Are you tired of being broke? Do you need to supplement your income? Why not try affiliate marketing? I want to show you the best affiliate marketing program for beginners. It’s easy and its “starter membership” is free!
Affiliate marketing is a home-based business. All you need is an internet connection, a computer, tablet or smartphone, and a desire to earn some extra cash. You can start part-time, and as you grow your business, you have the option of quitting your day job and working it full time. The choice is yours!
This has become a popular way for entrepreneurs to make money online. It’s accessible to both beginners and experienced alike, and many marketers are making a good living off of it. Of course, you need to start off with a legitimate program to show you the ropes. This is where I’d like to guide you.
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Why Do I Say Legitimate Affiliate Programs?
Well, have you ever surfed online and seen ads pop up promising you overnight riches? Or how about those people offering you their “secrets” to making millions.
Personally, I don’t consider these legitimate. Most are scams, by people whose only interest is separating you from your money. They don’t care about you, just your pocketbook.
A legitimate business is one that takes time and work. Have you experienced anything in life that made you rich overnight? Ok, well maybe you’re the lucky lotto winner, haha. But most of us haven’t.
Those who’ve gone to college or university, have done so for years to get the job they want. Or many started jobs at the bottom of the ladder and had to put in lots of hard work to get higher positions.
It’s the same with any home-based business. If you treat it like a business and follow the appropriate steps to get it off the ground, you can become just as successful as anyone else.
The Best Place to Learn Affiliate Marketing!
When starting an online business, you need proper education, a website, domain names, hosting, keyword tools, a helpful community and most importantly, support. I know this sounds overwhelming but please don’t let it scare you. With the right platform, you will learn all about these things with ease.
Let me introduce you to Wealthy Affiliate.
This platform has everything you need to start your own online business under one roof. No need to search online for hours to find out what affiliate marketing is all about. No bouncing from site to site to access all the tools you need. Or worse yet, hoping that someone, in one of the online marketing forums, will answer your questions.
Don’t get me wrong, some people are doing it this way, but why?? It’s so ineffective and time-consuming. Especially when different services will offer you differing techniques. That’s just way too confusing!
As I said, Wealthy Affiliate has it all. The owners are Kyle and Carson, two successful young men from Victoria, B.C., Canada eh! They learned from scratch many years ago when the internet was still quite new, and now want to help people build new businesses without all the difficulties they had. They started this platform for just that reason.
The education is top-notch. Their priority is to keep all their lessons updated so when things like Google’s algorithms change (meaning what worked before might not work now) you can adopt new techniques to keep you successful.
The most valuable aspect of education is that it takes you, step by step, through an interactive learning process. You build your business on a solid foundation. And better yet, you earn while you learn. They’ll have your website up and running while you’re learning.
They provide all the necessary tools to build a competitive business, and community support, the likes of which is not offered anywhere else online.
It’s a live community. With over 1 million members, there’s always someone online, globally, to quickly respond to your questions. This is my favourite feature of Wealthy Affiliate. It starts to feel like a supportive family. I’m making global friendships as we help one another out.
You Said I Could Start For Free?
Yup, that’s what I said. They offer a free starter membership so that you can try it out to see if this is for you. That is how I got started. It was important to me to check it out without having to invest any money. Then I could make an informed decision about affiliate marketing, without being committed to any plan.
All you need to do is create an account, no credit card needed. The free Wealthy Affiliate membership offers you what you need to get your business started and online ready to make money.
Kyle teaches you how to set up a website, writing blogs or articles to add content to your website, how to do keyword research for competitiveness, and SEO (search engine optimization) so that you can rank well with the search engines (show up on page one of a Google search)
I started out for free myself, but it didn’t take me long to see all the advantages of becoming a premium member. The video below, made by Kyle, gives you a walkthrough of Wealthy Affiliate. He shows you the value of a free membership as well as everything added to a premium membership.
Some Final Thoughts…..
If you decided to become a premium member, it would cost you $49 per month, or an annual fee of $359. That breaks down to $29.91 per month, a 40% savings. To put this in perspective, let me show you a break down of comparable costs if you went elsewhere. Keep in mind I’m listing tools that offer somewhat comparable assets, though still not as much as Wealthy Affiliate.
So the lowest you’d pay would be $251 per month up to $774 per month, and even at the highest rate, it’s still not comparable with what you get with Wealthy Affiliate for $49 per month or $359 per year.
Another thing to keep in mind is Wealthy Affiliate has no surprise upfront costs. Though legitimate, platforms like “The Chris Farrel Membership” and “Affilorama” do!
