17 Tips For Struggling Affiliates - R - Affiliatemarketing

11/1/24, 3:30 PM 17 Tips for Struggling Affiliates : r/Affiliatemarketing
Skip to main content r/Affiliatemarketing Search in… 1 Create
r/Affiliatemarketing •8 mo. ago

bprs07
17 Tips for Struggling Affiliates
I read a lot of posts on this sub and other subs from affiliate marketers who are struggling to gain traction.
Honestly, reading posts like that fills me with this weird combination of sadness and anger: sadness that
people are working so hard with little to show for it, and anger that the rich ruling class has rigged the system
so that everyday people like us need to work our asses off on side hustles like affiliate marketing to feel like
we have a chance at any happiness in this life.
Six years ago I started my first affiliate site in the household products niche and promoted Amazon products.
It took me over 4 months to make $100 cumulatively, but then my growth exploded:
$335 in Month 5
$1,062 in Month 7
$5,290 in Month 10
And all of that was affiliate revenue only. I hadn’t even added display ads yet, which would go on to become
35% of my revenue. I documented the first 17 months of my process on another subreddit, which you can find
here. There's more information on there about my thought processes, mistakes, and successes than I can
summarize in one post here.
After 5 years, I sold the site in July 2022 for $340,000. Including revenues from the 5 years I owned it, the site
earned me over $600,000. In the 12 months prior to selling, I had 1.08 million organic search visitors and
referred $1.45 million in Amazon product sales. Proof.
I share all of that to tell you that it is possible. I had no experience when I started. I made many of the same
mistakes I read about here. I had many of the same frustrations, especially during those first 4 months when I
was putting 20-30 hours per week into my site (on top of a full-time job) and seeing almost no benefit.
Here are some things I learned that you may find helpful. Most of this is geared toward website-based affiliate
marketing and not social media affiliate marketing, but a lot of the principles can be applied universally.
1. Use a dynamic, template-based design for your website to increase your efficiency
The best decision I ever made on my affiliate journey was using a dynamic, template-based, database-driven
design. In year 3, I decided to move my website from WordPress to Webflow, a combination web host and
CMS that allows you to make beautiful, fast, and template-driven websites with ease.
Note that this post is not an ad for Webflow! I have no affiliation with them. I don't work for them. I am not
an affiliate for them. I give you permission to sue me if you discover I'm lying about any of that. I just really
love Webflow and think they're orders of magnitude better than WordPress, which everyone defaults to just
because, but that's just my personal opinion. Everything I write in this post can be applied to WordPress sites.
Choose whatever CMS or page builder you like.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Affiliatemarketing/comments/1b29yoz/17_tips_for_struggling_affiliates/ 1/18
With
Skipatodynamic,
main template-driven website, you create a page template for the different
content 1 types of content you
Createand to have a
want to publish. This has many benefits, chiefly the ability to create content more efficiently
consistent look and feel that builds credibility. A good template-based page builder also allows you to change
the structure or layout of the template, cascading all of the changes to the individual pages built using that
template. This was instrumental in my success, because it meant I could modify visible on-page elements like
my layout but more importantly my not-so-visible, Google-centric elements like JSON-LD structured data.
2. Go after the incredibly low-volume keywords
Having a template-driven site made it way easier to pump out content, which meant I could create more
articles in less time. I leveraged that advantage by going after every low-to-zero volume keyword I could find. I
reviewed countless products that Ahrefs didn't even have in their database. I reviewed products that literally
zero other sites had published pages for. If the first search result was an Amazon product page, I published a
review of it.
These articles generally pulled in 10-50 organic search visits each month, but my template-based process
meant I was able to create each article in 1-2 hours. In a 20-hour workweek, I published 10-20 new articles
that would pull in about 250-500 organic search visits each month. I knew the average visit to my site was
worth $0.10, so I averaged about $25-$50 of revenue per month ($300-$600 per year) for those 20 hours of
work. Plus, my goal was to sell my site, and I ultimately earned a 48x monthly multiple, so those 20 hours of
work added $1,200-$2,400 to my site's valuation.
3. Get creative with your content strategy
I earned about 7,000 organic search visits per month by building a directory of physical brick-and-mortar
