Affiliate marketing is a known way to earn money online. But there are a lot of people trying to promote affiliate programs. Therefore, it is important to know how to drive traffic to your affiliate links so that people buy from you and not from your competitors.

Blogging

Your own blog is one of the best places to display affiliate links. Your blog should be the center of all your marketing actions, so make the most of it with excellent content. The content you create can help sell products. Articles and posts provide the framework for your link. You can focus on a common problem your audience has, and then offer an affiliate product as a solution.

Social media

Most likely, you already have an account on some of the major social networks, such as Facebook or Twitter. But you can’t promote affiliate offers too often on social media, simply because you’ll start to look like a spammer. The affiliate products you promote could be the solutions they are looking for. Your posts can be chatty, discuss a common pain point, and then suggest an affiliate product that might help. You can also post a review.

Search engine optimization (SEO)

The words on your website tell the search engine, such as Google, what it is about. When people search for a specific topic, Google delivers search engine results pages (SERPs) with what its formula (or algorithm) determines to be the most relevant pages.

The content of your website must contain at least one keyword. Keywords are the type of words that your potential customers would use when searching online for the type of content and products you have to offer. The title of your article, review, or post must contain at least one keyword.

Review posts and videos

Review posts that have a legitimate air of authority and a tone of truth are the perfect framework to place an affiliate product link in order to earn commissions. You should only write reviews for products that you are familiar with, and your reviews should be as honest as possible. Otherwise, you will start to gain a reputation for being willing to promote any old junk, which will damage your status as an expert in your niche.

Junk mail

One of the main problems when promoting affiliate programs is that you spend a lot of time and effort driving traffic to the providers’ sites. If they click on the provider without even interacting with you, you will probably never see these visitors again. But putting them on your email marketing list means you have a chance to build a relationship with them, and once they are on your list, you can market to them regularly.

The best way to get them to join your email list is to offer an incentive, such as an ebook, e-course, or other very useful informational item that people in your niche would love.