Through the desire to become an entrepreneur or start your own affiliate program for a business you own, you might be asking yourself – is affiliate marketing is hard? After generating millions of dollars in sales after being in affiliate marketing for over 20 years, we have an experienced opinion on this topic.
Let’s go through whether or not affiliate marketing is hard, and how you can make your affiliate journey easier.
Is Affiliate Marketing Hard?
No, affiliate marketing is not hard. In fact, it is one of the easiest business practices to start doing. Creating an affiliate program or becoming an affiliate marketer requires little to no investment or time. You’ll find that whether you’re wanting to do affiliate marketing full time or as a side hustle, it is simple to get started.
Here’s what makes affiliate marketing easy compared to affiliate marketing alternatives…
- Little to no capital needed to get started.
- Can generate leads and customers for free.
- Easily scalable
- Highly profitable
- Can sell any kind of product or service your heart desires
- No previous requirements
- No legal requirements
- Completely safe and ethical
What Is The Hardest Part Of Affiliate Marketing?
While affiliate marketing is essentially easy to do for most people getting started, there are some that struggle with a few specific elements. This list of difficulties contains the hardest parts of affiliate marketing…
- Lead generation
- Finding high quality affiliate programs
- Customer retention
- You’re not looked at the same as other marketing experts
Other than the main difficult aspects of affiliate marketing highlighted above, it is generally considered easy to do even for people with no entrepreneurial background.
Final Thoughts
Affiliate marketing is not a difficult or hard business to start. There is even software and tools available where you can set up your own affiliate program in a few minutes. You can also become an affiliate marketer for 1000’s of affiliate programs completely free.
The fact that affiliate marketing is easy, means that there is a lot of opportunity for anyone to become a part of the industry and to make some great money with it.
Even when we first got started in affiliate marketing, we started making money pretty quickly. Once you join and affiliate program, you can immediately start promoting your affiliate links and potentially generating sales.
With our kindest regards,
Jon Weberg
Richard Weberg