How to Make Your First Affiliate Sale
Imagine making your first affiliate sale! You have heard all the bloggers talk about how much money you can make with affiliate marketing. Yet, you still haven’t been able to close that first sale.
In this article, you will learn what an affiliate sale is and how you can begin making money with them.
I’m not going to go into the details of my trials and errors. Only my first successes and how you can successfully make your first affiliate sale too.
What is an affiliate sale?
An affiliate sale is when you promote a product or service that you personally did not create. The affiliate company provides you with a link to promote their product.
The link is trackable. Meaning when someone makes a purchase through your link, they know who to pay for it. You then get paid a percentage or flat fee (depending on the terms) for making the sale.
How much you earn from each sale and when you get paid depends on the company’s policies and your agreement with them.
When selecting your first affiliate offers, make sure the products and services align with what your blog is about. If you’re not promoting the right products to the right people, chances are they won’t buy what you are selling.
It’s best to promote products you personally use or at least have tried. This way you can give an honest testimonial. If there is a product you want to promote that seems like a good fit for your customers make sure you at least do your research first.
One bad affiliate promotion can tarnish your reputation and harm future sales. It’s not worth the risk of losing a potential lifetime customer to make a few quick sales.
Building Trust to Make Your First Sale
You probably won’t be surprised to hear that Bluehost was my first affiliate sale. Even with all the other bloggers who are also promoting Bluehost.
It didn’t happen overnight and it wasn’t as easy as simply throwing up a Pinterest pin. Or writing a blog post about it.
No, my friend, it was about building trust. Even with a well established, credible affiliate like Bluehost. Building trust with your buyers is still the most important part of selling online.
Make Sales with Emails
The best and fastest way to build trust with a group of followers is to build your own email list of loyal subscribers. Email them regularly and learn how to do it right.
That is how I made my first eBook sale, my first affiliate sale, and my first online course sale.
As I get ready to launch my upcoming “How to Start an Online Business” program I am building my email list. This way with ALL the competition and many “how to start a blog” courses out there, my followers might choose mine.
When you email your list consistently, they begin to feel like they know you personally. If they already bought some of your products and they know you will deliver what you’ve promised, they will buy from you again and again.
If you haven’t already started building an email list, you can download my free guide. It’s a 24-page newsletter that will show you *exactly* how to get started.
To learn more about building your own list of loyal subscribers who trust you and want to buy from you click on the link below.
