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Affiliate marketing has been \u201ca thing\u201d for nearly three decades (centuries, actually, if you include referral marketing, which, at root, is what affiliate marketing is). But it didn\u2019t really start picking up steam until the internet did. Amazon Affiliates is the most popular affiliate marketing program \u2014 around 2.3% of all websites that use advertising networks are members.<\/p>\n

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But what exactly is affiliate marketing? Tomi Huttunen, the owner and chief finance writer for OCS<\/a>, explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best way to explain affiliate websites to people who don\u2019t know about them would be that you set up a website where you share content about products or services you\u2019re passionate about or knowledgeable about,\u201d Huttunen said. \u201cThe goal from that is to attract visitors who would be interested in those products and encourage them to click on your affiliate links.\u201d<\/p>\n

He provided an example: \u201cIf your website is based all around fitness, you might write blog posts like \u2018Top 10 Travel Gadgets for Runners\u2019 or \u2018How to Build a Home Gym on a Budget,\u2019 the way you then make money<\/a> from this is by including affiliate links within your articles, directing readers to purchase those products. When they do, you earn a commission. It\u2019s a great way to turn expertise or hobbies into extra income.\u201d<\/p>\n

Affiliate marketing has certainly worked out well for Huttunen. He started out a decade ago and has since amassed over seven figures across his portfolio of websites. How did he get here? What can others looking to become millionaires learn<\/a> from his journey?<\/p>\n

Before getting started with affiliate marketing, Huttunen homed in on a niche.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main niche when starting out was the affiliate gambling space,\u201d Huttunen said, adding that he\u2019s since expanded into other topics \u2014 a choice driven by recent Google updates that put pressure on him to diversify his portfolio. Currently, he\u2019s building up websites in the sports space.<\/p>\n

Working with a niche is key to being successful in affiliate marketing. But don\u2019t be intimidated. It\u2019s not difficult to pick one. Go where your personal interests take you.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say the best way to pick a niche is to find something that you\u2019re interested in and have a passion for because in the early stages you are going to have to be the one to write about the topic of the website so if you don\u2019t have an interest in the niche it\u2019s going to become something you hate doing (I\u2019ve fallen into this trap),\u2019 Huttunen said. \u201cA niche might seem lucrative from the outside but when you need to put the time into writing the content I\u2019ve found that if you\u2019re providing good quality content then the money will come.\u201d<\/p>\n