It’s nearly impossible to find any positive merits in a global pandemic that has taken many lives, and its economic damages will take years to make amends with, according to most predictions and research. Having said that, COVID19 accelerated the due-shift from the traditional working habits we’d known all along, such as driving to and from the office every day to a more convenient and flexible arrangement; working from home or from anywhere else just as well!
Due to the new directions and demands that were forced-upon us from above, we finally have the option to enjoy the privilege of not having to spend a large portion of our day in traffic jams to and from work, earning more precious ‘self-time’. Some spend it on seeing what’s new on social media, which video has the most TikTok likes today, and some spend it else ways. Either way, we think this new tendency is truly a blessing!
The What
As part of this transition, one of the fields that’s grown significantly in this inconceivable period is affiliate marketing. If you’ve never heard of it by now, affiliate marketing is the collaboration between two components; the seller, who looks to promote some product or service; on the other hand, the affiliate (also known as ‘the advertiser’). The affiliate’s role in this relationship is spreading the word about the project at hand. Consequently, they cut a share from each sale to their name. Despite its rather ‘young age,’ the affiliate marketing trend hasn’t skipped the video-centered app TikTok either.
The Why
Seeing how the app has paved its way to the mainstream almost effortlessly, many businesses and brands couldn’t ignore TikTok’s pivotal role in redefining digital marketing in 2021 and began collaborating with influencers and individuals to help revenues grow. These are not ‘ordinary people’ like you and me; rather, their social media accounts boast great numbers of fans and TikTok followers, who cater to a particular audience, who just by chance (not really) corresponds with the brand’s typical clients as if by request.
Sometimes, the clients with whom the affiliate communicates are aware of the commission the latter gets, and at times don’t. Don’t worry about it, though; when you buy from an affiliate link, the prices aren’t any higher than they’d been in the first place.
The How
If there’d been a guarantee-way turning everyone from regular TikTokers into affiliate marketers, you probably wouldn’t know any person who isn’t one. However, since we don’t know how to make a TikTok account worthy of an affiliate-marketing campaign, we use common knowledge and trial and error methods to pave our way toward this destination.
If you want to get the affiliate-snowball rolling in the right direction, you should begin with posting videos regularly. When you decipher your audience’s interests and desires to create the most accurate content constantly, it will pay off eventually, and different companies will reach out to you due to the impressive engagement rates your videos hit.
Rome wasn’t built in a day, though, and reaching such achievement doesn’t come out of the blue either; it requires patience and determination, but you’ll surely get there someday!
Author’s Bio
A content writer at SEOMADEZ LLC, Yuval’s articles focus on the digital marketing field on Instagram and TikTok. Inspiration is a mysterious creature; whenever it leaves, and Yuval Zilberfarb is lost for words, he puts the headphones on and listens to a favorite album, such as The Antlers’ ‘Hospice’.
