26: The 5 Pillars of Affiliate Marketing Success

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2013

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In episode 26 of The Side Hustle Show, I'm joined by Josh and Jill Stanton from ScrewtheNinetoFive.com. This pair is living the digital nomad dream, coming to us all the way from Chiang Mai, Thailand! Thanks to Adam from TropicalNomad.com for the intro! They earn a living running their location-independent affiliate marketing business from their laptops, and share the five keys to their success during our call. I can't believe we made it to episode 26 without having an affiliate marketing conversation! This has been my "main hustle" for the past 5 years. There are a ton of great, actionable tips here to get you started with an affiliate side hustle. In fact, we use one of my neglected sites as lens and a conversation piece to move through the discussion. Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on Stitcher! You'll learn: 3 strategies for selecting a niche. How to do the keyword research and competitive analysis. Why Josh says, "competition is more important than search volume." 2 unique SEO strategies, in addition to guest posting. Some sweet content creation ideas to make your site more compelling without making it "sales-y" The most important thing to consider when building an email list. The 5 Pillars: Niche selection Keyword research / competitive analysis Traffic generation Content creation List building Links mentioned: Stop Building Affiliate Sites LiveChatSoftwareHQ.com Long Tail Pro (affiliate link) | My interview w/ Spencer Haws Open Site Explorer PRPowerShot.com ScrapeBox.com Xenu broken link sleuth | Article explaining this Marie Forleo Aweber Reachmail BadAssGuestBlogging.com What do you think? Could affiliate marketing be your ticket to quitting your job and working from exotic locations around the world? Be sure to stop by ScrewtheNinetoFive.com, say hi to Josh and Jill, and grab their free Art of Authority guide. Trust me, it's a good one. If you have any questions about the episode, be sure to leave a note in the comments below and I'll guarantee you get an answer from one of us.

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0:00.0	This is the Side Hustle Show with Nick Loper, episode 26.
0:03.0	Welcome to the Side Hustle Show, where aspiring part-time entrepreneurs learn how to turn their
0:09.2	side hustle dreams into reality.
0:12.0	Because your 9-to-5 may make you a living but your 5 to 9 makes you alive.
0:17.0	And now your host Nick Loper here.
0:25.0	Nick Loper here.
0:26.4	Welcome to another edition of the Side Hustle show.
0:29.2	This is episode 26, which is officially halfway to the one year mark for a weekly show.
0:35.0	So let me take a minute just to say thank you to everyone who's been tuning in and
0:40.4	anyone who's listened to any of the first 25 episodes.
0:43.6	It's just really exciting that you would choose to spend part of your day with me and
0:47.0	that's kind of what keeps me working hard each week to deliver as much valuable and helpful
0:51.6	content for you as I can.
0:53.5	Now the focus of this week's show is affiliate marketing.
0:58.2	And even though I could probably ramble on
1:01.2	on this topic for days, I'm thrilled to have Josh and Jill Stanton from
1:04.3	screw the 9 to 5.com joining me to help out and a big thank you to Adam Finan for
1:10.5	for turning me onto their website,
1:12.6	another one that immediately spoke to me
1:14.7	as soon as I saw it.
1:16.0	But before we get into that, I do have one quick shout
1:18.9	for Scotty B 82 for the new five-star iTunes review.
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