annual income with affiliate marketing
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Blogging as a ProfessionThe Millionaire Mindset
Growing Your Online Empire $100 at a Time
Affiliate Marketing Fest
My Background• Started Blogging in Dec 2006 During 5th Semester on Engineering
• Built Series of 350+ Cars & Entertainment Blogs from 2009 to 2011
• Spammed the Shit Out of Web: Lost $100k+ in May 2011
• Bootstrapped Webfosys Group on March 27, 2009 - Global Group Turnover over $2.5M+ - Presence across US, UK, Singapore, Middle East
• 10+ Years of Experience in Blogging, Digital & Affiliate Marketing
• About.com - [2010 to 2015] - Current .Desi Domain Brand Ambassador
• Started Desi Bloggers World to Help New Bloggers in 2016
One of the Biggest Spammers: 2007-2011
And... Back in 2014!!!
Power of Blogging & Affiliate Marketing• Blogging can be a great way to drive traffic & generate revenues
• Monetise it using Google Adsense, Affiliate Programs, CPM Ads
• Learn Search Engine Optimisation to drive targeted traffic to your blog
• Email marketing can be an awesome tool to build list & promote
• Your blog is like your virtual home - it’s value keeps increasing as you build up one floor after another
• The Best Part: Anyone can be a Blogger & Affiliate Marketer!
Sources of Traffic• Organic Traffic through SEO - Requires Time & Patience
• Social Media Traffic: Facebook Instagram Reddit can be great sources
• Referral Traffic - Banner Ads, Forum Signatures, Comments on Big Blogs
• Native Ads - Taboola, MGID, RevContent etc
• Pop Ads: Highly underleveraged source of traffic
• YouTube & Other Video Platforms
• PodCasts
Organic Viral Marketing• Just 1 engaging post can deliver great reach
• You don’t need to post daily always
• Regular posting can improve stats
• Sharing across right groups is the key
• Don’t spam - promote smartly
• Tag people selectively
• Promote using multiple profiles
Paid Facebook Marketing
Pop Traffic Can be Gold Mine!
The Annoying Pop-Ups That You have been seeing in your life
But... Internet Marketers Are Making $$$$$$$ With It!
Types: Pop Up & Pop Under
Organic Search Engine OptimisationTargeting low competition
keywords to generate traffic
by ranking on top of keywords
on Page 1 on Google Results
The Money PartAvg Rs 100 per 1000 Hits
which means 10k hits = Rs 1k
66k hits = Rs 6600 = $100
2200 hits/day = $3.3/day
to make it $100/month/blog
(Pessimistic Figures)
Starting a Micro Niche BlogFind a Niche That You Understand Well, and Are Comfortable Working in
Don’t give a shit to what others say - nothing is too saturated, nothing is impossible!
Narrow down to a micro niche, starting from broad targeting in following manner
Cars -> Indian Cars -> Affordable -> Small Cars -> Automatic
Keyword: "best small automatic car" (after my Hyderabad session, comp grew higher)
Here’s New Gift for You: "auto gear cars in india below 5 lakhs"
Find More Under Keyword of the Day - www.bloggers.world
Factors to Consider While Choosing KeywordsMonthly Search Volume > 1000 searches
Competition in Double Quotes (DQR) < 1000
CPC > $1
1 Easy Target to outrank in Top 10 Results
Availability of resources to build backlinks in that niche
Availability of your own Web 2.0s & your other blogs/PBNs
Example Keyword: "best small automatic car", "auto gear cars in india below 5 lakhs"
Steps to Rank a New Post QuicklyExample Keyword: "auto gear cars in india below 5 lakhs"
Go to Pingomatic.com & submit to G+, StumbleUpon, Diigo, Plurk, FB, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram
Create 5-10 blog comments
1 Quora Reply, 1 Yahoo Answer, 1 Answer.com, 1 Ask.com
Create 2 Fresh Web 2.0 - Tumblr & Anything else
Create backlinks from any of 2 expired Web 2.0
Create social signals - Reddit, FB, Twitter, G+ - anything for impressing the big G
Submit to 1 each - PPT, PDF, Audio/Video submission sites
5-10 Profile links
Building an Army of Micro Niche BlogsInvestments Needed
You need approx $10-20 to hand-register a domain/pickup expired domain from GoDaddy Auctions
You need about $50 for 1 year hosting on any popular host like HostGator, SiteGround, FatCow, and it could go as low as $22-25 for the likes of GoDaddy, Microhost & iPage for hosting single blog, and typically $30-35 for up to 3-4 blog hosting on one account. [Avg Cost: $30/Year]
Cost of Content for Microniche blog = 10 posts x $5 per post = $50
More Content for rest of the year @ 1 post/month to keep the blog alive = $50
Backlinks - $50
Pop Traffic, FB Ads & Misc Cost => Can be Offset With Earnings]
Total - Under $200/year even if you buy few FB likes from Fiverr SEOClerk etc...
