Can A Normal Person Start Affiliate Marketing?

Are you curious about the world of affiliate marketing, but feel overwhelmed by the thought of starting your own journey? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! Many people have the same question – “Can a normal person start affiliate marketing?” The answer is a resounding YES!

Are you curious about affiliate marketing but don’t know where to start? Do you wonder if it’s possible for a normal person to get involved and succeed? 

The good news is that affiliate marketing is an inclusive and accessible industry, and anyone can start and build a successful career in it. 

In this blog post, we’ll explore what affiliate marketing is, and the steps you can take to start your own affiliate marketing journey. So, grab a cup of coffee, get comfortable, and let’s dive into the world of affiliate marketing!

Can A Normal Person Start Affiliate Marketing?

Yes a normal person can start affiliate marketing.  People you see as a successful affiliate marketer are also normal people. One who has a laptop(or mobile) and a good internet connection can start affiliate marketing. 

Anyone can become affiliate marketing, just keep it in mind that it is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It demands a lot of work at the start, and if you are ready to put in the hard work, you can make a sea of dollars out of affiliate marketing. 

You don’t need to be an expert to start affiliate marketing. One can start affiliate marketing from scratch and can start to do pretty good in 1 to 2 years. 

You require 1 successful proven method and strategy to follow and time and patience to see results.

Affiliate marketing is not tough, it is just a lot of work at the beginning (which is true in any field).

Who Can Start Affiliate Marketing?

If just answering the question of who can start affiliate marketing, the answer is very simple. We already discussed that one who has a laptop, a good internet connection and willing to put in the effort can start affiliate marketing.

You just need a traffic source and a good affiliate product to promote. And that’s all.

But to answer this question in detail, we will see who can and should start affiliate marketing for more profit.

1. One Who Wants To Earn Money

It is very usual that one who has heard about affiliate marketing knows that they can earn money from it. And that is why you are searching for it and landed here.

Affiliate marketing is a very good source of income, and the fact that it is entirely passive makes it even more fruity and juicy to try.

Many people earn a handsome amount of money from affiliate marketing.

And the good news is, it is not that old and still spreading its leg in the marketing (digital) field. 

You can see the trend of affiliate marketing in this image. You can clearly see that the trend and search for affiliate marketing is growing continuously.

2. One Who Is Solopreneur (Digital) 

One who is a solopreneur (who is self employed) can start affiliate marketing to give a boost to their marketing. You can promote your product to your audience (if any). 

Also, a solopreneur can start a separate affiliate marketing business, as they have some time to try different things. If you can combine affiliate marketing with your already existing business nothing better than that.

3. One Who Already Runs An Online Business

Very similar to the solopreneur’s point, one who runs an online business can and should definitely start affiliate marketing to earn maximum profit from your business and that by being super honest to your clients and audience.

By online business I mean blogging, youtube, social media, social media influencers and many more. If you are any of them you can start affiliate marketing and see your revenue going up to hill.

You just have to promote a very genuine and tried and tested product via a link to your audience or your clients. When they make a purchase by your link, you will get a commission for that action.

The best thing about affiliate marketing is that you don’t need to be selfish or money minded for it, you just recommend a genuine product or course or anything to your audience which will benefit them and by that act it will benefit you as well.

*You must have seen some amazon links in the youtube description or a blogger recommending you some product and there will be a highlighted portion there, those all are affiliate links.

How Can I Start Affiliate Marketing?

Starting affiliate marketing is no rocket science, it’s very easy. Just grab a device (laptop or mobile phone) and a good internet connection, that is all you need to start.

Now the next thing required to start affiliate marketing is traffic. You need a traffic source to promote the affiliate link. It is the most important part of affiliate marketing, because if you don’t have an audience, to whom you will promote your affiliate product.

Traffic can be acquired by two methods. They are Free and Paid. Both are good and the selection will depend highly on your present life condition and experience in the field.

If you are broke or don’t have much money, start with the free method. And if you have a good amount of money to experiment on your business, start with the paid method.

(I started with the free method, I’ll tell you why).

Blogging, social media, youtube, social media influencers etc comes under the free method, because you create some kind of content around a particular type of audience, and you do it organically (without paid ads). 

The main plus point of the free method is that the audience that you have developed overtime is going to stay there and know who you are. And that is the reason I chose the free method when I started. 

You already have an audience to whom you can promote your affiliate product, and as they are following you and you have built a trust, they will definitely buy.

Google search Ads, Facebook Ads, Native Ads, etc comes under paid method. The main difference is you have to pay for the traffic and when the audience visits your affiliate link via paid ads they are very targeted. 

You have to optimize your paid ads so that you can reach the right audience. But the thing which I don’t like in the paid method is the audience who comes in the paid method is not your audience, once they leave they are gone. 

So in one sentence you buy the target audience with your money.

Yes paid method attracts targeted audience for the affiliate products. But, the free method is also very profitable, as it is built overtime, the results are long term and very sustainable.

Whereas in the paid method, you can’t guarantee sustainability.

Now, let’s talk about some steps in short to see how to do affiliate marketing:

1. Create Content 

If you are doing the free method, start creating content. And create content for a niche audience.

With time you will develop an audience to whom you can promote the product to.

2. Join The Affiliate Program

Now, after you have built a good amount of audience, join an affiliate program that matches your audience needs. Once you find that one product that will benefit your audience or solve their problem, you will earn a lot of dollars from that single product only.

*If you are doing paid affiliate marketing, start with any of the platforms. Yes, the paid affiliate method can be so profitable in very less time, but as it involves money, you need to learn it first, otherwise you can lose your hard earned money.

Do I Recommend Paid Affiliate Marketing? 

The answer is yes and no. Yes if you have gathered enough knowledge and have got some budget for ads. And no if you have no idea about how paid ads work and you are just fascinated that without any work, you will make money.

Can You Make Money From Affiliate Marketing?

Yes, you can definitely earn money from affiliate marketing. You need to find the niche you are interested in and that has got some good affiliate programs to promote. And create content in that niche. After some time, when you build some audience, you can promote and earn a lot of money from affiliate marketing.

Majority of digital businesses earn money from affiliate marketing. 

A research from Kinsta shows that Affiliate marketing is the main revenue source for the 31% of the publishers out there.

Also, 59% of companies are now using influencers for affiliate marketing. So the market is growing and thus you can make money from affiliate marketing.

You can see more of that here..….

How Much Money Can I Make From Affiliate Marketing?

Sky’s the limit if earning from affiliate marketing is concerned. But If you don’t do it in the right way, you may end up giving up and earning literally 0 from affiliate marketing.

If it would have been so easy, everybody would have been earning from it. You need a good strategy, method and time and patience to see results. Once the initial hard work is done, you will start seeing results after that. And remember traffic is the soul of affiliate marketing.

Anyways, coming back to the topic, 81.2% of affiliate marketers say they earn over $20,000 annually from affiliate marketing.

You can see the photo here and see how much affiliate marketers are earning in detail.