The Affiliate Guy with Matt McWilliams: Marketing Tips, Affiliate Management, & More

How can you find affiliates if you don't know anyone in your industry? Whether you are brand new or a seasoned vet, this episode will show you how to find affiliates for any niche. This episode is brought to you by iDev Affiliate. This is by far the most affordable (yet reliable) affiliate management program out there. It does almost everything you could need and is simple to use. Tracking is very accurate and reporting is fairly easy to use. We recommend this to anyone who is just starting out. If you are just starting out and are on a budget, I highly recommend iDev Affiliate for your affiliate program. Go to mattmcwilliams.com/idev to learn more. In this episode, I mention the video version of this episode, which will show you a screencast at http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/findaffs. Also, don't forget to grab my free report on finding affiliates at http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE How I Currently Make $3,874 a Week Without Creating a Single Product: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/watch Take our Affiliate Marketing Survey: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/affsurvey Ask Me a Question here: http://www.asktheaffiliateguy.com/ All our recommended affiliate programs: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/whatsup Your First 100 Affiliates Report: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100

I want you to fall in LOVE with affiliate marketing. Today's episode shows you WHY and HOW. This episode is brought to you by Michael Hyatt's upcoming affiliate launch September 13-29, Free to Focus. What I LOVE about this course is that Unlike other productivity systems, Free to Focus is not for cramming more tasks into your schedule — it's not about DOING more. It's about accomplishing more by doing LESS. It has awesome 40% commissions, prizes, a proven launch funnel, and it converts like crazy. Go to http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/freetofocus to signup as an affiliate. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE How I Currently Make $3,874 a Week Without Creating a Single Product: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/watch Take our Affiliate Marketing Survey: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/affsurvey Ask Me a Question here: http://www.asktheaffiliateguy.com/ All our recommended affiliate programs: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/whatsup Your First 100 Affiliates Report: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100

Is it possible for your list to be too small to do affiliate marketing? I got a question recently from a listener who asked that very question. This is my answer. Joe Elliott asked: I am promoting the Marc Guberti summit (thank you so much for the summit) "My plan is to email my unopens to get the message out there but worried I might not do well because my list is only 200..." Speaking of Marc Guberti, his summit just began and there is still time to promote it to your audience. Just go to mattmcwilliams.com/cmssummit for more information. I went deep in episode 17 about it but I'll put it this way to keep it short...if you have an audience who publishes content, you need to promote this summit to them. Go to mattmcwilliams.com/cmssummit for more info and to sign up. Now if you want proof that you can succeed with a small list, go to http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/smalllist You'll find out How John Meese Made $5,359 in Affiliate Commissions in One Month with Only 1,302 Subscribers LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE How I Currently Make $3,874 a Week Without Creating a Single Product: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/watch Take our Affiliate Marketing Survey: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/affsurvey Ask Me a Question here: http://www.asktheaffiliateguy.com/ All our recommended affiliate programs: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/whatsup Your First 100 Affiliates Report: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100

This is part 5 of a series on ways to find affiliates. If you missed the first 4 episodes, make sure to go back and listen to them. In them, I also shared a free resource you'll want to get to follow along. So before we get started go to http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100 or TEXT 1ST100 to 33444 and download my free report, Your First 100 Affiliates. Grab it now and we'll go through it together. Today we're going to talk about using paid traffic to find affiliates. This episode is brought to you by iDev Affiliate. This is by far the most affordable (yet reliable) affiliate management program out there. It does almost everything you could need and is simple to use. Tracking is very accurate and reporting is fairly easy to use. We recommend this to anyone who is just starting out. If you are just starting out and are on a budget, I highly recommend iDev Affiliate for your affiliate program. Go to mattmcwilliams.com/idev to learn more. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE How I Currently Make $3,874 a Week Without Creating a Single Product: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/watch Take our Affiliate Marketing Survey: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/affsurvey Ask Me a Question here: http://www.asktheaffiliateguy.com/ All our recommended affiliate programs: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/whatsup Your First 100 Affiliates Report: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100