locations for businesses related to my niche. I was in kitchen products, so imagine a directory of all of the
bakeries in the United States organized by state. (Not the exact industry but you get the idea.) Anytime
someone searched for that bakery or "bakeries in michigan" or wherever, they saw one of my articles on the
first page.
Each individual business listing in my directory had the name of the business, the city and state where they
were located, information about the business such as contact info, website, address, and hours of operation,
an embedded Google Map of the location, and a list of other bakeries nearby.
I monetized these business listings in two ways:
1. Display ads, duh.
2. I promoted a subscription service for monthly baked goods delivered to your home.
People searching for bakeries near them obviously like baked goods, so the subscription box was a perfect fit.
I don't remember exactly how much I made from this promotional strategy, but it definitely was worth the
effort.
Also note that this approach was made possible by the dynamic, template-driven design I mentioned in Tip #1,
but you can do similar things with any type of design.
4. Build a content calendar and know exactly why you're publishing each piece of
content
Spend
Skip time
to identifying
main content content you want to create. For each piece of content, identify
1 exactly what purpose it
serves. Examples include the following non-exhaustive list: Create
Monetization: Content that includes ads and links
Establishing Authority: Necessary content designed to show your expertise to visitors but that doesn't
earn traffic or drive sales on its own
Outreach & Promotion: Content that you'll use to build backlinks or social shares
Knowing why you're creating a piece of content ensures you can (a) judge whether that content has been
successful, and (b) create a well-balanced site (or social media account) that successfully walks the tightrope
of making you money without being a straight up, transparent, low-value affiliate cash grab.
5. Break up your content into easily digestible pieces
No one likes walls of text. On social media, no one likes boring diatribes. People skim content, so make it easy
for them to skim. Use clearly defined sections and structure everything clearly and consistently. It makes it
easier for Google to index your page/site and it makes it easier for people to consume your content, which has
the indirect benefit of improving your search engine performance through better on-page engagement
metrics.
6. Focus on search intent and answer the visitors' question as quickly as possible
One of the biggest mistakes I see people make is that they identify a keyword with potential and they write an
article about it without ever considering why someone would be searching for that keyword. This leads to
content that checks all of the obvious SEO checklist boxes but underperforms because either (a) Google has
decided the search intent is different than what you've described, or (b) your content doesn't align with the
visitor's expectations. Both are catastrophic for search rankings and conversions.
Also put the answer to whatever question your visitors want answered at the beginning of your article. (On
TikTok, you need to do a little teasing.) If possible, put an affiliate link, email sign-up form, or other value-
added CTA near the answer so your now-pleased visitors can act accordingly.
7. Be accurate
Far, far, farrrr too many affiliate marketers focus on quantity over quality. While I do endorse the quantity-
driven approach, as you can see from my tips above, it's important that everything you post be accurate. I
spent countless hours reading product manuals and extracting product specifications, which gave me a major
advantage over my competitors, because I was able to create content that was more accurate and more
comprehensive (and I could do it more quickly, because I was a true expert now). This expert knowledge and
accuracy skyrocketed my conversion rates.
8. Be genuinely helpful
I saw a post on this sub earlier today that said something to the effect of "Why won't people just buy through
my affiliate links and help a brother out!" Make it so that you're so incredibly helpful that they want to help you
out. Being genuinely helpful also leads to better content, which leads to better search engine rankings and all
that jazz.
9. Don't use AI to write your content
Never
Skip trymain
to to pullcontent
a fast one on Google. In the end, the cream always rises to the 1top, and in this case that
means content written by an actual person. Use AI for brainstorming and outlining, but writeCreatethe content
yourself.
10. Invest time in creating unique images
You need to stand out from all of the other affiliate sites, both to Google and to your visitors. Do that by
creating your own unique images. That doesn't mean you need to take professional product photos or
anything like that. One of my go-to strategies was to take screenshots of YouTube product reviews and to
overlay text boxes and arrows pointing out or explaining features in the video (citing the video, of course).
