Training
To be successful in the world of affiliate marketing, the best investment you can make is in yourself. Training is key if you want to avoid wasting a lot of time and money trying to figure things out for yourself. My top recommendation to equip yourself for success is Legendary Marketer.
The 5 Day Learn Launch Lead Challenge will help you build the right foundation, as well as provide you with one on one support from their own business coaches.
Email Marketing
The money is in the list! If you’re not building an email list, you won’t be in this for the long haul. AWeber have been in the game for a long time and is what I personally use for my email marketing. The service is easy to use and pricing is good value. Set up your fully automated email campaign with AWeber.
An alternative is GetResponse, who offer a generous 30 day trial and have some great automation features.
Web Hosting
While you don’t need a website to be an affiliate marketer, you are limiting yourself without one. Review articles, promotions, landing pages, blogs, etc. are essential if you want to succeed as an affiliate marketer. To have a website you need someone to host it for you.
My current top recommendation for your web hosting is A2 Hosting. I didn’t have any experience of them, but after much research decided to give them a go. And, boy, their Turbo Boost package really does live up to its name! The performance has been brilliant, with my site getting a Google PageSpeed score of 96!
I have used and recommend SiteGround to be your web host. They aren’t the cheapest, but their level of service and support are up there with the best.
If your budget is on the larger side, you can opt for the cream of WordPress hosting with WP Engine. A long way from cheap, but arguably one of the very best out there.
Website
So you’ve realized you need to create a website and you’re wondering where to start. The quickest and easiest way to start is by using WordPress, a content management system that allows you to easily put together a great looking website, without having to learn how to code or know HTML.
Your web host should offer WordPress as part of your hosting deal and is usually a one-click install. Once you’ve got WordPress installed, you’ll need a theme. You could go with the default theme that comes with WordPress, but you’ll quickly find out that if you want something that you can customize completely to your own preference, you’ll have to pay for a premium theme.
This is where Divi by Elegant Themes comes in. It’s a complete website building platform that replaces the standard WordPress editor with a superior visual editor.
All-In-One Marketing Platform
Maybe you don’t want the hassle of a website, web hosting and trying to tie it all together to work with an email marketing service.
You want something easy to use, that does it all, and can grow with your business.
And, the best part, it’s free!
Create sales funnels, send marketing emails, build websites. Even create online courses!
Systeme.io allows you do all that and more. Definitely worth checking out if don’t want a lot of hassle and are on a budget.