Affiliate Marketing: How to Start for Absolute Beginners

Creation date: November 2023
Pages: 18

A guideline for absolute beginners who want to start with Affiliate Marketing but have no idea where to start.

Including a step by step roadmap as a guide in your first days of starting.

Questions covered:

What is Affiliate Marketing / Definition of Affiliate Marketing

What's my job in Affiliate Marketing?

Sources of Traffic

- detailed overview,

- advantages and disadvantages,

- what working with each is all about

Which Traffic Source should you pick?

How much money do I need to get started?

How much money to expect?

Recommended Network / Offer Selection

How to figure out a niche/geo difficulty, not to waste time on something too difficult when starting`?

How to estimate the number of backlinks / budget?

Which niches are recommended for beginners?

Which niches are NOT recommended for beginners?

Recommended Offers

What GEOs to target?

What tools do I need?

Which Tools are useless?

Which things/tasks do not move the needle, where should one not waste time?

Should I run several facebook/ads accounts, proxy and all that?

What do all of these terms mean/what is their purpose: hop link, tracking tool, some of the metrics behind campaigns (eg CPA, CPC,)?

What kind of Website to build?

When to stop if it's not working?

Traps to avoid?

Your roadmap to affiliate marketing (to get you started) (SEO)