This was an easy way to have unique product photos (not the same old stock photos everyone else had) while
providing real, tangible value.
11. Pay extra attention to all of the small, tedious SEO tasks
Image file sizes. Image alt text. JSON-LD schema markup. Page structure and hierarchy. OpenGraph image
optimization. Updating old posts to include internal links to more recently-published content. Optimizing for
Core Web Vitals performance. Structuring headers and content to target featured snippets. These are all
time-consuming, often tedious tasks deserving of your time and attention before publishing any content.
12. Pay careful attention to your internal link structure
Watch out for orphaned pages (no internal links) and pages that take more than 3-4 clicks to get to from the
home page. Be purposeful in how you connect your monetized and non-monetized content. Carefully pay
attention to how you distribute link equity from pages that have earned backlinks. Silo your content to help
Google understand what it is, but interlink silos where appropriate to connect everything.
My website had a pretty low Ahrefs DR of about 25, but I pulled in over 100,000 monthly organic search visits
in a niche where sites of similar sizes had DRs of 45+. My internal link structure and overall content quality
were huge reasons why.
13. Use Google Search Console to optimize your existing content
It's way easier to update and improve existing content than to create new content.
I used Google Search Console every single day to monitor how my site and individual pages were performing
in the SERPs. Two things I did religiously:
Looked for keywords on my higher-volume pages where I was ranking on the bottom of page 1 or on
page 2. Updating content to optimize for these keywords often had huge traffic benefits.
Looked for pages with good rankings and SERP impressions but low traffic resulting from poor
clickthrough rates. Updating meta titles and descriptions to improve how they appeared to users in the
SERPs often had huge traffic benefits.
The best part? Working in conjunction, the benefits of both are multiplicative.
14. Perform your own manual backlink outreach and get used to rejection
It sucks, but backlinks and social shares are critical to success. Your content calendar should have content
published exclusively for the purpose of outreach (link bait), so find pages on other sites that could benefit
from
Skiplinking
to to content
main your content. There are a million articles on how to do that, so I won't
1 expand further, but set
up a process for prospecting and pitching and get used to being called a lowlife piece ofCreate
scum for invading
other peoples' inboxes.
15. Prioritize Pinterest
Pinterest is so underutilized in many niches. Household products obviously has an audience on Pinterest, but
most niches can see not-insignificant traffic from Pinterest with just a little bit of effort. Pinterest traffic
doesn't convert as well as other types of traffic due to the "just browsing" nature of Pinterest users
(remember "intent"?), but it's still good traffic nonetheless.
16. Answer tons of questions on Quora
Similar to Pinterest, Quora traffic doesn't convert as well, but it's incredibly easy to generate a ton of views on
Quora and pull in a chunk of traffic from it. Best of all, here's where you can use AI. This is my process:
1. Search for topics related to your niche.
2. Use AI to answer every single question you can by pasting the question into your AI tool of choice (along
with some style prompts).
3. Do NOT include any links to your content. (But DO include a link in your Quora profile about section.)
4. Wait a few days to see which content is generating more views.
5. Go back and add relevant links to your content into those higher-performing Quora answers.
6. Go back and add some links to other sources in your lower-performing Quota answers, just to avoid any
spam filters they may have in place.
In the last 24 hours, I used AI to answer 115 questions on Quora (LOL) and already have generated over 1,800
views on those answers. That's in just one day on brand new answers. Even a low clickthrough rate will result
in some decent traffic.
17. Pace yourself
If you burn too hot at the start, you're going to burn out. With my site, I killed myself for the first 3 months
working 20-30 hours per week on top of a full-time job (my girlfriend, now wife, HATED me for those 3
months). I burned out hard and ignored the site for about 2 months until I noticed my traffic and sales
climbing exponentially, which reinvigorated me.
It doesn't matter if you're marketing on a website, a social media account, through email--whatever. It usually
takes time, so have a plan and execute your plan methodically.
I hope this post was helpful for you. I'm happy to answer any questions or provide clarifications in the
comments. Keep your spirits up and always try to improve on how and why you're doing something, and you'll
be OK. Good luck!
Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast.
155 102 Share

