Affiliate Income for Writers, Creatives and Entrepreneurs

Can you earn affiliate income through your Substack, newsletter and socials?

I advertise my affiliates via my mailing list and Substack and it works a treat for me...

It's grown to be a significant annual revenue stream and I love sharing other people's products and services.

Affiliates Way back when...

You know when we kept seeing #aff and #ad - I wasn't clear on the difference... people talked about earning a 'small amount' and mostly it was product based? Affiliates on services are a little different with most service providers paying between 20% and 50% of the unit cost to their affiliates - some with recurring payments too.

I signed up for my first piece of affiliate income in 2021. It was via a service provider that I'd learnt from for two years. I loved and trusted this person's teaching and I knew my audience would resonate.

I didn't really expect anything to happen BUT I got multiple emails that people had bought the programme with my affiliate link - I was earning 50% of the income for that $99 programme each year for as long as they stayed.

So my affiliate income was a recurring payment. So cool!

After that I was HOOKED. Even with a small audience, I knew I could be of service and so I often looked for affiliate links on products and services I used. I learnt everything I could about how to be a good affiliate too.

I did so well that I won first place in a competition and won a 1-2-1 with my mentor and some extra dollars too!

Top tips to encourage folks to use your links;

• Give a lot of context - how long have you been using the thing, how has it impacted your life/ your business/ you as a person - why this thing/ this person/ this product.

• Tell people it's an affiliate link

• Make sure you've got the right link... usually there's a place to track them inside a portal.

If you get the emails to say the name of the person who has bought something, drop them a thank you. It's a beautiful relationship and thing they've done - ask them if they've enjoyed it? Use that testimonial next time.

For more, come along to my workshop and learn with me, set up your affiliate bank, understand the broker organisations and how it all works and let's get you earning some extra income - https://www.creativelyconscious.co.uk/affiliate-income-for-writers-creatives-and-entrepreneurs