Welcome to the Affiliate Bible Step by Step Guide to being an affiliate marketer. This affiliate guide is going to hold your hands through every step of the process, and take you from “I have a great website idea” to “Holy crap I have a great website that’s making me money!”

I read through this guide on a monthly basis and update it where appropriate to keep it relevant. The last update/revision was on May 1st, 2016.

This guide may seem overwhelming however I’ll tell you straight up: if you’re looking to be a successful affiliate marketer, you need to read this guide. It doesn’t matter your experience. I don’t care what internet companies you have worked for, or what your brothers friend who “knows SEO” says – this guide will do more than steer you in the right direction; it’ll stop you from making the beginner mistakes that I see 99% of affiliate marketers make.

Even if you’re already an experienced affiliate or have some experience with affiliation – read this guide. It’s so easy to get complacent as an affiliate marketer – especially when you become successful – that it helps to get a refresher course in the very basics of internet marketing.

I know you don’t like to read. This is the internet. People skim. However I am asking you to make a cup of coffee or tea, sit back and relax, and read absolutely everything I have written in this step by step guide. If you want to be successful, you’ll do that.

Don’t worry – I have compressed the articles as much as possible, so that they get the point across without dragging out or getting too lengthy. I’ve edited each article down to the bare minimum – and then we move on to the next step. Sometimes I’ll link to relevant articles where I have expanded on certain topics that I cover in the step by step guide, in case you want to read in-depth about a particular subject.

Right. Got your cup of coffee ready? Sitting back and relaxed? Let’s begin the affiliate marketing step by step guide. You can navigate between steps with the links at the bottom of each page. Which look like this:

And here is a full list of all the articles contained in this step by step guide:

    What Is Affiliate Marketing?
    What Is Search Engine Optimization?
    General Misconceptions in Affiliate Marketing
    The Planning Stage
    Beginner Affiliate Marketing Tips
    Coming Up with a Website Idea
    How Will your Website Make You Money?
    Check Out The Competition
    Picking A Domain Name
    Planning Out The Content
    Online Content Research Tools
    Create A Life Structure
    It’s Website Building Time
    Website Hosting & Domain Name Purchase
    Use A Content Management System
    Get Your Website Designed
    Quick WordPress Setup
    Basic SEO Guidelines
    Let’s Write 5 Articles
    What’s Next?
    Signing Up With Affiliate Programs
    Website Statistic & Analytic Software
    Hey Google, Come Visit My Website!
    What’s Next For You?
    The Final Word