When we talk about affiliation, it is in most cases linked to a website. Maybe you don’t want to create a website but you still want to start an affiliate program? How to do affiliate marketing without a website and generate income?

1 Affiliate marketing without a website with YouTube

Doing affiliate marketing via YouTube looks pretty simple on paper. Start by creating a YouTube account/channel. Once that’s done, all you have to do is make a video about a product and insert your affiliate link. So in theory, it’s very simple.

In reality, you need to own each product, shoot a video (write the script, shoot it, edit it…), be comfortable in front of the camera, make views…

How to do affiliate marketing without a website and make money on YouTube?
You don’t have to own the promoted product
If you own the product, you can present it in “real life”. This is not an obligation, although it is recommended in order to present a product in an informed way. You can use royalty-free photos or videos of the product. Similarly, if you are promoting a service, you will not have to present anything physical. The key is to present it in a complete and convincing way.

Write your video script
Whether you have the product in your hands or not, what you say about it is going to be key to generating sales. Take special care to describe the product, give all the positive points and emphasize its usefulness and even the necessity of having it. You must generate the need for your audience and show how it answers one of their problems.

Take care of the editing
Beyond creating the desire and need with your words, you must seduce with the visual and audio. Think that people will LOOK and LISTEN to your video. Make sure you choose a pleasant soundtrack, control your voice, your flow and your elocution. Also for the visuals, make nice transitions, choose a nice setting that relates to your subject.

Learn how to properly reference your video
Use the right keywords: targeted keywords but broad enough to match a maximum of searches. Also choose an attractive title, that is punchy and precise concerning the topic. Prefer rather short titles that can leave an expectation that will push the user to click on your video.

Affiliate marketing through YouTube, if done right, is a great way to generate good revenue.

The benefits
Put multiple affiliate links on the same video. You can insert them directly on the video but also in the information bar concerning the equipment used, the clothes worn, your decoration or the services you mention in the video…
You can generate a very loyal community, which will have the impression to know you better than through a blog.
The competition is often less tough on Youtube than on Google (via a blog).
The disadvantages
Competitive market nevertheless. Look for yourself the number of videos on a specific topic available on this platform.
Generating traffic on your channel can take time.

2 Affiliate marketing without a site with Facebook

Creating a Facebook page for the purpose of affiliate marketing will not be the most profitable way.

You can pin a post on your Facebook page to put an affiliate link. Some people will even go so far as to write comments all over the place to place their links. You are more likely to look like an undesirable than to sell the product.

The most effective way on Facebook is to create a Facebook group
Create a group on the theme of your affiliation: beauty, animals, books, soccer, dogs, blogging, unicorns, fashion, decoration, etc…
Invite people who would be interested in the topic to join your page.
Publish posts in which you can insert your affiliate links.
The members of your group will be notified of your post, unlike posts on a classic Facebook page which have less reach in recent years.

The advantages
It is an easy to use platform that can be used as a “supplement” to your affiliate business.
By creating a group, you can create a community in order to bring them to other platforms where you distribute your affiliate links.
The disadvantages
It is difficult to promote a product on this network. Indeed, the people present on Facebook are not registered with the aim of buying a product or a service.

3 Affiliate marketing without a website with Instagram

Instagram is a social network that lends itself much more to affiliation. In fact, it’s a practice that’s already quite common there.

Don’t try to become a big influencer, at least not right away. Create a community and build trust that will allow you to sell.

So proceed in stages
Create your professional Instagram account.
Orient your account towards your passion.
Showcase what you do in your bio.
Post quality content regularly both with photography and with your text.
Choose specific hashtags so you don’t get drowned in the mass but general enough to be searched by users.
Build a community by interacting with them, talk to them in story, create polls, contests…
Then finally share your affiliate link.
The advantages
The large number of users of Instagram therefore a lot of potential subscribers.
Instagram breeds a relatively young audience (16-35 years old) that knows and is used to partnerships, promotions, sponsorship. They are, moreover, easily willing to buy on the Internet.

4 Affiliate marketing without a site with Pinterest

Pinterest is much less crowded than its counterparts but it can boost your business considerably.

Pinterest works with pins that are similar to Instagram posts for example. You also have a search engine with your content that is referenced.

Here are the steps to do affiliate marketing with Pinterest
Create your account.
Fill in your profile by putting as many keywords as possible regarding your niche.
Create boards that will be the sub-niches.
Create your pins with a punchy title, a description including keywords / hashtags and the affiliate link address.
Pin other users’ posts on the same theme so that they will come and pin yours themselves.
Optional: Invest in paid advertising to quickly reach your goals.
The advantages
Very easy to use with the possibility to organize your numerous pins.
Unlimited creation of pins. You can publish absolutely all your links.
Your pin can be consulted several weeks / months after its creation.
Not very competitive on certain niches because it is still not used much compared to its competitors.
The disadvantages
It’s not a good network to build a community. You will have more people “passing by” who are looking for something very specific at a given time.

5 Affiliate marketing without a website with guest posts

A guest post is the fact of writing a blog article and having it published on a blog that does not belong to you.

You’ll have to put on your business suit and sell yourself, your project and your article. This is an ideal technique for those who master the art of persuasion.

To do this you need to
Contact a blog owner who deals with the same niche as you.
Establish a trusting and healthy relationship with the blog owner. You have the same passion, build on your commonalities.
Don’t try to place your article right away. Already value his work by liking and sharing his content.
Put forward the interest for the blog owner to publish your article. For example, adding quality content on his blog, sharing experience, possibility to diversify his blog by adding a different point of view, becoming partners on the long term… You must be win-win.
Write a content that looks like you but that is also in the spirit of the owner’s blog so that he accepts it.
The benefits
Creating a network in your niche is always beneficial (sharing ideas, experiences, future partnerships…)
You just have to write without the constraint of managing the publication and the blog itself.
Expand your community through the existing one of the owner.