Affiliate Marketing on Twitter might make your life A LOT easier. How would you feel with an extra 4 figures in your bank account every month?

And the best part of this all is that it takes very little time out of your day once you have the ball rolling.

You don’t even need to have a product to sell, spend hours putting together a course, or even any real marketable skills to supplement your income via Twitter Affiliate Marketing.

In fact, you can make tremendous affiliate sales on autopilot if you use a Tweet Scheduler like Tweethunter or Hypefury.

Many Twitter accounts use affiliate marketing to make some additional cash.

The best affiliate marketers can even pull in upwards of $20k per month if they’re really good at it. 

But there are a few things you would need to do before you can laugh your way to the bank. 

Affiliate Marketing on Twitter 101: How to Get Started

The first thing you need to realize is that there are two components to making a sale on Twitter: 1) you need a product, info product, service, or an offer and 2) you need to drive traffic to said product, info product, service or offer.

First, you will need to find a product to affiliate for. Ideally, it would be a product or service offered by a pre-established personality who has a presence on Twitter who already has Account Authority – in other words, a content creator with a good reputation.

It is also a good idea to affiliate for a well-received, popular product or service that has already generated a decent amount of sales. 

Obscure content creators or unsuccessful products/services are often unsuccessful for a reason or lack social proof – social proof can make or break your Twitter Affiliate Marketing side hustle.

If you don’t know them, send a polite cold Direct Message asking whether it would be possible to get an affiliate link for their product or service. The majority of content creators would happily oblige. 

Once you have that, then you can begin to drive traffic to your affiliate link.

That’s right – you need to get eyes on the prize!

Assuming that the person you are affiliating for has decent copywriting on their sales page, it is your job to convince the reader to click on the sales page.

This means your tweet has to be convincing enough to entice the reader into clicking.

It’s very easy to simply get impressions on a tweet containing your affiliate link, but you need to put in a bit of effort to get them onto the sales page.

You will need to have some authority as a Twitter Account before you can go ahead and start converting sales.

To improve your conversion rates, you will need to offer some form of social proof. This can include your own testimonial, results; case studies from other users; a thread that you’ve written or informative video gently extending a call to action referring readers to the affiliate link, to name a few. 

Additionally, you should aim to provide some value in your content where you promote your affiliate link. This can include your personal experiences, an informative thread relevant to the affiliate product, or even something humorous like a meme. 

Some people spam affiliate links on their profiles or underneath viral tweets posted by others, but this tactic is a good way to delegitimize your account and lose followers.

As most accounts that post affiliate links are bots, you don’t want to be perceived as just another bot account.

Furthermore, it is important that you know your followers and your niche.

It is not a good idea to promote an info product on how to become a better artist when your main niche is self-improvement.

You might get some sales, but you’re better off selling an affiliate product within your own niche.

Tips For Affiliate Marketing on Twitter

1 Provide Value

I’m sorry to say so but you have to provide some value to readers to want to click on your affiliate link.

Think about it from the perspective of a potential buyer: would a standalone link posted with little context be enough to convince you to click on it?

Probably not.

Likewise, content that provides value can drive more traffic. Once you have readers eating from the palm of your hand, you can tweet your call to action to direct readers to your affiliate link.

2 Use Bio as Landing Page

You should use your bio as another landing page.

Why?

Well, assuming that you are providing value to attract tweeters to your profile, they will want to check out your bio to see what you are about.

In your bio, you should include what you have accomplished, what you are in the process of accomplishing, and something about yourself – basically things that will convince somebody to follow you.

You may then include an affiliate product or…

3 Use Linktree

Use a landing page like Linktree to drive more traffic to your affiliate link.

I have made thousands of dollars in passive income just by having my Linktree page in my bio.

Not only can you direct viewers to your other platforms, offers, websites, and where they can find you, but you can also plug your affiliate links to accrue passive income.

Say, for example, you write an interesting tweet, somebody who visits your profile might check out your Linktree page. If they fancy the affiliate product(s), you might make a few passive sales.

