How to Promote Affiliate Programs without a Blog
Many people assume that you have to have a blog to promote and make money online from affiliate programs but today we are here to nix that idea and show you how to promote affiliate programs without a blog. You can be successful in promoting affiliate programs as a means to make money online without even diving into creating a blog or website, here’s how:
Choose Products You Have Used or Like
To start out choose products that you have used or actually like, this creates passion behind the affiliate programs and in turn, allows you to increase revenue possibilities. When you choose products you have used or feel that you would like to use then the people you are trying to get a purchase from will hear the passion behind your promotion of the affiliate program and are more apt to click over to make that purchase.
Make Review Videos
With a Vimeo or YouTube account, you can start to make product review videos on items that you have used and found an affiliate program for. While this does require you to set up a video account on either platform, it doesn’t require you to have a blog setup to make money with affiliate programs. When you make review videos of affiliate program products you are showing that you know the product inside and out, which shows a level of professionalism behind promoting the affiliate program without a blog.
Use Pinterest and Instagram
Setup a Pinterest and Instagram profile as a means to start promoting your chosen affiliate programs, both of these social networks are geared towards images and can help get you some exposure on the programs you’ve chosen to promote. Be creative with how you share images on Pinterest and Instagram, research popular hashtags for Instagram around the niche that your affiliate program falls under. With Pinterest, some affiliate programs have fantastic images you can utilise on this social network as a means to promote an affiliate program without a blog.
Partner up with List Owners
If you have connections to big number listed owners, meaning marketers that have a large email subscription list, partner up with them. Connect with marketers on the social network LinkedIn as a means to find people who may be interested in bartering with you to have you promote your affiliate program through their email list. Be certain to connect with list owners who have an email list that would actually benefit from promoting your affiliate program too.
There are many ways you can promote affiliate programs without a blog; you simply have to work a bit harder with a larger level of creativity. When you start to think outside of the box on methods that you can use to promote your affiliate programs and research methods online that have worked well for other successful affiliate marketing professionals then you will be one step closer to promoting affiliate programs without a blog and making money online.
Do you have a top tip for making money with affiliates away from a blog?
I didnt know you could do this. I remember some program where you earned from clocks and now the name slips my mind. I would love to make money without the blog and this is quite helpful.
I would love to find out how you best communicate with companies asking for links or sponsored posts etc. I find they can be little demanding/rude and would love to know how you tackle this! Would like to start a blog myself but worried about the first few steps but your blogs are great and I love it 🙂
To be honest I don’t really approach companies myself, unless I have seen a shout out from them via social media. On the whole I wait for people to come to me and while some really are quite rude and will say anything to bring your price down you do grow a thicker skin against it and learn to roll your eyes as they will be saying the same thing to everyone else just to try and get a cheap deal.
I never even thought about this until now.
Great advice.!
I was sitting here thinking, yeah, how is that possible? Didn’t even think about videos!
It is amazing what you can monetise really.
These are some great ideas for promotion, even if you do have a blog. I think I need to look into doing review videos, sounds like a winner.
I have never explored the affiliate side of things. This gives me loads of ideas I hadn’t considered. Thanks!
I really need to up my pinterest game big time, it is such a useful and powerful tool, to help gain that exposure for your blog or business
Really good post Sarah. I currently don’t use any affiliate programs, but may look into them x
Fab tips here, I’m really not a fan of affiliate programs at all – so I tend to just ignore them. I feel a bit more inspired to dig into them now! Thanks x
They are worth looking into – even if you only earn a few pennies its a little more income in the long run.
I have some great relationships with Affiliate programs but had never considered this. I really need to work on my pinterest skills – I suck at that at present!
This is great! I’ve never really thought about using affiliate links on social media, I just try to use the links on my blog. It’s definitely something to think about.
I have never used affiliate links on blog or on any social media! These are some great tips though and I hope to start using them in the near future!
As I am a blog I don’t exactly have to do the same things as here. But this does give myself ideas about how I can promote products I believe in multiple ways.
What a great post! I would recommend sharing on social media if you don’t have a blog. Plenty of people are looking for bargains! xxx