In this post and accompanying podcast we talk about what being an affiliate marketer means. We talk about 10 steps to consider when starting your affiliate marketing. You will see how the act of you adding affiliate links to your website can be a benefit for both you and your readers. For you, that means you get paid, for them they get the value of info you have provided.

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This is a complete walkthrough of how an affiliate marketing system works. You'll learn more about creating blog content, setup and use of your email list and how best to promote/sharing product affiliate links with your audience. 

You'll learn about creation and use of niche websites to target specific categories of products. 

This is the definitive beginners guide to becoming an affiliate marketer. You will finish this article and be more confident in either progressing with affiliate marketing or deciding that it's not for you.

• You don't need a 'million dollar idea' to start earning affiliate marketing commissions. 
• Having a product of your own is not a requirement to start affiliate marketing
• You don't need prior marketing skills to start earning commissions from affiliate marketing
• You don't need to pay for expensive tools to get started with affiliate marketing although we do use a select few ourselves
• If you don't have people or traffic to your site, you can work towards building an audience. There isn't a secret, many people have done the same and your audience wants to hear what you have to say.
• Affiliate marketing isn't a get rich quick scheme. Like any business it takes effort, hard work and time. It is possible though to earn extra income and grow a business.

In the affiliate marketing podcast episode you'll learn:

• How you can earn commissions with affiliate links added to your blog or business website?
• Use of affiliate links in social media posts
• How you can free up more time to focus efforts on bringing money into your business?
• How you can do less work yourself by working with others?

This is the fifteenth episode of the 'Passive Income is Real' podcast. We only scratched the surface on in talking about how your affiliate sites can bring you an additional passive income. There's additional content not discussed in the affiliate marketer podcast, just scroll down for more.

In the blog post on the website we cover all of these questions in-depth and more:

1. How to become an affiliate marketer - A beginners guide
2. What does an affiliate marketer do?
3. How do affiliate marketers earn commission from blogging?
4. How much do affiliate marketers make?
5. How do you get started with affiliate marketing without an existing audience?
6. 3 steps to get more traffic and start getting affiliate sales
7. Does affiliate marketing work?
8. Affiliate Marketing Strategy - 10 steps to consider when creating your blog or website
9. What method of affiliate marketing would best suit your audience and give the best user experience?
10. Can anyone become an affiliate?
11. How many followers do you need to become an affiliate?
12. Is it easy to become an affiliate?
13. What's the typical commission rate from affiliate product links?
14. How to use affiliate links to promote a product or service
15. What's a niche website?
16. What platform should I choose for affiliate marketing?
17. What affiliate products should I start affiliate marketing with?
18. What is an affiliate network?
19. Direct affiliate to merchant relationship
20. What is an affiliate manager?