Back in episode 11 I answered a question from Asheritah Ciuciu at onethingalone.com She asked about focusing on her own offers or affiliate offers and I answered that. She had a followup question: And a follow-up question is about all things email marketing: how to write emails that don't sound salesy, that are authentic to my voice and in line with what readers have come to expect from me, and that primarily serve my readers instead of trying to make a quick sale; how to create a timeline for those emails so I give readers enough time and reminders to act without beating them upside the head. Today's episode is brought to you by RYAN ELIASON'S VISIONARY BUSINESS SCHOOL affiliate program. Ryan is one of my favorite people in the online world. In fact, I shared a little of our history together and a lot about butt sniffing monkeys in episode 9. Ryan's affiliate launch is coming up June 15-30 so if you are interested go to http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/vbslaunch LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE How I Currently Make $3,874 a Week Without Creating a Single Product: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/watch Take our Affiliate Marketing Survey: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/affsurvey Ask Me a Question here: http://www.asktheaffiliateguy.com/ All our recommended affiliate programs: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/whatsup Your First 100 Affiliates Report: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100

Discover the top 10 mistakes affiliates make on social media, including failure to follow trends, neglecting email lists, link tracking, and inconsistent promotion. Learn strategies for purposeful social media use, brand consistency, and enhancing affiliate marketing efforts.

Learn about the top 10 mistakes affiliates make on social media, including promoting offers effectively, choosing promotions wisely, planning post frequency, using images for engagement, and optimizing affiliate links for user experience.

Over and over I hear from people that their #1 challenge with their online business is building their brand and email list. That is why I am so excited to share Marc Guberti's Content Marketing Success Summit with you. Marc is bringing together over 50 content marketing experts to help your audience get their ideas into the world. And it's a great affiliate opportunity. This is something I'm going to feature from time to time on TAG Daily. If you are interested in featuring your affiliate program go to mattmcwilliams.com/feature If you are interested in seeing all of our recommended programs go to mattmcwilliams.com/whatsup LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE How I Currently Make $3,874 a Week Without Creating a Single Product: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/watch Take our Affiliate Marketing Survey: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/affsurvey Ask Me a Question here: http://www.asktheaffiliateguy.com/ All our recommended affiliate programs: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/whatsup Your First 100 Affiliates Report: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100

This is part 4 of a series on ways to find affiliates. If you missed the first 3 episodes, make sure to go back and listen to them. Episodes 8, 12, and 15 In them, I also shared a free resource you'll want to get to follow along. So before we get started go to http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100 or TEXT 1ST100 to 33444 and download my free report, Your First 100 Affiliates. Grab it now and we'll go through it together. Yesterday I shared 3 surprising sources of affiliates and the last one was competitors. Today I am going to share 4 Examples of Competitors as Affiliates. Be sure to join us daily for more tips, updates, and inspiration. You can also join us and watch our deep dives into affiliate marketing strategies at theaffiliateguy.tv. And check all of our free resources at mattmcwilliams.com. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE How I Currently Make $3,874 a Week Without Creating a Single Product: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/watch Take our Affiliate Marketing Survey: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/affsurvey Ask Me a Question here: http://www.asktheaffiliateguy.com/ All our recommended affiliate programs: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/whatsup Your First 100 Affiliates Report: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100

This is part three of a series on ways to find affiliates. If you missed the first two episodes, make sure to go back and listen to them. In them, I also shared a free resource you'll want to get to follow along. So Before we get started go to http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100 or TEXT 1ST100 to 33444 and download my free report, Your First 100 Affiliates. Grab it now and we'll go through it together. Today I'm going to share three great places to find affiliates that you might not have thought of. Be sure to join us daily for more tips, updates, and inspiration. You can also join us and watch our deep dives into affiliate marketing strategies at theaffiliateguy.tv. And check all of our free resources at mattmcwilliams.com. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE How I Currently Make $3,874 a Week Without Creating a Single Product: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/watch Take our Affiliate Marketing Survey: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/affsurvey Ask Me a Question here: http://www.asktheaffiliateguy.com/ All our recommended affiliate programs: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/whatsup Your First 100 Affiliates Report: http://www.mattmcwilliams.com/first100