Sort main content Search Comments

Skipby:to New 1 Create
TomGameDev • 7mo ago •

This is a fantastic post. Thanks for taking time to write what must have taken a long time to lay out!
Interesting on the template-based design vs. Wordpress.
Couple of questions if you have time?
In light of the March update, HCU would you change your approach starting again now?
On the reviews, did you buy the products yourself or mainly use things like the owner manuals you
mentioned?
Thanks
3
bprs07 OP • 7mo ago •
No problem!
I would not change my approach based on the March update. The templatized approach laid out in
this post is designed to be consumed in chunks by Google, which I think makes it a great candidate
to land featured snippets and the new AI Overview SERP feature announced this week, which you can
read about here: https://datadrivenmarketing.beehiiv.com/p/google-search-sge-ai-overviews
Niche sites on the whole have taken a hit, though, so I think the biggest change is that I just would
not be building niche sites anymore. I think email marketing and newsletters are the way to go,
bypassing Google entirely with a list you own. Social media has the same concerns Google does, in
that one day the algorithm could look upon you unfavorably.
As for reviews, I rarely purchased products. I never ever claimed to have tested a product I didn't
actually test. Instead, I always reviewed and spoke about technical specs and features and tried to
help my readers parse out which features made sense for them given their unique needs.
2
Beneficial-Eye598 • 7mo ago • Edited 6mo ago •
Hello u/bprs07, Thanks for this wonderfully written post and all the prompt commenting you do
here! Genuinely good vibes.
I had a question in response to what you replied here. I was planning on starting two blogs on
different niche topics, and I was mainly motivated by the potential with Pinterest, on top of
affiliate links.
You said you wouldn't change your approach as listed, yet you also say niche sites are going
obsolete due to the Google update. Can you help me understand a niche site that should just go
newsletter route vs. a regular blog that you would still encourage?
1
Skipblogtuberr
to main content
• 8mo ago • 1 Create
I have read your journey documentation and it's really inspiring. In your documentation you have targeted
on high volume of content. I am a complete beginner. Can u help me explain how can I write content fast?
What tools are using to write content fast. I understood u use ahrefs for finding keywords and use
skyscraper technique. But I need to know more which I can follow to write atleast 30000 per month. How
can I write my content faster. Expecting your valuable suggestions
1
I use my keyboard and I type. The only way to work faster is to practice and develop a system.
1
Guilty_Tangerine_146 • 8mo ago •

On the topic of websites, anybody have an opinion on Wix?
1
[deleted] • 8mo ago •
BRLeandroM21 • 8mo ago •

Thanks for the tips and advice. I started a blog a few days ago in a niche that I'm interested in but don't
have in-depth knowledge of. Reading your advice gave me a new vision on how to do affiliate marketing. I
only made 4 posts, all using AI, but now I will focus on writing manually and using AI just to come up with
ideas and outline the structure of the article.
2
I definitely think it's a better idea to write your content, even if it takes much longer. But work smart,
so use AI to build outlines and even to write drafts, as long as you go back and humanize it.
Best of luck!
2
NevahaveIeva • 8mo ago •

Thanks, you've put an incredible amount of time into this and its appreciated
5
No problem!
6
SkipNo-Jellyfish4123
to main content• 8mo ago • 1 Create
Great info
2
I'm glad you found it helpful!
2
Remarkable-Step593 • 8mo ago •

Good article. I have moved over to Beehiiv and loving it. WordPress is terrible and not user friendly.
1
I was working on a new WordPress install today and I wanted to throw my computer out the window.
Fuck WordPress.
2
b_nimble • 7mo ago •
Wordpress is also full of security risks so I would stay away from it.
1
Gremic77 • 8mo ago •

I guess point 16 applies to Reddit as well, at least until the next HCU from Google.
1
If you don't get banned from every community lol
2
AlgoTrader15 • 8mo ago •

Thanks for the tips
1
You're welcome!
1
Skip[deleted]
to main •content
8mo ago • 1 Create
Some_Profit_5521 • 8mo ago •
Thank you for this post. I am still figuring out Pinterest. I've really struggled to gain any kind of following
there. Quora is a great idea. I never thought of that. Thank you! As for the rest of your recommendations,
I do what I have time to do. I only have a few hours a month to dedicate to my affiliate marketing. In the
beginning, I dedicated way more time for pennies, so I stopped wasting my time. Part of my problem is
that I'm in an oversaturated niche and I'm not a hot 22 year old who likes to wiggle her ass for people, so
my social media following is low. Recently WordPress had a sale to upgrade to business plan for two
years, so I went for it. I'm giving myself two years to start making money. If I'm not earning steady
revenue by then, I'm out.
2
Yes, I need one or two of those ass wiggling 22 yo's in a two piece to help promote my content. They
have their own Social Platform now "OnlyFans" - Good Luck to them.
2
If you're trying to build a website and gain organic search traffic, stop doing social media. It's better
to do one thing well vs two things poorly.
My site had no Facebook page, no IG account, no Twitter account, and a sparse email list. My sole
focus was organic search and nothing deviated from that, except Pinterest and Quora because the
ROI on my time was so high.
Related to Pinterest, followers are good but not gospel. Post a lot. Optimize for SEO and keywords.
Experiment with different layouts. See what works.
2
Careful with the post a lot advice. Have read about people getting banned for spamming. I am just
doing one pin a day and that seems to be keeping Pinterest happy. Same On Instagram, although
that is just dead. Regardless, I still do it as AI allows me to make both pin and post respectively
and upload in about half an hour.
2
Everything I've ever read says Pinterest doesn't really care how many times you post as long
as it's high quality and has varied layouts. In fact, the successful Pinners I keep an eye on
suggest pinning at least 20 new items per day, but no doubt there's a wide range of
suggestions when it comes to all things digital marketing.
3

