{"id":11486,"date":"2021-05-07T14:32:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T11:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelpayouts.com\/en\/?p=11486"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:10:50","slug":"how-to-approach-affiliate-marketing-like-an-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelpayouts.com\/blog\/how-to-approach-affiliate-marketing-like-an-entrepreneur\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Went From a Solopreneur to Building a Global Brand With Affiliate Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As an entrepreneur, I\u2019ve used affiliate marketing to go from making \u20ac0 to \u20ac100,000 a month. In this article, I\u2019m going to share how to use affiliate marketing as an entrepreneur, get the same life-changing results I did, and level up your affiliate strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How I went from a solopreneur to building a global brand with affiliate marketing <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been using affiliate marketing since I first became an entrepreneur over a decade ago. At the time this was still a relatively new concept. Today, affiliate marketing is widely known for being a popular and lucrative income stream that’s accessible to anyone with an internet connection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since those early days of trialing in my childhood bedroom, I\u2019ve created a global financial comparison site with a presence in over 25 markets. I\u2019ve used affiliate marketing to generate over \u20ac100k a month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affiliate marketing is often used by bloggers and influencers as a way of generating extra cash on the side of their “real income”. However, as an entrepreneur, I saw that affiliate marketing had the potential to be much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I realized that if I can make \u20ac100, then there is nothing stopping me from making \u20ac1000 and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planting Seeds for the Future<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I am in no way an overnight success. Affiliate marketing rarely works that way. You can see below that even though I started affiliate marketing in 2010, it took five years for me to get to the level I had always dreamt of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today I\u2019ve surpassed even my own vision and seen what can be possible with affiliate marketing. If you\u2019re reading this, you might be in the same position I was back then, where you\u2019re working hard but not yet reaping the rewards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, affiliate marketing is planting seeds for the future. Take care of those seeds and later on, you\u2019ll have a plentiful harvest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Steps for Taking Your Affiliate Marketing to the Next Level<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ever since making my first affiliate sale, I started to dream of the life affiliate marketing could give me. But it took a lot more than dreaming to make this a reality. Follow these three steps to level up your affiliate marketing strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conduct Experiments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Affiliate marketing requires a lot of experimentation. You might try out ten things before one is successful, but that\u2019s all part of the fun. These are my rules for conducting affiliate marketing experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. When you\u2019re starting out, create low-risk, micro experiments that don\u2019t require too much time and money.<\/li>
  2. Record your results using a spreadsheet and don\u2019t rely on your memory, it\u2019s easy to lose track.<\/li>
  3. Use data to decide what is effective, and what isn\u2019t working out, try to keep emotion out of your analysis, and stick to the facts.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Experimenting with niches<\/strong>

    I\u2019ve had my biggest affiliate marketing success with financial products. But before this, I tried web hosting, jewelry, clothing, and many more. Don\u2019t be afraid to try out different niches to see what works best for you. If there\u2019s a good market and you have some personal interest and expertise, give it a go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Experimenting with platforms<\/strong>

    Social media has endless benefits for affiliate marketers. It\u2019s free, and you can build up an engaged audience from over 3.7 billion users<\/a> worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Consider the following when deciding which social media platforms to promote your links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Where is your audience the most active? It\u2019s much easier to go to where they are already spending their time than trying to convince them to go somewhere new.<\/li>
    2. Any social media platform can be used in your strategy, but some are more affiliate-marketing friendly than others. Pinterest, YouTube, and Facebook are all especially popular choices with affiliate marketers.<\/li>
    3. Try out different types of content. You can create videos, photos, how-to guides, written or spoken reviews, infographics, and more. Just make sure the content you create is suited to the specific platform and your audience.<\/li>
    4. Experiment with paid advertising to grow your reach. Business Facebook makes it very easy to target specific audiences and manage your ads.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Experiment with methods
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      There are many different affiliate marketing methods available, from blogging to social media to newsletters. The only way to find out which method is most successful with your audience is to experiment with them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Your strategy could use just one of these methods, or they could all complement each other. Your social media accounts can promote your blog, and your blog can garner email signups, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      When testing out new ideas, you can try A\/B testing. This is where you create two variations of the same campaign and monitor which one is the most successful. An example of this would include two different email subjects each going out to 50% of your audience and seeing which one gets the most clicks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Experiment with tools <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      If you\u2019re using an affiliate network, such as Travelpayouts, then utilize their free, customizable tools. As an entrepreneur, you\u2019ll know how much difference a good toolkit can make to your business, and affiliate marketing is no different. You might want to experiment with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n