Hi there! Are you interested in making money with affiliate marketing?
I am going to show you 2 different methods you can use to make $250/day
using affiliate links on Pinterest, completely for free, without needing a website or a blog!
First, let me answer the question that I bet is on your mind right now.
Are affiliate links even allowed on Pinterest? Yes!
BUT - your account could get in trouble for posting too much spam content. That is when you
create a Pinterest account only for the sake of posting affiliate links or when you don't add any
affiliate disclosure to your pin descriptions. So in this tutorial, you’ll see how to post
affiliate links on Pinterest the right way without getting your account suspended.
Now, let’s look at how you go about promoting something on Pinterest.
Step #1 - Choose an Affiliate Product and Get your Affiliate Link
For that you will first need to join some of the largest affiliate networks with
lots of products across different niches. I'll just give you a few big names here:
Impact Shareasale
CJ Affiliates RewardStyle
Flexoffers and this is just a short list of the networks that I use.
I'll show you how things work in one of the networks.
For example, in Impact you can find products in all of these niches:
Apps Art
Baby and kids Education
Financial services Home and Garden and so on.
I'll just click here on the Pets niche and you'll see all of these brands. Then you can click
apply and most of the brands will require you to give a bit of information about
your site or social media profiles and how you are going to promote their products.
Once your application is approved, to get the affiliate link in this network you just need
to click on the product, then create link and here is the URL that you need to copy!
Let's leave it here because we'll need the link later on the next steps.
Step #2. You need to create a Pinterest account if you don't have one yet, and then create a
Pinterest board that is relevant to the product or niche you want to promote. Make sure your
board title is short and specific - use just the main focus keyword related to your product.
Step #3 - Create a Pin Image - you can use a free graphic design tool like Canva for example,
and create beautiful images and videos even if you’re terrible at graphic design. Use
my link anastasiablogger.com/canva to start a forever free account.
Canva has a lot of Pin templates. Just search
for this keyword - Pinterest pin - and you'll find plenty of options.
Canva has lots of templates for image pins of the recommended ratio of 2:3 or 1:2.
You'll see on the left side lots of filters that allow you to define the style of your pin.
You can choose from Minimalist
Modern Elegant styles and so on.
You can also filter them by the theme like Marketing
Business Fashion and so on.
In the pin template you can customize basically everything - change the text,
the colors and the background photo if you wish.
And all you need for a pin is usually an image and you get access to a large stock photo
collection right here in Canva. You can create as many pins as you want with different images
and text overlays and link them to one or several affiliate products.
Personally, I recommend you adding bold, large text overlays - always keep in mind that people
will most likely see your pins on a mobile device, so the text should be short and easy to read.
The next step is - Add the right Keywords to your pin title and description so that your pin has a
chance to be shown to a lot of people who are interested in the product you want to promote.
Why is this so important? Because Pinterest is a search engine kind of like Google. The only
difference is that Pinterest results are shown as images and short videos linked to various sites.
So if you want to sell a ketogenic meal plan,
for example, your board title could be Keto Recipes or Keto Diet or Keto Meal Plan.
trying to include as many related keywords as possible without making
your text unreadable. Your pin description can be up to 500 words, so don’t skip it.
You shouldn't just add a long list of keywords separated by commas, that would be spammy. The
text should be written first for people and second for search engine robots.
If you want to get a complete guide for starting a Pinterest account from scratch
and building it with Pinterest SEO in mind, check out my Pinterest course,
I'll give you a link up there and in the description below.
Step #6. Now when you’re using affiliate links - you want to
follow Pinterest’s full guidelines for affiliate marketers. Basically,
you need to keep in mind 2 things before you post affiliate links on Pinterest:
You should use them in moderation, meaning that affiliate links
shouldn't make up the majority of the pins you saved on your profile.
In the pin description, use a hashtag like #partnerlink or #affiliatelink when you post
your pins. This is your affiliate disclosure for every pin with a direct affiliate link.
Also keep in mind that some link shorteners may be blocked by Pinterest, so just create
a test pin with the link and try to save it. If you try to link to a blocked domain the
only thing that will happen is that you won't be able to publish that pin
and will see a warning something like "this domain was blocked on Pinterest".
But stay with me for the next method of doing affiliate
marketing on Pinterest because it can fix the problem of blocked links too.
If you want to check out the full guidelines for affiliate
marketers - the link is in the description.
https://newsroom.pinterest.com/en-gb/post/affiliate-link-guide-to-pinterest
https://policy.pinterest.com/en/community-guidelines
So this is ONE WAY of doing affiliate marketing on Pinterest - by adding direct affiliate links
to your pins. But as I mentioned, you have to do it in moderation.