Skip to main content 1 Create
Directly placing Amazon Affiliate links might be the caveat I should place in here upon
doing some more research. I defer to those with more success and experience at this sort
of thing. My Pinterest Pinning only really started at the beginning of 2024; but for me I like
the Slow and Steady method. Including an occasional Promote for a day, manually picking
my targeted Audience.
1
Some_Profit_5521 • 8mo ago •
Thank you!
1
_I_am_here • 8mo ago •

Would you mind sharing the website url now that you've sold it? I'd like to click around while I read
through all your stuff. I understand things might have changed since you sold.
2
No, I wouldn't do that out of respect for the buyer.
2
Dcaim • 8mo ago •

Great info, thank you. Is there anything you’d do differently today if you were to start over?
1
I mean, I would have implemented the 17 things I learned here sooner lol
3
Awesome. Did you find any email collection/email marketing was useful?
1
I used one lead magnet that generated around 5,000 sign-ups over a few months. I didn't
develop much of a strategy for using that email list regularly, but I did spam them twice a year
for Prime Day and Black Friday/Cyber Monday. Each time I think I generated about
$1,000-$1,500 in revenue directly from my email list, so about $0.25 per subscriber.
2
Skip to main content 1 Create
Thanks. To your point, I’ve used AI to write 20 blogs/titles/keywords and none of them get
traction. I’ve written a few unique ones from over 12 months ago that still get hundreds of
hits a month.
2
Our Google overlords are all-knowing
1
monoman17 • 8mo ago •

Nice tips, I feel affiliate marketing can work in many ways but most need consistency and hard work
which isn't often what is being sold on social media
3
Couldn't agree more. It's pretty simple, but it's also hard.
1
Jewst7 • 8mo ago •

Solid posts & solid tips!
Glad things worked out so well for you.
They did for me too, in the end (HCU has been super kind to me), but it was a massive GRIND.
1
Affiliate marketing requires a ton of investment. That's either money or time. For people in this sub,
it's usually time.
1
Jewst7 • 8mo ago •
I bootstrapped my way there, although I had the money to invest. Wouldn't have done the same in
hindsight, though it was a good way to learn all aspects of the business.
1
ISeekGirls • 8mo ago •
SkipThis soundscontent
to main like an upsell. 1 Create
Are we allowed to promote affiliate programs in this sub?
Every affiliate message board I have ever been a part of eventually exploits the new people.
Here is real advice from someone who made a ton of stupid cash in affiliate marketing.
99.9999% fail.....
Now, if you are still here in five years, congratulations!
The only difference I have seen from people who make money more than those who don't is consistency
and expectations.
Failure is part of the process. If you don't fail then you are not trying hard enough. Failure opens up
opportunity and the ability to make a ton of money.
I am giving you real advice... Go out and fail, it will make you leathery and wise. Money doesn't come over
night, it comes to you when you are ready.
1
My post sounds like an upsell?
3
Are you selling anything?
0
No, I have no product to sell and I have no affiliate relationships with any brands in the
affiliate, web design, or any related spaces.
2
Link building?
0
Nope, not selling anything.
2
Traditional_Sail6298 • 8mo ago •

SkipI use Digistore24

to main contentto promote my affiliates and didn’t get sales. 1 Create
1
thekiernan • 8mo ago •

This is so valuable. Thank you!!!
3
Glad you find it helpful!
1
Nonch2 • 8mo ago •

‘Looked for keywords on higher-volume pages where I was ranking on the bottom of page 1. Updating
content to optimize for these keywords’ can you explain how you optimized for those keywords? (Btw
great list thank you!)
1
The same way you'd optimize for any keyword. Sprinkle in exact matches in a few places, add it to an
image alt text or a header, etc. If the keyword requires you to add a new section to your content, then
do that.
And you're welcome!
3
Online_Project • 8mo ago •

