what is an affiliate resource hub?

Affiliate marketing is an industry that is expected to grow tremendously in the coming years. Meaning, there will be more money for the taking for those of us who get started now and hit the ground running! With this growth comes different systems, strategies, and gurus popping up everywhere sharing all the things that are working for them.

Some will insist you create digital products, others will swear by affiliate marketing or digital marketing.

In this post I am going to talk about the secret method that all of them either don't know about, or are gatekeeping. It's a method that will change the way you look at whatever side hustle you choose to start. This method ensures you look at your side hustle as a business, and therefore treat it and respect it as such!

Many gurus will tell you to make something simple (like an Etsy shop to sell your digital products or a Stan Store to add your affiliate links to). And don't get me wrong, all of these are possible options you can take. They aren't lying about that, technically you can create them. The problem with this approach is that it leaves your audience lost. It leaves them interested, until they open up your Etsy shop or your Stan Store and learn nothing about you, the value you are providing them with because they are overwhelmed by all of your products.

In this day in age, that method is working less and less. People aren't buying into it anymore. It's becoming the obvious sales pitch that is so outdated and overplayed that people see right through it. Meaning they don't buy and your sales suffer.

The solution? Ditch the Etsy shop, stan store, biolink, and the lot and build your own resource center where your audience learns more about your story, your value, and because they are interested, your products & services. This simple shift in the path you lead your audience down can drastically increase your conversions!

When you build an affiliate hub you are creating an automated system that works for you as it guides your audience through valuable content that results in them feeling like they gained tons of knowledge from it. Your hub will be designed to add to that knowledge value by including ways they can take action on what they have learned (p.s. that's your product or service). So each time they learn more about your story, they absorb the tips you recommend, and learn about the obstacles you are teaching them how to overcome you are also sharing a product or service that will help them act on what they have learned.

An affiliate hub takes the annoying "salesy" approach out of your system and creates a one-stop shop for your audience, so the more they follow along your journey the more they use what you recommend. Because they relate to you and you have proven to them that you get what they are going through and want to help. And in reality, that should be your intention from here on out. You should be looking at your audience like new friends rather than just a potential sale. I talk about this in more detail in my previous post 3 Barriers That Are Stopping You From Making Money Online. I recommend giving that a read if you are just getting started so you don't fall prey to the same time wasting mistakes I did.

Here's the breakdown of how your affiliate hub would work to add tremendous value, for you and your audience:

Creating your own resource hub will change your online business FOREVER! Instead of wasting your time creating content that promote products and being an annoying salesperson, you can take the approach of providing your audience with true VALUE in the form of a resource hub where your customers can go to connect with you, learn the benefits of what you're offering and feel like they have a best friend supporting them rather than a sales person trying to make money off them.

This method takes the perks of affiliate marketing and selling digital products and combines them into your very own online hub of information and value for your customer so they know they can trust you, and in effect, the products and services that you recommend! In fact, the site that you are reading this on is my own hub! So feel free to explore it and get a taste of the possibility that awaits you with this method! But more importantly, welcome to my slice of paradise on this crazy thing we call the internet!

If you want to start building your own here are the 4 steps you are going to need to take to ensure you do it right and make it as easy for you to launch as possible!