When you don't add an affiliate link directly to the pin,
you could send users to a blog post on your site or a landing page that gives them more information
about the product you want to promote. And they would click from there to the affiliate links.
This way you are not limited to one link per pin, you can have multiple affiliate links in each
blog post. For example, I have this post with a review of the best online course platforms.
This post has multiple affiliate links but my pin on Pinterest doesn't have
any affiliate links, it goes to my blog post. But what can you do if you don't have a website?
Remember I promised to give you a NEW bonus strategy?
The beauty of this strategy is that it works for anyone who is just starting online.
It also allows you to add links to the URL shorteners and domains
that might be blocked on Pinterest. And it works even if you don't have your
website where you could create blog posts or landing pages.
What you can do instead is use this free Koji app called Shop the look.
It works the best for niches like fashion and home decor but it can also be adjusted and applied to
some other niches. You can simply change the name of the app so it doesn't imply anymore any "look"
and then you could promote any other stuff. So how does it work? Since you don't have your
own website, instead of it you can add in your Pinterest profile settings your Koji link.
Inside your Koji profile, you can use this Shop the look free app and you'll be able to
earn money from affiliate links by sharing a photo and tagging items within that photo.
Using the FREE Shop The Look app, you can upload an image, tag products within that photo,
and then make those products available for fans and followers to purchase by adding any
external URL, including affiliate links. Now, Koji sponsored this video but I also
use their link on my Instagram as a link in bio https://withkoji.com/@anastasiablogger and if
you go through my Koji profile, you will find this Shop the look app that features a home
decor photo with several tagged products. Each of these links goes to RewardStyle.
it's a huge affiliate network that allows you to become an affiliate for lots of brands across many
niches. I would say in RewardStyle you'll find the most products in fashion and home decor niches.
And the best part of this approach is that multiple items can be
sold within the same image, making it easy for you to monetize and sell several things at once.
And you keep your Pinterest account safe because you don't have to link lots of affiliate products
directly to your pins and risk your account triggering spam filters.
So instead of creating a website or paying for landing page builders, as an affiliate
marketer you could use Koji as a solution to avoid any tech overwhelm and monthly fees.
You can literally start it on your phone in just a few minutes.
To get your free account check my link in the description below.
You can choose your Koji username, it should be something
that reflects that niche in which you think most of your promoted products will fit.
If you are not sure about the niche, it's always a good idea to use your name or some kind of
made-up word people will easily remember. Just keep in mind that this username makes
a part of your Koji link that will be visible to everyone when you add it to your Pinterest profile
or as your link in your bio on Instagram. If you have any other social media accounts,
I recommend you to give the links to them here at the bottom of your Koji page.
You can check some of the Koji account styling options…
I would just go through the available themes but if you want to spend a bit more time on it,
you can customize every element of your profile. After you create your account and profile,
come back to this video and drop your Koji link in the comments! I’d love
to see what you guys are selling! Now let's add the Shop the look app.
First click on Manage your account, then you go to Apps and Links, click on Browse Koji App Store.
You'll see here hundreds of apps designed for creator economy, but
right now we are looking for the app that works best for affiliate links,
so head over to the section called Instant Storefronts.
You will actually find here two apps. Shop the Look works best for fashion and home decor niches.
If you want to adjust this app for other niches, I recommend you to click here and change the name
so that it shows as something different in your Koji profile. For example if you are in weight
loss niche and you want to promote a bunch of products, you could create an image and
put all the products on that image, then tag each product using Shop the look app.
I would just call the app in this case something like "My Top Picks" or "Anastasia Recommends".
See how it's easy to set up this app? I clicked Add, then click on Start Selling,
and add an image that includes several of the products you want to promote.
You can upload the image from your device, or if you have it uploaded somewhere else, you
get it from the URL of that page.
Then you can choose the tag style - anything works but I like this one the most.
Now you just need to click on the part of the photo where you have the first product
you want to promote and you'll be asked to add a product title and description
and the affiliate link in the field Paste URL right here.
You can repeat the same process with several products on your photo.
Once you tagged all the products, click Done.
Again, here is an example of the result - it's a Shop the look app on my Koji profile.
Here I tagged home decor products and each link goes to RewardStyle affiliate links.
And actually, in the Instant Storefronts,
there is a second app called Affiliate links - and this one can work for any niche.
This app allows you to showcase your links in a feed of beautifully designed cards that give you
a way to highlight your favorite products in the best light.
So there are many ways to can go about affiliate marketing on Pinterest.
If you are looking for a way to do it without a website,
definitely try Koji, it's free and you can easily set it on your phone.
If you want to learn more about growing on Pinterest and my best strategies for this year,
click on the video up there and I'll see you in the next one!