How can Google tell one used AI to write an article? I ran a few tests and the output seemed legit and
well written. Now, for example, I can see how DALL-E images can get recognized. Not disagreeing with
you, just really curious and intrigued.
Thank you for taking the time out to write out all this stuff for us.
2
bprs07 OP • 8mo ago • Edited 8mo ago •
Google "AI text checker" and see for yourself.
1
Online_Project • 8mo ago •
Okcontent
Skip to main thank you. 1
1 Create
Specific-Big-3537 • 8mo ago •

thank you sear for this values from your expertise , i'm promoting new warrior plus products on linkedin
puls and i'm ranking for some products in the first page of google , what can you recommend ?
1
If you're already ranking on Page 1 for some of your articles, I'd say keep doing what you're doing. I'd
also recommend measuring, monitoring, and optimizing your conversion rates to make sure you're
turning as much of your traffic into sales as possible. Good luck!
2
Specific-Big-3537 • 8mo ago •
thank you for the answer sear , one last question please , i want to start with the paid traffic but i
don't know from which platform i start , do you recommend reddit for promoting new ai tools ?
1
If by paid traffic you mean buying ads and paying for clicks, I really wouldn't recommend that
for affiliates in almost any case because you only get a small percentage of the total sale. It's
almost never a good investment.
2
Only_Breadfruit_3248 • 8mo ago •

Great post. Are you still working on niche type sites?
2
I do still work on niche sites, but I'm eyeing a shift in strategy. Perhaps a move into developing and
selling my own products of some kind (TBD), or maybe leveraging AI and a lot of my coding skills to
automate affiliate workflows dedicated to Pinterest, or even using my gift of gab to translate my
talents to TikTok.
Thanks for reading!
1
Skip to mainOnly_Breadfruit_3248
content • 8mo ago • 1 Create
Why the move away? Is it the volatility? It’s what moved me away for awhile. I went into local web
design but definitely prefer affiliate sites. However having less control of affiliate sites and loss of
earnings overnight is off putting
1
The volatility is tough to deal with for sure. Mostly, it's that I hate promoting products and
getting just 5%. I'd much rather get 100% lol or have my own affiliates and still get a huge
share. If I do stick with affiliate stuff for the long-term, I want to find a good system to use AI,
because that's where it's all heading ultimately.
2
Ill_Concept_6002 • 8mo ago •

Thank you for the writeup. I am just starting out. It helped a lot - saving it for future reference
2
Get it, son!
1
heck yeah! Do you think amazon affiliates still alive for novices? Or doing agency affiliates more
viable nowadays like of gohighlevel?
1
bprs07 OP • 8mo ago • Edited 8mo ago •
Perhaps I'm not sure what you mean by agency affiliates in this context. That said, there's a
big benefit to using Amazon: everyone knows it and has probably shopped there, which
means it's easier to convert your traffic because they already know what to expect. Getting
people to make a purchase on a site they've never bought from is much harder, so conversion
rates can be lower, offsetting the higher commissions.
That said, I do feel like Amazon Associates will turn into a race for the bottom with
commission rates consistently dropping. That's happened for 15+ years. I remember when I
first learned about affiliate marketing in 2008 or so, Amazon had a tiered-base system where
your commission rate went up as your sales volume went up, and top-selling affiliates could
earn (I believe) 8.5%. Today, it's haf that (at best) with some niches way lower.
1
makes sense now, thanks! Clarity in prospect's mind is crucial1 for easy conversions.
Skip to main content
1 Create
[deleted] • 8mo ago • Edited 8mo ago •

Cool post!
FYI, you can absolutely build a template driven site in Wordpress these days. It has evolved a lot in the
last 5-10 years.
2
I was messing around with a new WordPress install yesterday and got frustrated with it 🤣 but I have
worked with Elementor and WP-Bakery in the last few years.
Do you have a favorite approach for a template-based design on WordPress? All of the options have
always seemed so clumsy to me vs Webflow, which is lightning fast both in the page builder and for
the visitor, and I feel like the templates and designs just look way more sleek and professional (with
better control of desktop vs mobile design).
That said, everything on the Internet evolves so quickly, and the major drawbacks with Webflow are
that it doesn't have the knowledgebase WordPress does as the unquestioned leader, and I did lose
some interested parties when selling the site because it wasn't on WordPress (though I still sold it in
like 10 days I think).
Thanks for reading!
2
Wordpress is definitely still a bit clunky when compared to younger tools 😉 But the functionality
is there to build modern websites if you use a page builder. In WPBakery you can save any layout
as a template and reuse it. It takes a bit to set up but once you have it working it’s pretty
straightforward. I’m probably a bit biased though since I worked with it for years.
Your post inspired me to check out Webflow though 🙂
1
With WPBakery, if you change a template's layout, does that change cascade to all of the
existing pages using that template? Or do they stay the same and only new pages have the
new layout?
I feel like I tried to use it a few years ago and ran into the problem of existing pages not
updating, which I found to be ridiculous.
1
Skip to main content 1
You have to use an add on for that unfortunately. Should definitely beCreate
part of the main
plugin.
2
FaakoAquaponics • 8mo ago •

