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£320 and slowly growing

After 11 weeks I have managed to get my monthly earnings up to £320/month. The rate it is going I am hoping to have it become a full-time wage by the summer. 
Here is how I did it: 
  • Google REDHOTDATING (it is a uk dating site).
  • Scroll to the bottom of the site to the footer and sign up via the AFFILIATE PROGRAM page. 
  • Log in and get your referral code.
  • Advertise that referral code on social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat.
  • Alternatively, if you are an influencer or have a big following on TikTok or Instagram, link the referral code to your marketing.
  • Watch as people sign up to the site and start sending messages. 
  • Receive a small commission on every single message that is sent by someone that is referred by you. 
  • Receive a payment every month via PayPal.
  • It is a freelance position so you are expected to declare any income and pay your own tax. 
I have been doing it every week for 11 weeks, spending about an hour a day posting to social media accounts, and finding that: 
  • Average of around 100 visits to my referral link a week. 
  • Getting about 18 signups a week from them. 
  • 2 signups a week are sending messages. 
  • Each signup is sending around 20-30 messages a day. 
  • Making around £12/day at the moment but it is growing the more people I am finding. 
My advice is not to spam forums or groups but to target people that follow you on social media as much as possible. Apparently, some people are finding banner adverts on certain sites and paying for advertising is really lucrative but I have not tried that yet as I want to earn money for now rather than risking spending it on advertising and doing it wrong, but maybe you know how to do that? 

If you have any questions or want some tips, feel free to comment below. 

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,528 Forumite
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    Average person , with no social media following or presence , will not make any money doing this .

    Would have to stoop to spamming to get any chance of advert clicks.

    And yes , I have done affiliate marketing myself and had high ranking web sites
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  • According to the site affiliate manager, they have a couple of accounts that are generating £20,000/month. They told me that they pay for advertising on the naughty tube sites so people who are in the mood, watch a video and see the banner next to it offering a date and they get a lot of success from that. 
    I have no proof of that, it is just what the affiliate manager suggested, but when I looked at how much to advertise on the top sites it seemed a bit steep. 
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