Affiliate Marketing Foundations

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Free Online Course: Affiliate Marketing Foundations provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Affiliate Marketing Foundations is taught by Sam Dey.

Overview
  • Develop and launch a successful affiliate marketing business. Learn the basics of affiliate marketing, selecting and applying to affiliate programs, and generating revenue.

    Affiliate marketing is a complicated, multidisciplinary practice that is often misunderstood. At its heart, it is a performance-based marketing technique in which affiliates are financially rewarded for sending customers to another website to purchase goods or services. If you have a website, blog, or other online property, you too can earn money through affiliate marketing. In this course, instructor Sam Dey explores the basic principles of this powerful technique, explaining how to create a successful affiliate marketing business from the ground up. Sam explores how to create a compelling online brand, apply to the right affiliate programs, and build a successful affiliate marketing strategy that allows you to convert your followers into affiliate sales.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Affiliate marketing foundations
    1. The Basics of Affiliate Marketing
    • What is an affiliate?
    • Making commissions as an affiliate marketer
    • Driving quality traffic as an affiliate
    • Cookie use and duration in affiliate marketing
    2. Brand Building as an Affiliate Marketer
    • Why you should build a brand as an affiliate
    • Branding on YouTube, social media, and blogging as an affiliate
    • Paid media strategy as an affiliate
    • Link tracking and cloaking for affiliates
    3. Applying for Affiliate Programs
    • Finding affiliate programs that fit
    • Assessing the right affiliate program
    • Types of affiliate products to promote
    • Types of affiliate offers
    4. Building Your Affiliate Marketing Strategy
    • Landing pages for affiliates
    • Email marketing as an affiliate
    • Creating your affiliate program
    • Creating your affiliate strategy
    Conclusion
    • Learn more about affiliate marketing