Very inspiring
2
Thank you!
1
Maslakovic • 8mo ago •

Thanks for the writeup. Having been in this business for about 10 years, after the recent algorithm
changes, what worked in July 2022 is very different from what works today. You may have sold your
website at just the right time. But an interesting read nevertheless.
1
Thank you. Yes, I am glad to have sold when I did. I'm still involved in the industry so the recent
changes have been significant. I still employ a lot of these strategies to great success, but obviously
it is very niche and situation-specific. I appreciate your feedback!
1
Maslakovic • 8mo ago •
Thanks. Will try the Quora suggestion. I like the idea - throw a lot on it with little effort, and
capitalise on what works.
2
ResponsibilityNo531 • 8mo ago •

Is there business classes I should be taking. I’m so interested in starting but everything you just wrote, I
barely understood. I feel so dumb even admitting it. Everyone I see makes it seem like it’s so easy. Start a
website (which I don’t even know where to start, no clue how to do this either) but then I see posts like
yours and I’m like whaaaat???
2
bprs07 OP • 8mo ago • 1 Create

Gurus try to sell you on the idea that "it's so easy, anyone can do it!"
And honestly, there's some truth to that. Anyone can start an affiliate marketing business with a
domain and a hosting plan for under $3 per month.
It's also true, in my estimation, that 80% of succeeding at affiliate marketing is about just putting in
the time and slogging through the boring parts. The other 20% is the more technical or intermediate-
to-advanced stuff that helps sites separate themselves from the pack. But a lot of marketing and
SEO stuff is exponential/compounding, so that 20% has an outsized impact on your success and can
be the difference between making $500 per month or $10,000 per month.
Business knowledge is good, but it's secondary. Aside from task-specific stuff like keyword research
or link building, the topics you want to brush up on are marketing-related such as psychology,
funnels, sales copywriting, landing page design, etc.
3
thoreldan • 8mo ago •

bookmarking
a consolidated write-up on the approach to this business is hard to find, thanks a lot :)
4
No problem! Hope it helps.
3

17 Tips For Struggling Affiliates - R - Affiliatemarketing

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

17 Tips For Struggling Affiliates - R - Affiliatemarketing

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

17 Tips For Struggling Affiliates - R - Affiliatemarketing

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

11/1/24, 3:30 PM 17 Tips for Struggling Affiliates : r/Affiliatemarketing

Skip to main content r/Affiliatemarketing Search in… 1 Create

r/Affiliatemarketing •8 mo. ago

155 102 Share

Sort main content Search Comments

TomGameDev • 7mo ago •

Guilty_Tangerine_146 • 8mo ago •

BRLeandroM21 • 8mo ago •

NevahaveIeva • 8mo ago •

Remarkable-Step593 • 8mo ago •

Gremic77 • 8mo ago •

AlgoTrader15 • 8mo ago •

Gremic77 • 8mo ago •

_I_am_here • 8mo ago •

Dcaim • 8mo ago •

monoman17 • 8mo ago •

Jewst7 • 8mo ago •

ISeekGirls • 8mo ago •

Traditional_Sail6298 • 8mo ago •

SkipI use Digistore24

thekiernan • 8mo ago •

Nonch2 • 8mo ago •

Online_Project • 8mo ago •

[deleted] • 8mo ago •

Specific-Big-3537 • 8mo ago •

Only_Breadfruit_3248 • 8mo ago •

Ill_Concept_6002 • 8mo ago •

[deleted] • 8mo ago • Edited 8mo ago •

FaakoAquaponics • 8mo ago •

Maslakovic • 8mo ago •

[deleted] • 8mo ago •

ResponsibilityNo531 • 8mo ago •

bprs07 OP • 8mo ago • 1 Create

thoreldan • 8mo ago •

You might also like