Building an Empire of Blogging Income
Potential Earnings - $360/year (with pessimistic calculation of $1/day/blog)
Cost Involved = $200 per Year
Potential Profits - $150+ per blog per year = Rs 10k per blog per year
10 blogs = 1L/annum
100 Blogs = 10L/annum
If you can do this as a well-planned campaign, and roll out army of such 20 blogs per month, we’re talking about 250 odd blogs under your kitty by end of the year, which translates to
Profits = $160 x 240 = $38,400 … Now translates to Rs 25 Lakhs+ a Year in Profits!
The Affiliate Marketing Game
• It’s All About the Mindset (Kulwant will cover it next)
• Choosing the Right Product to Promote
• Finding the right traffic sources to keep campaign profitable
• Learning How to Track the Results (Using Tools like Voluum) with Sub IDs
Affiliate Prerequisites
• Learning the Art of FB Ads & Google Adwords
• Building Your Presence in the Affiliate Marketing
• Getting the right campaigns is all about the right connects
• The best campaigns are never available in the market - you gotta find them!
How to Get Started
• Earn Some Money & Have a Blog/Site with Good Traffic or FB Page with Good Reach
• Join a Network like VCommission (for indian offers) or ClickDealer (for US Offers)
• Building Your Presence in the Affiliate Marketing Field (Go to Events so people recognise you)
• Getting the right campaigns is all about the right connects
• The best campaigns are never available in the market - you gotta find them!
• Find the profitable campaigns where super-affiliates are making > $10k/day
• Replicate the success - don’t try to reinvent the wheel
• Learn to test offers and scale up the profitable FB ad sets (or any other campaigns)
The Dirty Truth
Affiliate Marketing isn’t a level battlefield - it’s dirty
Remember that affiliate managers aren’t your friend - they’re here to shave commissions!
How to Build Up System of Microniche BlogsCost = $200, Rev = $360 (@ $1/day)
Profits from 1 Blog = $150 ~ Rs 10,000 per Year
10 Blogs = Rs 1 Lakhs
100 Blogs = Rs 10 Lakhs
250 Blogs = Rs 25 Lakhs Per Year
This Means Creating 20 Blogs Per Year = 240 Blogs in 12 Months
If You Keep Continuing This for Next 4 Years - You Can Reach 1000+
How to Scale Up from $10k to $100k & $1M+
You Can Make Avg $500 by Flipping a Blog Earning $100/Mo
If You Keep Flipping just 10 Blogs Every Quarter = $5000
Annual Profits = $20,0000+
This Can Push Your Annual Profits by 50%
Why Isn’t Everyone a Millionaire?• It’s all about the mindset and determination
• Hard-work takes time to pay off - SEO takes time to kick in!
• You can’t turn into a millionaire overnight so don’t look for short-cuts
• Setting the wrong foundation can be disastrous, and it can cripple your future chances of success
• 90% people wait for an angel to turn their dreams into reality!
• Don’t wait for your lucky day to come - start TODAY!
• Make mistakes, but DON’T commit the same mistake TWICE!
Your Network is Your “Net Worth”
Attending meetups, mentoring sessions, and networking with people is extremely crucial for every entrepreneur, because your network plays a crucial role in working out strategic collaborations, identifying channel partners, expanding in overseas markets, and even generating sales.
Plan well, keep learning from mistakes (don’t be afraid to experiment), and take every problem as a new opportunity to learn something and progress - build your business empire!
