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The Best 6 Tips For Successful Affiliate Marketing

February 27, 2025 Gail Lowe 2 comments

Affiliate marketing is a revenue model based on how well your links perform. People can earn commissions from suppliers by promoting their products and/or services to an audience that the affiliate has built up, usually through a content blog, social media or YouTube channel. It’s not a new system – people have been taking a ‘cut’ from transactions between people for years and it is what most of our economy exists on. You buy something from one person, sell it to someone else for a higher price, and take your ‘cut’ – i.e. your profit. In affiliate marketing, the ‘cut’

Common Mistakes To Avoid In Affiliate Marketing

February 13, 2025 Gail Lowe 4 comments

Affiliate marketing is a powerful way to generate passive income and has become more popular in recent years with the increase in online shopping and internet access. There are certainly more people advertising ways to generate an online income nowadays. However, many beginners make costly mistakes that hinder their success and limit their potential income. This article lists the main common mistakes to avoid in affiliate marketing so that you can start on the right foot and learn from the mistakes of others. (Yes, we’ve all made them!) However, like anything in life, if you take the time to do

How To Build An Email List For Affiliate Marketing

January 24, 2025 Gail Lowe 2 comments

Successful affiliate marketing hinges on having a robust email list. This isn’t just about numbers; it’s about reaching the right people, those genuinely interested in the products, services and solutions that you are offering. Targeting the right audience can help ensure that your emails don’t just get opened but also acted upon. As a beginner, you may not know how to build an email list and there will be a lot of ads and apps out there to tempt you into signing up to their email collection program. But stop and do your research first so that you can get

Affiliate Marketing 5 Pillars Of Progress

August 8, 2018 Gail Lowe Leave a comment

Starting an affiliate marketing business can be tough. It is a legitimate business opportunity, but it is definitely not a get-rich-quick scheme and yet many people forget this as soon as they start their business and become frustrated quickly if they are not making money within a month. There are many cases of people giving up too early, even after a couple of weeks because they don’t really understand the way the business works or what they will need in order to make it successful. Even if you get past the first 6 months, there is a strange place that

How To Find An Affiliate Marketing Niche: Top Tips

July 31, 2018 Gail Lowe 12 comments

In this post you will discover how to find an affiliate marketing niche and some top tips for you. When you start in affiliate marketing, one of the first things you need to decide is what niche you will use for your website. Choosing a niche can be difficult because it will ultimately become your metaphorical ‘baby’. You will need to love it, care for it, nurture it and watch it grow from a newborn to a fully-fledged, well-trusted site that you hope will ultimately ‘live long and prosper” So how do you choose your niche? And if you are only

10 Affiliate Marketing Tips and Tricks: Beginners WordPress Training

December 3, 2017 Gail Lowe 24 comments

When I started out in affiliate marketing and blogging, I didn’t know much. I knew what I wanted to write about and I knew it was possible to make money online using my computer, an internet connection and the skills I already had. I also knew that making an income from writing was entirely possible (and an attractive way to make a living) as I have been doing that on a small scale with some scripts I have previously published for a few years. Although I published them over 20 years ago, I still receive a small income from them

How to start an online business for free or on a budget – 3 steps using Wealthy Affiliate

November 30, 2017 Gail Lowe 12 comments

Many people dream of starting their own business but don’t know where to start or even what to do. Often they have very little capital to invest and are seeking ways to know how to start an online business for free or on a budget. Well the good news is that there are a few options out there which could potentially fit but today I will discuss one way that I have found works very well. This is affiliate marketing and I have started with a company called Wealthy Affiliate. So if you’re looking for an online business opportunity with

Best Black Friday Deals – Wealthy Affiliate Annual ‘Go Yearly’ Sale

November 23, 2017 Gail Lowe Leave a comment

Black Friday 2017 is almost here and so is the Black Friday Wealthy Affiliate Yearly Premium offer. This represents nearly a 50% saving on the usual $49 per month for premium membership which is already a fantastic deal in itself! So what do you get with this fantastic deal? Your own online business from the best affiliate training company – trusted, proven and accessible to anyone, anywhere with a computer and an internet connection Expert advice from the world’s leading affiliate marketeers to help build your online business from scratch Training to become a great Web Designer and Developer yourself