What is affiliate sales or marketing? 

Simply put, an affiliate program is an agreement in which a business pays another business or influencer ("the affiliate") a commission for sending traffic and/or sales their way.

Types of Affiliates: 

Search affiliates: With this program, you'll have freelancers or entrepreneurs pay their own money to promote your offer on search results or other online advertising platforms like Facebook Advertising. 

Bloggers/influencers:If there are impressive bloggers or social media influencers in your industry who engage with your ideal buyer persona on a regular basis, you might consider partnering with them. For instance, if you sell kitchen appliances, it might be good to reach out to bloggers or YouTube influencers who post recipes, and ask if they'd feature your product as a "recommended tool" in their next recipe post. Ideally, this would result in your target audience taking a look at your website, and if they like the products you offer, could provide additional revenue for the influencer.

Review sites: If you offer a product or service that is more expensive or niche, it's likely that most of your buyers need to conduct research on that topic before purchasing — if that's the case, it might be a good idea to research the top review sites related to your product or service, and reach out to the business or writer who published the piece, asking whether they'd be interested in providing an affiliate link to your product or service in the text.

Email marketing: This is best in small doses. You don't want any partners sending out bulk emails to customers who aren't interested in your products or services, but with proper consideration for who's receiving the email, this could be an effective method.

PART 2

Top 20 Best High Paying Affiliate Programs

• HubSpot
• Elementor
• AWeber
• Sendinblue
• ConvertKit
• Leadpages
• Flodesk
• GetResponse
• SEMRush
• Fiverr
• Pabbly
• Unbounce
• Constant Contact
• Typeform
• Thinkific
• Kajabi
• Coursera
• Teachable
• BigCommerce
• Shopify
• Tasty Pins
• Share A Sale
• 3dcart

Find more affiliates on this website 

https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-affiliate-programs

Tips for affiliates: 

Amazon associate affiliates 

Verified Merchant- we haven't really talked much about this. I have set up a couple of these in the last year and they really haven't done much for sales like I would think they would have. I have told new clients to focus on getting CONTENT first before we start to add another thing that we would lose URLS and pins for if this is the only set of content you have ( meaning no video) 

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