affiliate marketing even in you are only promoting one product. You have no website, no plugins and no autoresponder.
• Click Funnels are great in affiliate marketing because you will save money, frustration and time it takes you to build and maintain a website. It gives you a foundation to market without the headache of a lengthy design process.
• It is also the only complete, drag-and-launch funnel creator that gives the option to launch webinars, evergreen funnels and automated webinars that elevate your chances of reaching the audience you are targeting.

ClickFunnels simplify the whole process by creating a funnel that begins from landing page to the end whether it be an up-sell page, down-sell option or even a thank-you page.

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If you want more info on what is ClickFunnels, read this. Or watch this video:

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2. LeadPages

This is a web-based app that enables users to create both pop-ups and landing pages. This amazing affiliate marketing platform enables you to access over 144 professionally designed standard templates in addition to ninety drag-and-drop templates that make creating an affiliate marketing campaign easy.

Signing up with Leadpages will give a plethora of benefits such as;

• An easy to use point and click editor that makes customization of templates easy; this way you can easily create exactly what you think will appeal to the audience you are targeting.
• Aside from creating appealing landing pages that make it easy to grab and retain the attention of an audience you are also able to create pop-ups that can help ensure your marketing efforts lead to conversions so that you can earn more commission.
• Lead pages is also mobile-responsive so you are able to reach a large number of people who entirely browse using mobile phones. You will be able to build many pages using hundreds of high-performing templates.
• You can also join the widely popular Lead pages affiliate program which has helped over 40,000 marketers to generate more affiliate leads. As a member, you are guaranteed 30%recurring commission on all the conversions that your marketing generates

This link will give you extensive information on affiliate marketing using lead pages.

3. Social Media Platforms

Did you know that over a billion people log into at least one social media account daily? This means you have an opportunity to reach a large audience buy simply taking advantage of social networks to do affiliate marketing. Instead of using a website, you can use your online presence as most social networks allow a user to place affiliate links within profiles, updates and posts.

• Facebook

This is currently the largest social network with over a billion users and still growing! All you need to do is create a Facebook page or group within your current account and use it to promote affiliate products. Using the Group’ or Page platform for affiliate marketing is convenient because you FaceBook guides you every step of the way. Additionally, you are also able to create a fan page that is separate from your personal account.

Don’t just spam the page with affiliate links. Instead, post useful non-affiliate content then follow up with an affiliate link accompanied with an enticing summary that will attract the audience you are targeting.

• Instagram

This mobile-based image sharing app is the perfect platform for affiliate marketing without the need of a website. You simply start a niche-based Instagram account then incorporate the affiliate link into the Instagram account by adding it to the profile description. For your affiliate link to be visible to the audience you are targeting, you definitely need to partake in social marketing to get as many followers as you can.

Apart from Facebook and Instagram, other social media sites such as Pinterest and Twitter also allow inclusion of affiliate links. The rule of thumb is pretty straightforward; since you don’t own the social media account, just follow the rules that each site has regarding affiliate links.

4. Amazon Associates

This is a beginner-friendly option to do affiliate marketing without necessarily owning a website. The Amazon Associates Program makes it very easy to integrate affiliate links into the content you share ranging from a YouTube video to social media posts.

An added advantage is that the application process is painless and straightforward because unlike other affiliate sites, you don’t require third-party offers. You essentially get the opportunity to promote millions of products sold on the world’s biggest online store. Pretty incredible, right!?

5. YouTube rocks!

If written content is not your strong suit, the best option for affiliate marketing without a website is starting a YouTube Channel where all you need to do is create and share captivating and beneficial video content. Still skeptical…maybe this will convince you-the most successful YouTubers earn millions of dollars in a year. A majority of their earnings are from affiliate sales and sponsored videos.

The key to affiliate marketing success on YouTube is patience, hard work, and consistency so that you can amass a large following. Your aim should be long-term success which can only be achieved by providing your target audience with genuinely useful content that will help you build an engaged community. Once your community trusts you, clicking on your affiliate links will be a guarantee.

One of the easiest and most natural ways to include affiliate links on YouTube is to do objective and honest product reviews. For instance, if you start a YouTube channel on health and fitness, you can create interesting and informative video reviews on products such as exercise equipment and work-out gear. Include a link of the product on Amazon and this way you can earn a commission if someone clicks on your links and actually makes a purchase.

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6. HubPages is amazing for affiliate marketing!

This obscenely popular revenue-sharing website is a great way to succeed in affiliate marketing without creating a website. In this site, users create hubs’ which are full of useful content such as polls, videos, and other category based information. You have numerous topics to select from ranging from weather to art.

Another indispensable benefit of HubPages is that affiliate programs are built right into the platform. If you are already on this site, you can easily participate in the HubPages eBay program and their Amazon Program as well.

Keep in mind that since this site entirely depends on user-generated content, you need to create superb content so that the chances of grabbing audience attention are elevated. You stand the chance of earning more from affiliate marketing in the long-term if you focus on creating genuinely helpful content

Affiliate Marketing Without a Website: The Bottom-line

No matter what you choose to promote affiliate links, always remember that success does not depend on building and maintaining a website but instead relies on always implementing the best practices. This entails providing valuable content and only including affiliate links when it is logical and natural.

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