In this video, I'm going to show you how to make $150/day in passive income using
affiliate marketing and my simple but effective 4-step process that you can
see on the screen now. I'll show you how you can copy this method step by step for free!
No hidden sign-up costs, no credit card required, plus it can be done worldwide!
Let's start with Step #1. Pick a Profitable Niche
I've been promoting this niche ever since I started my blog and my online business.
I'm talking about hosting providers. When you build a website, you need a
place to host all your information. My site is anastasiablogger.com and the first $700 I
ever made with this site about 5 years ago when I just started making money online, was my affiliate
commissions promoting a hosting provider. This is a very profitable niche because you
can get paid anywhere from $50 and more per client you refer.
And since all of us need hosting to start a website, we all have an experience using one
provider or another and we can certainly recommend these services to people we know or even create
a page on your site with tools or resources that you use and mention your hosting provider there.
Now the next step is to Find the Best Affiliate Program in this niche.
There are many hosting providers and it's hard to pick the one you want to promote.
I can tell you that you should look at certain factors when you decide.
Of course, the commission you'll be paid matters but it's not the only factor.
You also want to recommend a hosting provider that has great reviews.
If you recommend a hosting that users regret buying, you might soon find that
people are not happy with the services and if often they cancel their plans,
then your commissions will be cancelled as well.
So the affiliate program from Cloudways is a combination of
two things - great reviews and great commissions.
Check out their Review scores on Trustpilot - they are around 4.4, so they offer a high
quality of services and support. Keep in mind that Cloudways is what's called a Managed
Wordpress hosting. You and your referrals will get a 24/7 access to Live Chat support.
And you as an affiliate can earn up to $150 per sale and you can sleep well knowing
that your referrals are in good hands. 02:30 in the current video - add this
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_MkyRNVawT24X-aPPgsUePbAPRob87Qr/view?usp=sharing Cloudways stores
the cookie for 90 days which ensures no sales are missed.
These are higher than many in the industry. They will also offer you promotional banners,
materials and analytics showing sales, signups, and clicks on your links.
There is another thing very special about Cloudways affiliate program. You see,
most of the hosting providers offer only a one-time commission when someone buys
their services. With Cloudways you can choose another commission model and earn a lot more
but I'll show you all the details of these commission structures on the next step.
And before we move to it, if you enjoy videos on different ways to make money
online and grow your income, I'd love it if you Subscribed to my channel!
Which is #3 Register to the Affiliate Program
It's totally free to join this affiliate program, just use my
referral link anastasiablogger.com/cloudways in the description below to become an affiliate.
Once you click on that link, you'll get to this page where you simply will submit
your personal details and then you need to choose one of these options - in my case
I'll say I'm a blogger. You could pick what better describes your situation.
Here they'll ask you how much you are currently spending on hosting your website. You could choose
anything really it's just for their information and doens't affect your application. When you
submit everything it will create your account and then you need to click on this Verify Button
So you'll need to verify the accoun using your phone, they will send you a code, and
verify your email address. I'll just fastworward this part because it's pretty straightforward.
Now that you have a verified account in Cloudways, click on this Affiliate tab and then you'll need
to submit the information like explain how you are going to promote Cloudways affiliate program.
One of the important settings to choose is Commission Structure.
Cloudways is one a few hosting providers who offers flexible commission structures so that
you have the freedom to earn at your own pace. If you choose the Slab model, you get paid a
one-time commission when someone buys Cloudways hosting through your link.
You can use this calculator on their page for affiliates and you'll see that the more
clients you bring to Cloudways, the higher commission you can get for each sale. If you
bring them 80 clients at $125 commission rate you'd be making $10,000 per month.
The Hybrid model works a bit differently. You get a $30 upfront bonus and then you get 7% lifetime
commissions. Meaning if the person you referred remains Cloudways customer in the long run,
they will likely move from the lower plans to more expensive plans as their website is growing.
And you will not only keep getting paid every month for as long as this
client remains with Cloudways, but your commissions will likely grow
as the customer upgrades to more expensive hosting plans.
You can also use the calculator here to get an idea of what you can expect from this.
See if you start with 10 customers if you use Slab commissions, you'll earn $750 in total.
If you use Hybrid commission for the same 10 customers, you could earn over $5000 within 12
months. That's a very considerable difference but again, you are getting paid only $30 per
client upfront and the rest of it is paid IF the customer remains with Cloudways for a
long time. Which shouldn't be an issue because well, they have a very low churn rate of 3%.
And just so you know, for payouts you can use Paypal after you reach $250 per
month in approved commissions or a Wire Transfer to your bank if you are earning
over $1000 in commissions per month. The minimum amount you can withdraw is $100.
Once you submit your information, Cloudways team will review your application within 24 hours if
it's on a week day but that might take a bit longer because of the weekends and holidays.
Now our next step is Step #4. Copy my Method to Promote your Links
First of all, you need to get the actual affiliate link. When your account is approved,
you can always click again on this Affiliate Tab and the first thing
you'll see is your affiliate link up here. Just click copy and you can insert this
link in any of your content you want to create to promote the hosting services.
Now what I think is the easiest and most effective way to promote
your affiliate links these days is by creating short videos and tutorials.
Yes, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels or TikTok videos. These short-form videos changed the
game for affiliate marketers. People love these quick, informative, and entertaining
videos. They're great for driving engagement and directing traffic to your affiliate links.
Here's how you do it: create short tutorials, maybe 15 to 60 seconds long,
where you provide quick tips about WordPress Managed Hosting by Cloudways,
or show them a quick walkthrough of how to use it. If you do a screen share on your computer you can
use a free software called OBS studio. On your phone you can use a free app called XRecorder.
You could create long-format videos like I do on my channel but honestly,
I think for a beginner it's much easier to start with short videos and upload them as Youtube
shorts, Tiktok videos or Instagram Reels. If we compare it with horizontal videos on
Youtube, they are on average 10-min long. It's harder to create them and harder to compete as
well. While these short-form vertical videos are easier to create, you just need your mobile
phone for it. And it's easier to get your videos in front of a bigger audience as a small creator.
There is a lot of demand for these short tutorial videos, people's attention span is getting shorter
and shorter, that's why it is much easier to go viral with short-form videos and grow from zero
to thousands of followers in a matter of months. Let's do a quick search for keyword "Canva" on
Tiktok for example - see there are lots of videos that have millions of views. I
would say this particular topic might be more competitive for you as an affiliate.
But if we search for Cloudways, there are just a few relevant videos and they are not from huge
accounts with big following, so you have a better chance to compete here as a Cloudways affiliate.
So again if you want to copy my method, sign up using the link in the description below
it's anastasiablogger.com/cloudways and get your own affiliate links once you sign up.
Now, you might be wondering, but where do I add my affiliate link
to those videos that I posted? Good question! On YouTube, you can add your affiliate link
directly in the video description, see how I did it in one of my recent videos?
You can also add a pinned comment and have your affiliate link there as well.
But on TikTok, and Instagram links in the description won't be clickable kind
of like in this example, so you'll have to direct your audience to the link in bio.
You can also use a free app called Linktree to create a mobile-friendly bio page where can
include as many affiliate links as you wish. So instead of just one link from a comment,
you can now make a whole list of affiliate links you want to promote.
Now I wanted to thank Cloudways for sponsoring this video but you should
also know that there is one more platform that's great for affiliate marketing!
On Pinterest you can also upload your short videos and even add your links directly to
each pin you uploaded, not to the comment like on other platforms. I think you should watch my
video up tagged up there on how to use Pinterest for affiliate marketing. But don't click away yet!
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