When I ask people why they do not have an online business, most say that they do not have the money to invest in it.
But the truth is that you can start your online business without any monetary investment, yes, you will need to invest time but you do not need money. Here is how to start affiliate marketing without any investment.
How to Start an online business without investment in 10 steps
To make money online you need two things an offer ( something to sell) and an audience ( people who can buy), which I will to share here.
Pick a niche
The first step to starting an online business is to figure out what you want to be known for, this is what we can a niche.
There are many things you can do, crypto, affiliate marketing, wealth creation, fitness, weight loss, sport, etc, just pick one thing and start, if in the future you do not want it you can change.
Create an X account
There are many social media platforms, but for me, X or Twitter is the best at the moment, go there, create an account ( if it is possible use your name) if it is taken or somehow you do not want to use it, you can use a business name.
I do not recommend creating anonymous accounts, so use your image and add something that stands out on the banner.
Create a lead magnet
Now you have an account, you need to create a lead magnet, this can be an audio, a document (PDF), or a video that fixes a problem.
Most people want less or more of something, less stress, more money, less weight, more girlfriends, etc.
Create a user guide that will fix one of these issues in your niche.
Create an offer or find an affiliate product
If you can create a great product, it is not very difficult, you can use the same ideas you used in the lead magnet, and your product should solve the same problem but faster and stress-free.
For example, if your lead magnet was how to make $100 a day writing on X, your offer or product can be, I am going to build for you a high-converting funnel for $X so that you can just concentrate on creating content.
You are helping them to get results even faster.
If you can not create a product, that is okay you can go to networks like Clickbank and Digistore24, find the product that compliments your lead magnet, and promote the product.
Create a landing page
To create a squeeze page and build your business, you will need two tools: a landing page builder and an autoresponder; in this step, I am going to give you both of them and one step further, I am going to provide you with the first email you should send to your subscribers.
In this method, we are going to create a simple page that will be between our offer and traffic. In this method, we are going to do this for free.
You only need to create a free Systeme IO account and a simple landing page.
After joining systeme.io, Please click on funnels, then create. You will see a form below. Give your funnel a name, choose to build an audience, and then click Create.
You will be provided with many pre-made templates; select the one you like the most, remember to add your affiliate link, and you are ready.
I created a landing page for you. To download this landing page, click here or in the image below.
After downloading it, click on funnels, select the funnel you just downloaded, and then click on edit the page.
After that, you will see the page shown in the image below. Click on the submit button. On the left-hand action, select submit the form when the button is clicked.
You will see a question: Do you want to redirect users after contact registration? Select To a customer URL.
On the redirect URL, here is where you paste the affiliate link you got from Digistore24.
After adding your affiliate link, save the landing page and click on the exit button; you will find the save button in the top right corner, with an exit button next to it.
Step 3: Insert your welcome message
When People Opt-in on your Squeeze Page. They Need to Receive an Automated Welcome Message containing whatever they opted in for.
Luckily For You, I Have Pre-Written One Here Containing The Free Gift For Your Subscribers.
Just Copy & Paste this as your First Message in your Systeme.io. Click Here to Access.
Here is how you can create a new email campaign in the Systeme.io.
Add your landing page link to your X bio
You will add a link to your bio, and use simple language indicating what they will get, I like to use welcome to my page here is how I do xxx, if you want to learn how I achieve it, click the link below, and the link to my landing page.
Create content
Now you have everything set up, you can start creating content, if you do not know what to do, do not worry, go to YouTube, search for your topic, and you will find many videos, and take notes.
Try out the things you learn from those videos and that will help you to generate a unique perspective on the same topic.
Post your results and journey on X
Use the 50 cents rule
This is not the rapper, this is the method we use to comment on other people’s pages, it goes like this, most big pages do not have time to respond to their followers, so your job is to go into these pages and respond to any questions the followers have, ( this is called giving 2 cents) and if you do this 25 times a day, it becomes 50 cents hence the name.
Send emails/DM
If you follow the steps above, some people will see your profile and join your list, some will follow you, and a few will do both.
For people who follow you keep creating content for them and for those who interact with it, send them a direct message (DM) just be helpful and friendly.
Send regular emails to people who join your mailing list. For both groups, you can send emails to educate them and sometimes pitch your service or product.
Key takeaways: How To Start An Online Business Without Investment
- Pick a niche.
- Create an X account.
- Create a lead magnet.
- Create an offer or find an affiliate product.
- Create a landing page.
- Step 3: Insert your welcome message.
- Add your landing page link to your X bio.
- Create content.
- Post your results and journey on X.
- Send emails/DM.
This is what it takes to build our business, you do not need to invest a single cent, you just need a plan and a desire to succeed, if you do this for at least 6 months, I am sure you will start making enough money to supplement your 9 to 5.