I truly hope I’ve offered you some valuable information to help you make a decision. Why not give Wealthy Affiliate a try. It’s free, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain!
I would love to hear your comments or any questions you might have about affiliate marketing. I want you to be a success in your online marketing business.
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Your friend,
Suzanne
Suzanne amazing article, very well written thank you. Many of the different manners in which Wealthy Affiliate is presented really sends a great message that promotes the entire platform. And this means that we are able to facilitate with others. Nice very nice. Thank you again, Suzanne.
Thank you, Xavier, for your kind words. The Wealthy Affiliate platform is truly one of a kind. The live community is a very large group of like-minded people, all willing to help one another. That’s so important to build success. There is always someone available to answer questions, within minutes. And of course, you can contact the owners themselves.
Cheers,
Suzanne
Oh man. I have been looking for somewhere to learn Affiliate Marketing without it costing me a fortune. I am so glad I came across your article. Thank you very much for this information and see you on the other side!!
Hi Eden,
I’m glad you liked my article. Isn’t it wonderful that you can sign up for free? It really is the best training online, and the cost of a premium membership is a fraction of what it would cost you anywhere else. I’ll meet you inside and guide you all the way.
Blessings,
Suzanne
Hi Suzanne, great post. I am going to look into recruiting my family that could benefit from working from home too. I love how everyone is so supportive and that was even before I signed up a few days ago. I still need to check everything out and now that I see I only have 7 days for some features, I’ll need to get on that soon 🙂 I love working in WordPress and I like that I can keep my site and still benefit from being a member. Thanks again. Have a great day.
Hi Tara,
I’m so happy you’ve signed up. It’s an incredible platform with many excellent tools. All you’ll ever need. Just take it one day at a time, and follow the training step by step, and you’ll do great. If you have any questions, please drop me a line. I’m here to help any way I can.
Cheers,
Suzanne
I like your review as it completely honest and true, the training that comes with the course is outstanding and well worth the investment, apart from that there is a live chat with 24-hour support from a very friendly community.
Hi Joseph,
I’m glad you’re enjoying Wealthy Affiliate. The training they provide is truly excellent. My favorite part is the live community. I can ask anything and get an immediate answer, even if it’s the middle of the night, lol. The experienced and successful marketers are always ready to lend a hand.
Cheers,
Suzanne
Great overview! I honestly couldn’t give WA a better wrap. They’re 10/10 in my books. From the learning modules, support forums and an entire community of fellow affiliates to help you out – you’re truly set up to succeed!
Thanks for the review:)
P.S Hardwork is required and rewards won’t just come to you.
Hi Jeremy and thanks for the comment. Wealthy Affiliate definitely stands apart from anyone else online. And yes, they state right off the bat, that it takes work and commitment. Nothing comes to you overnight!
Thanks again,
Suzanne
Wealthy Affiliate looks like a wonderful program. I have been scammed before on the internet, so I am more cautious than most. Compared to other options out there, Wealthy Affiliate seems reassuring. I like the fact that they take me through step by step. There is just so much to learn and a lot of information out there is quite shady.
I do have a question though. What is the number 1 piece of advice you would give to someone on the fence about this program? I look forward to hearing your answer.
Thank you for sharing and I hope you make it a great day!
Hi Alex. The number 1 piece of advice would be to try it out. Because you can start for free, with no credit card or worry about cancelling, you can see for yourself if you like it. There’s absolutely no risk on your part. Just a little time investment. Walk around the platform and check everything out. You can even remain free if you want to, but there’s so much benefit to going premium. I hope to see you on the inside!
Cheers,
Suzanne
Excellent review! WA is honestly the only place I’ve found that truly gives you everything you need to succeed at affiliate marketing. I also liked how you included how much you’d actually be saving by joining WA. It’s too good of a deal to pass up for sure!
Thanks Sarah, glad it helped you. There’s absolutely nothing online that can touch this platform. The price is incredible for everything you get. Thats how confident they are about what they offer.
Cheers,
Suzanne
Hi Suzanne, So many websites are promising the moon but not able to deliver or it’s too expensive. I’m happy to hear you say that it’s going to take time to build a business just like in the real world, because that’s the reality.
I know a lot of people are making money online but it’s just so hard to know who to trust. Thanks so much for the guidance.
Thanks Keith for your comment. Yes, you have to be careful online. There are many empty promises. That why I like Wealthy Affiliate so much. They are authentic and don’t promise you the moon. They tell you right from the beginning that to be successful, you need to roll up your sleeves and commit to some hard work. But it’s so worth it in the end. Good luck to you!
Cheers,
Suzanne