Simple.

4 Have it as a pinned tweet

If you’re a keen affiliate marketer, you should have content that directs profile visitors to your affiliate link in your bio.

Like with Linktree, pinning your affiliate link or content leading to a call to action promoting the affiliate link is a great way to drive passive sales.

It is up to you whether you include a thread or simply a direct call to action promoting your affiliate link.

However, various profile visitors will be made aware of the affiliate product.

5 Drive traffic to offer

As we’ve already mentioned, you should provide valuable content before promoting your affiliate link.

Not only will your promotion of the affiliate link carry more authority, if your content gains traction, you will also drive more traffic to the product you are promoting. 

Spamming your timeline with affiliate links is a great way to delegitimize your page, lose followers, and to get buried by the algorithm.

You can write threads or listicle style tweets addressing a pain point around the affiliate link before promoting them.

Another thing you can do is to deliberately post a meme or content with viral potential like a quote, platitude, screenshot, funny headline, or controversial question then plug your affiliate link in the comments.

Of course, the content should be relevant to the aforementioned viral content. If you post a viral meme about a comic movie and plug an affiliate link on a course teaching SEO, you may struggle to convert many sales. 

However, a meme on fitness or a post detailing an inspirational transformation plus a fat loss course plugged in the comments is a great way to drive sales without exerting too much effort in content creation.

Likewise, a thread on writer’s quotes and a course on how to become a more effective writer can also drive quite a few sales.

To further underscore this point, we sell a course on how to dominate on Twitter while writing articles to help you dominate on Twitter. If we sold courses on graphic design, we may get a few sales – but that’s not why you’re here!

6 Promote regularly

This point is especially important if the product you affiliate for is pricey. Some consumers need a little extra convincing before clicking the link to the sales page. In fact, they might need multiple views before purchasing or even clicking. 

Why do brands fork out millions per year for product placement?

Everyone knows brands such as Pepsi, Apple, Audi, McDonalds, etc., so why do they feel the need to advertise them all the time?

Because they want those brands to be etched into your subconscious. 

They want those brands to become as commonplace in your life as eating, breathing and sleeping.

On a smaller scale, you also want to GENTLY remind your followers of the products you affiliate for. 

Even for free eBooks and lead magnets, some of your followers may need repeat exposure before downloading them – even though they’re free!

7 Grow your mailing list on Twitter

Following on from the last point, it’s always a good idea to grow your mailing list on Twitter.

This is pretty easy to do and the rewards can be great. 

Twitter is the social media platform where you can be most intimate with your followers.

By this I mean that your followers can gain an insight into your train of thought, stream of consciousness, writing style, and even freely converse with you.

However, a mailing list can offer this – and more. 

A mailing list can afford you the ability to write more fluidly, tell stories, have your subscribers hanging onto your every word. 

I would suggest creating a lead magnet to grow your mailing list. You can write a free ebook solving a pain point for your followers. 

Say you’re in fitness; fat loss is the most commonly sought after search on Google. Write a 10-page ebook on how to lose fat and promote it every day.

Provide good content on your mailing list, then you can upsell your subscribers your affiliate products.

8 Grow your account authority

Okay, now growing your account authority can take time, and the amount of time taken can vary from person to person.

There are some Twitter accounts that can generate account authority in a few short months, but they’re the exception.

Most accounts take several months, if not, years, to generate account authority.

The only way to do so is to cultivate a personal brand around aspects of your lifestyle you wish to post online, consistency, integrity, reputation, and most importantly: good content.

Sure, there are ways you can grow a large following through Black Hat Twitter Tactics or posting viral content, but if your goal is to make money, then you should limit the amount of low quality content you post.

9 Twitter APIs

This is a slightly trickier way to create a Twitter affiliate marketing brand that prints cash on autopilot.

If you aren’t tech savvy, then I suggest you move on.

But if you are a tech wiz, then you can make a decent living off creating bots that promote affiliate links.

Many of these bots are dedicated to the author of a book or info product, for example. These authors will have uttered or published many memorable quotes.

