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@bizwithmichael Affiliate marketing for beginners 👇 This is exactly what I did to start making money with affiliate marketing. Nothing fancy, just these 4 simple steps and some consistency & determination. My biggest advice is to stop overthinking it and just start simple. 
To get started with done for you products so you can skyrocket your business and really not have to worry about any of the setup:
 Head to the 🔗 at the top of my profile to get started #affiliatemarketingforbeginners #howtostartaffiliatemarketing  #onlinebusinessforbeginners #affiliatemarketingtips  #legitsidehustles #sidehustlesthatactuallywork

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Four-step beginner's guide to starting affiliate marketingfrom @bizwithmichael

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Overview

The creator delivers a four-step tutorial for beginners on how to start affiliate marketing. He begins by explaining the importance of selecting a niche, then moves on to finding a suitable affiliate program that offers value. He emphasizes the critical need to build a sales funnel system instead of just posting a link, and concludes by advising on content creation strategies to drive traffic to that system, ultimately offering a free guide via a comment call-to-action.

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

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How To Start Affiliate Marketing as a beginner

Verbal hook · 55%

How you're gonna get started as a complete beginner with digital marketing.

Visual hook

A medium shot of the creator looking directly at the camera and pointing his index finger upwards, establishing an instructional and authoritative tone. He is holding a small microphone, signaling the delivery of information.

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

Identify a specific beginner audience and promise to reveal a simple, multi-step process to achieve a highly desirable financial outcome.

Payoff

Provide a clear, low-friction Call to Action (e.g., 'comment [keyword]') that directs engaged viewers to a resource that provides more detail on the 'Accelerated Path' and captures them as a lead.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Credibility Ladder

A 'how-to' guide that establishes authority with tangible proof, breaks a complex process into a simple numbered list, addresses and debunks common misconceptions, and concludes with a call-to-action for an accelerated solution.

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    The Thesis Proof

    Immediately present concrete, visual evidence of personal success (e.g., a screenshot of earnings) to validate the method's effectiveness and establish the creator's credibility before the instruction begins.

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    The Common Enemy & Future Pace

    Agitate the audience's primary pain point (confusion, complexity) by contrasting the promised simple method against the flawed advice of others. Then, paint a vivid picture of the ideal future state (e.g., autopilot income) that the method will unlock.

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    The Sequential Gauntlet

    Systematically walk the viewer through the numbered steps of the process. Each step is presented using a consistent micro-pattern, creating a predictable and easy-to-follow rhythm.

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    The Accelerated Path

    After explaining the most complex step, introduce a 'done-for-you' or simplified solution that bypasses this difficulty. This positions the creator's paid offering as the logical next step for viewers seeking efficiency.

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  • Financial Freedom
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  • Skill Development

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  • Direct Address
  • Educational Content
  • Social Proof

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Affiliate marketing for beginners 👇 This is exactly what I did to start making money with affiliate marketing. Nothing fancy, just these 4 simple steps and some consistency & determination. My biggest advice is to stop overthinking it and just start simple. 
To get started with done for you products so you can skyrocket your business and really not have to worry about any of the setup:
 Head to the 🔗 at the top of my profile to get started #affiliatemarketingforbeginners #howtostartaffiliatemarketing  #onlinebusinessforbeginners #affiliatemarketingtips  #legitsidehustles #sidehustlesthatactuallywork

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    How To Start Affiliate Marketing as a beginner

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    Email 12/13/23 Congrats! You just made $1,390.82 in commissions! Hi Michael, Congratulations! You just sold the The 7-Figure Accelerator by Philip Johansen (Order ID iJaQ...

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    1. Select a niche/topic

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    2. Find an affiliate program

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    3. Build systems around your product

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    4. Post content! (Don't overthink)

Transcript

How you're gonna get started as a complete beginner with digital marketing. I'm gonna break this down for you in four simple steps, and this is exactly how I made my first $1,300 in my first month as a digital marketer. This is a very beginner friendly process, and so many people that I see online are always overcomplicating this, making it sound so confusing. And I promise you, as long as you have the right systems in place, this can run on complete autopilot for you, making you daily commissions of 500 to a thousand dollars. This is exactly how I got to my first ten k month. Step number one is gonna be selecting niche or topic. This is gonna be really important because this is what your content that you're posting on social media is gonna be about. So you want it to be something that you're passionate about and it's gonna resonate with your audience. Because if people see that you don't care about what you're posting, they're they're gonna be able to tell that. There are so many different topics that you can select from out there. The top are going to be health, wealth, and relationships. I picked from one of those because I had no idea what I was doing when I started. And, again, back to my original point, don't stress about this. Just pick one. Step number two is gonna be the fun part. That's gonna be finding an affiliate program that's centered around your niche or topic that you wanna promote on your social media. It's something that's gonna be of interest to your audience that's within your niche so that when people see your content, you are driving that traffic to that product no that they can purchase that product. You really wanna think of a product that's going to help offer value. No maybe it's coaching, maybe it's mentorship. For example, if you're a social media coach, maybe you're offering a program that helps people boost engagement on their social media. Something that's offering value to your audience is gonna be key to your their social media. Something that's offering value to your audience is gonna be key to your success. And trust me, this is not hard. All you have to do is go to Google and search your favorite products or companies plus affiliate program, and I guarantee you will find one. Apply for the affiliate Step better three, this is very important. Once you take your affiliate link, it is no as easy as posting your link in your bio on your social media. A lot of gurus out there say that, and I good promise you that is not how you're gonna make sales. The way you're gonna make sales with digital marketing is you need to build a simple sales funnel around that product. A sales funnel is gonna be very important to the success of your digital marketing business because you need a way to capture contact information. If you don't have a way to follow-up prospects that are clicking the link in your bio, how are you gonna know who's clicking that link, who to follow-up with? You need a way to follow-up with those prospects. You can use yes tool like ClickFunnels to build a simple sales funnel and then run email marketing through a tool like Better, and that's exactly what I do. Now the final step is posting twice a day on social media around your product or niche, driving traffic to that now link in your bio. And whenever somebody clicks that link and purchases that product, you are gonna get a cut of that sale. And in most cases with high ticket digital products, that sale is a minimum of a thousand plus dollars, and that's exactly how I'm making 10,000 to $20,000 per month as a digital marketer. Where I recommend starting is with done for you high ticket digital products. So as I was mentioning before, out of that complicated tech better that goes into running this business, done for you products do all this stuff for you with systems that are proven to convert. So if you wanna learn how to do this and start making rank from your phone with high ticket digital marketing, just go ahead and comment learn. I'm gonna send you over a free step by step video good, which goes into detail on how you can get started with high ticket done for you digital products.