Hey, it’s Sam Oh and welcome to the fourth lesson in our affiliate marketing basics module. In this lesson, I’m going to give you a high-level blueprint to start your first affiliate website. And this lesson will give you a good idea of the skills, techniques and strategies you’ll learn throughout this course. But first, let’s recap some key principles we’ve covered in the previous 3 lessons which are going to play into your strategy. So, at a high level, your affiliate site is going to be made up of primarily blog posts. And the types of content you’ll create will mostly be informational pieces. For example, how-to articles and comparisons of different products. And within the content, you’ll add your affiliate links to products you recommend. Now, when someone clicks on one of these links and makes a purchase you’re going to be compensated by the affiliate merchant or partner. Now, not only will your content convert visitors into revenue, but it’s going to attract visitors to your website, too. And the marketing method we’ll use to get traffic to your affiliate site is search engine optimization because the traffic
is free, consistent and passive.