I thought I would give some affiliates a go!
ok so ive been reading this sub for ages and always thought affiliate marketing was kind of a scam or at least overhyped. but i finally tried it and im kinda shocked at the results so far
bit of background - i do social media management as a side thing and theres this smm panel i use for my clients. they have an affiliate program where you get commission when people you refer place orders. figured id give it a go since i already use the thing anyway
heres basically what i did:
- made a landing page on carrd (took like 20 mins lol)
- wrote a couple guest posts for marketing blogs, just "tools i use" type stuff nothing groundbreaking
- spent about $120 on reddit ads targeting marketing/entrepreneur subs
- answered some quora questions and linked back to my page
so 3 weeks in and im at $780ish in commission. screenshot in post.
like what?? i genuinely thought id make maybe $50 and give up lmao
the reddit ads actually worked way better than i thought they would. about 5% of people who click end up signing up which seemed high to me but idk maybe the targeting was just good. and then once theyre signed up you earn on everything they buy going forward so it kinda compounds
the guest posts are doing the heavy lifting now tbh. theyre just sat there bringing in traffic and i dont have to do anything. wish id started doing that sooner
not trying to say this is some get rich quick thing, $780 in 3 weeks isnt gonna change my life but for like 15 hours of actual work and $120 in ads thats pretty decent right?? and its mostly passive now which is the wild part
anyone else doing affiliate stuff for saas/tools? curious what other peoples experience has been. also happy to talk about the guest posting thing if anyones interested cos that was probably the best move i made
