In this episode I take the first 5 interviews I've done and taken the best of the best. That is their answers and best tips for new affiliates wanting to get started in affiliate marketing.

The wisdom comes from these 5 people.

• Havard Lehn, Nordic Affiliates
• Markus Jalmerot, CryptoLists.com
• Mike Murphy, BettingUSA.com
• Matt Diggity, The Affiliate Lab
• Paul Puolakka, a branding genius

These are all the important takeaway notes that I got from these 5.

1. Self taught affiliate marketing
2. Focus on long-tail (niche)
3. Understand the industry
4. Don’t procrastinate, just do it
5. Finding untapped niches like horse racing & lottery
6. Can work anywhere in affiliate marketing
7. Video is a gateway for new affiliates
8. SEO tools: Ahrefs & Surfer SEO
9. Networking & communities

Oli Baise of olibaisedigital.com is an affiliate marketer and link building expert. In particular, he is a HARO expert which stands for Help A Reporter Out.

His HARO course is available at IMG Courses (this is the Netflix of SEO) and he shares a ton of insight on outreach.

Phil Fraser is former Mr online bingo and is now a business coach with his business sounding board. In this interview he gives a lot of business owners tips on how to be more efficient in your operations and why outside help can give you a fresh look on your work. He can be reached at philfraser.co.uk. 

Michael Shackleford is the founder of Wizard of Odds and also runs The Wizard of Vegas site and forum. It was an honour to interview the guy that created the site that I first learned blackjack basic strategy. If you want an expert on gambling, Mike is your guy!

Itay Paz is the founder of The Morning Dough newsletter and the DMIEXPO. Itay is more than a networking guy in the affiliate marketing space, he lives and breathes it by practicing what he preaches by building affiliate websites. 

In this episode with Olga Denisova who is VP of digital marketing of Semrush, Olga shares a lot of valuable insights for affiliates on all the SEO tools they need to be successful. She also shares how new and existing affiliates can level up their skills using Semrush as well as new Chat GPT skills to become a better marketer. 

I really want to thank Steve Brownlie from Reach Creator for this episode of nearly 50 minutes talking about all sorts of valuable link building strategies. He talks about why links are important, how to do it in a quality way and even on getting the most out of HARO, you know, Help A Reporter Out. 

William Armitage is the co-founder of BestOdds.com and also an angel investor. Will knows plenty about startups and understands that any business must add value for the user. 

In this episode we dig into the US iGaming space and what it means for affiliates to consider this new space.

Also Benjamin shares his insights that many affiliates don't have a mobile first mentality and they should. 

Oliver Mitchell is a true super hero. Through the work of his company iConvert, they are helping the internet become a better place with improved conversions. iConvert helps identify and fix issues through conversion rate optimization (CRO). CRO is one of m personal favourite topics to discuss. If iConvert can help operators convert better, the affiliate community will benefit.