Do I Need A Side Hustle?
The costs of living has put a great strain on all of us.
One way to combat this is to get a "side hustle."
A side hustle is a project or business that you do outside of a regular job to help supplement your income.
So, if you want to fight inflation and costs, you may want to consider a side hustle.
It is recommended that you be aware of your time and the costs associated with starting a side hustle.
What Side Hustle Do I Choose?
If you do a YouTube search, you are likely to see hundreds of videos about the hottest side hustles you can do to earn extra cash.
One of the videos you are almost certain to always see is about affiliate marketing.
What is affiliate marketing, you may ask?
Affiliate marketing is...
- You become an "affiliate" of a product/service
- You are given a special code or link that is personal for you to promote
- When someone signs up, purchases, or takes some other action, you may earn a commission.
Obviously, there is more to it, but I don't want to bore you too much with details.
The details are not as important as you getting started with it.
Below, let's look at 3 things to consider when starting affiliate marketing.
3 Things To Know About Affiliate Marketing.
Here are 3 things to know about affiliate marketing.
- Affiliate marketing is an easy to start business model.
You don't need to know a whole much or have a lot of money to start affiliate marketing.
You can even start for free without worry of cost in the beginning.
Information about affiliate marketing is plentiful, so you won't have to worry about a lack of resources.
Best of all, you can even do affiliate marketing from the comfort of your home.
2. Side hustles will cost you 2 things (affiliate marketing included)
A side hustle or any business will cost you one or two things: time and money.
If you invest money into affiliate marketing, you are likely to see quicker results.
But you may burn through more money than you should without proper knowledge and skills.
If you invest more time than money, you may not see results as quickly.
But you will gain invaluable skills to help you get more consistent results.
My personal recommendation (from my experience) is to take time to learn the skills and the money will come in due time.
3. Affiliate Marketing is a good but NOT perfect business model.
Affiliate marketing is something I would recommend to anyone wanting to increase income online.
It is not without its flaws.
It will take time and learning the skills to grow as an affiliate marketer.
There can be days where you get several affiliate sales.
And there also can be days where you receive nothing.
Be aware of this.
There are NO guarantees in the make money online world.
If you are willing to put in the time and effort, you will be successful with affiliate marketing.
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CONCLUSION
With rising costs happening everywhere, it is important to have a side hustle.
One of those side hustle ideas is affiliate marketing.
Whether affiliate marketing is the best side hustle is for you to decide.
It is about choosing a side hustle that fits your skill set and particular situation.
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Whatever side hustle you choose, may it bring you much success and the freedom you deserve.
Thank you for reading the blog post.
Comments
First John Cory Jackson I loved the title, your post has great information in it and the tips you shared are exceptional.
Thank you for sharing your post in the SE community.
Wishing you continued success.
Than you Terri, I am glad to be a part of the community.
A fine article John, it espouses simple sense, a rare commodity - online or anywhere! So full marks there. Affiliate marketing is basically commission selling. If you applied for a job as a commission salesperson, would you expect to pay to get the job? No. If you set up your own small business as a commission salesperson would you expect to incur some outlay? Yes. So the answer to successful and economical affiliate marketing lies between the two. One thing for sure though is that I'd want to sell the best product and for the most supportive company. That means aspiring marketers should work, train and study to be the very best salesperson possibe; work only with those who they trust implicitly, can look up to and learn from; sell only the finest product or service in which they have total belief and confidence; represent only a company which provides the highest quality product or service, quality training, support and back up and which pays the highest commissions and does so timeously and without quibble. These are my minimum requirements of myself and of myprovider.. Those who hold to them will do well. I know that you do!
Thank you and very well said Tom. I always appreciate your wisdom.
You have hit a real pain point for many (the rising cost of living) and a viable solution. As you probably know, many GURUs suggest paid methods for traffic, and, as you point out, this method can cost more than it makes. Thank you, John.
Most definitely George, I agree with you. One good thing about affiliate marketing is the abundance of information. But with that comes a lot of misinformation. Thank you George.