Make Your First $2000 with Affiliate Offers and Craigslist Marketing

DayJobNuker (love that name) has an interesting post about making money through affiliate offers and Craigslist marketing. I like the post because he goes step by step with practical tips.

Basically, this post is about how he made his first $2000 without incurring any expenses. He made the $2000 in 3 1/2 months. I’ll go through the steps I found interesting and add commentary.

In step one, he says to choose an affiliate product. He recommends Commission Junction and Clickbank. He makes a great point in this step: Don’t sell make money online products unless you’ve actually made money. The niche is too saturated. The other niches are much easier to make a profit because those audiences don’t know about affiliate marketing. They won’t realize that you’re using affiliate links.

He says step one is one of the hardest steps because you don’t know if the product will sell well. So, you may have to go through a couple products before you find one that sells well.

In step two, he advises on using WordPress.com or Blogger to set up a free site. These two free services are great places to build a website for free. Yes, having your own domain is better, but if you’re just starting out, use WordPress.com or Blogger to build a site quickly. (Update: WordPress.com does not allow affiliate links. Thanks, Unusual Suspect. I should’ve done more research. Sorry.)

In step three, he advises on using a generic site name. He says not to use a personal site name like “BobsSite” because people will find it weird that you’re selling stuff on a personal site. Instead, use a neutral name like “reviewcentral” or “reviewzone”.

Step five is all about creating the landing page. For the landing page content, he uses parts of the sales page of the affiliate product. This is a great idea for beginners, so they can set up a landing page quickly. Look at the sales page and copy and paste the best parts. Of course, feel free to edit. For example, I like to rewrite the text to lessen the hype. Many sales page content seem to have too much hype.

In step six, DayJobNuker talks about traffic. His method of choice: Craigslist marketing. He has a simple system. He creates a short Craigslist ad. Next, he makes 5 variations of the ad and posts each variation in five different Craigslist cities. Then, using multiple email accounts, he takes the variations and posts them in 5 more cities.

DayJobNuker’s step by step guide is simple and well-written. Learn more by reading the full post, How I Made My First $2,000 In Affiliate Marketing – A Step By Step Guide.

Hat Tip: Earners Blog