How Long Does It Take To Make Money With Affiliate Marketing?

I remember when I had no idea what affiliate marketing was and how I thought I was going to make money right away.

If you are wondering how long it is going to take before you make money online, I want to show you exactly what you need to expect if you want to get get involved.

There are many factors that come into affiliate marketing and how fast you make money, but keep your focus on the money and you’ll end up becoming another statistic.

Focus on everything else and I can promise you that you will be another successful online marketer.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

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Affiliate marketing is nothing more than taking other people’s products and making some money from the sales you make.

That is the perfect explanation on how to make money selling other people’s products.

Just like running a physical business, you will be getting products from other people and marketing them through your website or advertising efforts.

Advantages of the Affiliate Marketer

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I do affiliate marketing full-time now and I have ran a couple of physical businesses in my life as well.

I make a lot more money online than I did in the thousands I spent to open a bar that gave me nothing but a headache.

As far as profit margins are concerned, there is no real competition.

Here are some advantages that you can expect when doing business online.

The biggest market in the world

You can’t ask for a bigger market than the billions of people that are on the internet every single day. Within any market or niche, with a physical business, you are limited to what you can make, due to the population in your area and the amount of people looking for your product or service. Not so much for online marketers.

No physical Work Required

I really can’t stand seeing people bust their behinds, just to make the people at the top all the money. With online marketing, it’s just you and your computer and that’s about it. Other than typing your articles, there is no physical labor that comes with other businesses.

No Dealing With Shipping or Returns

I remember when I used to deal with inventories and worrying about pleasing my customers. When you promote other people’s products in the online world, you will not have to deal with them once you have referred them to the merchant’s site.

Even if they don’t like their product or they want to exchange it for a different color, that is totally off your hands. You just gotta love how everything works with affiliate marketing.

More profit

Just like your typical business, you get products at wholesale price and sell them to make a profit. You can make more selling products online from several affiliate programs and they are more than willing to give you a good percentage just for referring people to their product.

Work From Many Places

I work from home, coffee shops, and even while on the go. I can check my stats and I get all my profits directly dumped into my bank account, which leave me more time to do other things like spending time with my kids. Doing business online allows you to work anywhere you want, as long as you have your computer and an internet connection.

You are the Boss

If you’ve ever tried any type of multilevel marketing business, you know how hard it is and you know that you are paying the person right above you. Not so much the case for an affiliate marketer. You make sales and you interact with no one. This is the true meaning of you are the boss!

How Long Will it Take Before You See Your First Dollar?

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Too many people worry about making money, when they should’ve understood that this is a business that needs to be built and requires some TLC.

However, it is not going to take you a whole year, especially if you have the right training and support that is a must when doing something like affiliate marketing.

I have seen guys make profits in 1 month and I have seen some take as long as 6 months before they started seeing any money come in.

Depending on how bad you want it (among other things, will determine how fast you make money online.

It took me 3 months before I started seeing any money come in, but that’s because I wanted it that bad. Then I knew it was a matter of scaling it and making more of what I just made.

How Targeted is Your Niche?

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Are you doing the ever so popular fitness “niche”?

I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with it, but I see it too many times where a person tries to be the next Men’s Fitness website.

Too many people tackle a very broad topic when starting their first site and I’m sure most of you can relate.

Rather than trying to do things because it just looks better, focus on a very targeted group of people rather than trying to be the jack of all trades.

This is just another factor in how fast you will see a solid income from affiliate marketing.

Find the perfect audience and you won’t take as long.

Publish Regularly

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As an affiliate marketer/blogger you ALWAYS want to keep your content fresh.

Keep it fresh and update your site regularly and on a consistent basis.

Don’t wait longer than a week to add new content and most especially work within your means.

If you can post every other day then so be it, but do know that your competition is not settling for that and I think you shouldn’t either.

So if you want to make money faster, you’re going to have to keep the content engine rolling or you’ll take that much longer.

When it Rains, it Pours

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The best part about making your first dollar online, is the fact that it will only grow from there.

It goes from a couple of bucks (or cents) and then it starts to increase.

Once your site picks up momentum and Google starts to fall in love with your site, this is when things start to get a little crazy and I can remember the first dollar I made and how excited I was.

To many people, that is nothing.

To me, that was enough to show me that I can make more!

There are a lot of people making more money than doctors and it is all thanks to this thing called affiliate marketing.

In the End, It is Totally Up to You

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It is literally up to you as to how long it will take you to make money with affiliate marketing. It does require you to work (what doesn’t?), but the end result will be very much worth it.

Of course you’re not going to make any money in your first couple of days, but you can make money sooner than you think.

I recommend a program called the Wealthy Affiliate, if you want to get started with affiliate marketing.

You do get to test drive things before you commit to anything and you can run a complete business just from that site alone.

You won’t find that anywhere else, trust me.

Patience is a virtue my friend and if you have it, then it can take you a long way in the online world as well as the real world.

I hope you enjoyed this article and hopefully you can create a successful online business too.

Cheers!

 

– John

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