Simply preload the author’s quotes into a Tweet Scheduler on a CSV file, promote the affiliate every so often, then repeat.

10 Tweet Scheduler

Similar to a Twitter API, you can use a Tweet Scheduler like Tweethunter or Hypefury to automatically post your affiliate link to help you to generate passive sales.

Instead of having to actively post links to your affiliate products, you can strategically post for whenever you’re busy.

Alternatively, if you live in a different time zone to the bulk of your audience, you can set your scheduler to post tweets when your audience is most active.

Tweethunter also has a feature to auto-plug a tweet reply once a tweet has reached a certain amount of engagement.

For example, you can set your affiliate link to be automatically posted when your main tweet reaches 50 likes. 

But it is up to you.

What not to do for Affiliate Marketing on Twitter

There are certain rules of engagement you should follow when you try Affiliate Marketing on Twitter.

We have already mentioned most of these points already, but they merit repeating so that you don’t make costly errors.

First, you SHOULD NOT post your affiliate links under somebody else’s content. It can be done via an API on rare occasions, but assuming that you are trying to grow your personal brand, this is a great way to announce to the world that you’re either a bot or a scammer.

Look at some of the major crypto accounts; many of their replies are flooded with bots spamming links under their posts.

On a side note, there was a Twitter bot account that would reply underneath every single post from important US politicians, including the president at the time, from a certain party. The account amassed a following of over half-a-million people and raked in a substantial amount of cash. Again, this is the exception to the rule.

Second, you should not spam the affiliate link on your timeline without context. This is a good way to lose followers and lower your account authority.

Third, avoid posting your affiliate links under irrelevant content – nobody wants to buy a course on web design under a post on gut health.

Fourth, don’t use Black Hat Twitter Tactics like paying for retweets only to promote an affiliate product. It’s a waste of time and money, plus it could ruin your account’s authority.

What you SHOULD do For Affiliate Marketing on Twitter

Here is a quick rundown of what you should do for Affiliate Marketing on Twitter:

• Provide valuable content before promoting
• Promote often
• Promote a relevant affiliate product to your niche/content
• Start a mailing list
• Use a tweet scheduler like Tweethunter (if it makes sense)
• Identify pain points solved by your affiliate product
• Have a link/content directing to link as your pinned tweet
• Include it on a landing page such as Linktree
• Include it in your bio
• Make sure the affiliate product/service comes from a reputable source
• Drive quality traffic to your call to action 

If you apply all of these methods, once you start to gain a decent following on Twitter, you can supplement your income with a few minutes of work per week.

Affiliate Marketing on Twitter can be the difference between financial stability or struggle for a lot of people.

Benefits of Affiliate Marketing on Twitter

Provided you can put in a little effort, there are numerous benefits of Affiliate Marketing on Twitter.

For example:

• Doesn’t require much effort
• Doesn’t require much (marketable) skill
• You don’t need a product of your own to promote to make cash
• Build rapport with reputable personalities within your niche
• Supplement your income without having to build a business from scratch
• Create a passive income stream

Many people who make the switch to an online income stream start out with Affiliate Marketing on Twitter to learn the ropes or make a little side income until they have marketable skills they can promote. 

It is a great way to familiarize yourself with what works in terms of marketing on the platform as well as getting to network with other content creators.

Drawbacks of Affiliate Marketing on Twitter

Despite the overwhelming benefits of Affiliate Marketing on Twitter – especially if you’re just starting out or have no marketable skills – there are a couple of drawbacks.

For example:

• It can hurt your reputation in the short run 
• You have to split revenue
• Potential for residual sales is low
• The product/service doesn’t belong to you

Don’t worry about the first point too much – most people on the internet have short attention spans. 

But beware that, in a way, you are sticking your neck out by promoting somebody else’s product, which is why it is important that they be a reputable content creator. 

The last thing you want to do as an affiliate marketer is to promote a product or service belonging to a scam artist.

Check out our Twitter Growth Guide to help you grow your following and make a profitable online business.