And you\u2019ve come to the right place, because here at Authority Hacker we\u2019ve helped 14,000 students figure out how to become better affiliate marketers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having spent the past decade building and selling multiple authority sites<\/a> across a wide range of niches, we know what affiliate marketing success looks like \u2014 and we have the knowledge to help you do the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this guide, we\u2019ll discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ready?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, let\u2019s dive in.<\/p>\n\n\n 1. Choose A Niche<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Research Affiliate Programs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Plan & Setup Your Site<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Create & Publish Content <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Build Backlinks<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n Affiliate marketing is a form of performance marketing in which a business rewards affiliate marketers for referring customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As an affiliate marketer, you\u2019ll find products or services relevant to your audience and that you\u2019re happy to recommend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, you\u2019ll create content about those products or services, incorporating your affiliate link. That content could be a blog post, a social media post, a video on your YouTube channel, an email marketing newsletter<\/a>, or something else entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Either way, whenever someone clicks your link, visits your affiliate partner’s website and makes a purchase, you earn a commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Get it right, and you\u2019ve built yourself a highly lucrative revenue stream!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is affiliate marketing worth it<\/a>? How much money can you make as an affiliate marketer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s the million-dollar question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unsurprisingly, it\u2019s something we get asked all the time<\/em> \u2014 so much so that we wrote an entire article on how much money affiliate marketers can earn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s no limit to how much passive income you can earn as an affiliate marketer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you\u2019ll see from our case studies, it\u2019s perfectly possible for a successful affiliate marketer to make five figures (or more)<\/a> every single month<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![](\"https:\/\/www.authorityhacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/affiliate.png\")
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\u23f0 TL;DR: How to Become an Affiliate Marketer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What Is Affiliate Marketing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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