My review of Clickfunnels vs LeadPages is going to give the blogger, affiliate marketer, ecom store owner and marketer a clue about whether these marketing tools are ideal for their business.

Hands up, if you would rather know what the deal is, before spending money and time trying to learn something that does not meet your expectation?

Well as a user of both marketing tools, I hope that I will be able to give you a clear picture of the features of these products and whether they are the right fit for your business

I know there are a ton of Clickfunnels vs Leadpages reviews, but I had not seen any, that specifically answers to who the user is.

Which is why I decided to take a different route and provide a review for each specific business owner.

I will be making this review as unbiased as possible. After all I do have certain gripes about both Clickfunnels and LeadPages that I’d like you to know about.

If you’d like to skip to my review based on what kind of business owner you are, be sure to use the navigation menu below.

Without any further delay, let’s get right to it.

Here is what you will learn in this blog post:

• What is Clickfunnels?
• What is LeadPages?
• Clickfunnels vs LeadPages features
• Who is Clickfunnels vs LeadPages for?
• Clickfunnels vs LeadPages for affiliate marketing? Bottom line.
• ClickFunnels vs LeadPages for bloggers? Bottom line.
• ClickFunnels vs LeadPages for physical or digital products? Bottom line.
• ClickFunnels vs LeadPages for ecommerce? Bottom line.
• ClickFunnels vs LeadPages for network marketers? Bottom line.
• ClickFunnels vs LeadPages for local businesses? Bottom line.
• How to build a funnel on ClickFunnels or LeadPages?

What is Clickfunnels?

I have so many people come to me and say they’d like to build a clickfunnel. Let me set the record straight by clarifying that Clickfunnels is the name of a product or more specifically an online software.

Just like Microsoft Word or Powerpoint, it is a product or online software that helps you build a sales funnel.

A sales funnel is a series of web pages dedicated to the promotion of a particular product or products that helps the business owner achieve a desired goal.

That goal may be a sale, lead generation, booking a consultation or call or whatever objective you may have.

It is different from your traditional website because it does not have features like external or internal links, navigation menus, etc.

In this regard, the funnel is the ideal marketing tool because it helps to keep the user (your target audience) focused on the main objective of the funnel.

The owner of the Clickfunnels product is Russel Bronson.

What is LeadPages?

LeadPages was designed as a lead generation software but it can also be used as a sales funnel.

That is because LeadPages also allows you to build sales pages that help you generate sales of products.

So just like Clickfunnels, you can use the LeadPages software to also generate leads, sales, consultation bookings or calls.

When you first get to the LeadPages home page, if your goal is to sell a product, you may be wondering whether LeadPages is the right product for you, since their focus is more on the lead generation aspect.

Don’t worry because you can take payments with this online platform as well which means that you can sell a product if you want to.

When compared to Clickfunnels, notice how Clickfunnels immediately addresses this, by pointing out almost everything that can be done with the Clickfunnels software.

ClickFunnels vs LeadPages Features

Rather than write a paragraph about the features in each of these online software, I decided to create a table setting out the main features so you can easily get an overview and comparison of each one.

I will then go into the specifics of each feature so you can learn a little bit more about it.

Mobile Friendly Templates

Both Clickfunnels and LeadPages have mobile friendly templates.

However, if I were to pick one for easy mobile responsiveness, my vote would go to LeadPages.

That is because, with Clickfunnels even though their pages can convert to mobile, you must manually adjust your text for mobile viewers, before publishing.

What I mean is, if on desktop you have used a font size of 32px, with Clickfunnels you want to make sure that the text is down-sized for mobile.

If you do not take this additional step the text will also appear large on mobile. Clickfunnels have catered to this by adding a mobile text button in their editor.

The difference with LeadPages however, is that the text and images are automatically down-sized for mobile.

Drag and Drop Interface

Designing a lead page or funnel is simple with their drag and drop interface.

No coding is necessary which makes Clickfunnels and LeadPages easy for amateurs who have no coding or design skill.

To build a page with Clickfunnels, you can either use one of their pre-designed templates and drag and drop any additional elements that you want to the page.

If you are starting from the beginning though you must understand how a Clickfunnel page is designed.

Each of their pages are made up of sections, rows and elements.

Each page starts with a section which is identified by the colour green, which contains a row identified by the colour blue and a row contains an element, identified by the colour orange.

The elements are your content boxes and it is from the content boxes that you can design your page.

LeadPages has a similar construction however to start designing your page, you only need to add a section then drag and drop your content.

So once again in terms of ease, LeadPages wins making it easier for the user to build their pages effortlessly.

Pop-Up Lead Boxes

If you do not want to create a sales funnel but still want a place to convert your visitors into leads from your website or blog, you can create pop up lead boxes with both Clickfunnels and LeadPages.

Clickfunnels refer to these lead boxes as Clickpops.

Once created you are given code to embed the box onto a website or blog that you own.

Such pop up box can be added to your website as a link or an image which when clicked, causes the box to pop open. If you’d like the box to appear automatically such as on time or on exit then you can configure the settings to generate these actions.

LeadPages refer to these boxes as lead boxes. They essentially operate in the same way as Clickfunnels’ clickpops do.

LeadPages’ lead boxes can be embedded by a link, button or image. They can also appear on time and on exit.

Payment Integration

The two most popular payment gateways, Stripe and Paypal, can be used with both Clickfunnels and LeadPages, however PayPal does not integrate with either.

What this means is that when used, PayPal does not fully become part of Clickfunnels or LeadPages, so when payments are made, Clickfunnels or LeadPages’ automated features do not activate.

For example, when integrated with Stripe and a payment is made by a user, Clickfunnels or LeadPages would redirect to a thank you page within the funnel and if set up, will store the buyer’s details in their database.

When PayPal is used however, this does not happen. Whilst there are work-arounds, it is something you must be conscious of, if you want to use any buyer data from the platforms.

Clickfunnels goes a step further and integrates with and allows access to other payment options. Sadly LeadPages only stops at Stripe and PayPal.

Finally if you wish to use payment gateways with LeadPages, you must upgrade to a Pro or Advanced account which is $79/month when paid monthly ($48/month when paid annually) for the Pro and $321/month when paid monthly ($199/month when paid annually) for the Advanced.

Tracking Codes

One of the most important elements of your funnel, especially when you are using paid advertising, is tracking.

If you are using paid ad campaigns like Facebook ads, Google Adwords or any other platform, you are able to add your tracking codes or pixels to both Clickfunnels and LeadPages.

It is very easy to add, all you do is copy and paste the code into a section provided by the platforms.

A/B Testing

Both Clickfunnels and LeadPages allow you to perform split tests on your landing pages and funnels.

When setting up the split tests, they are both easy to implement for either of the platforms.

All you do is create your control, which is the first variation of your page. Then create a variation which is a variation of your control page.

Both Clickfunnels and LeadPages will take note of the conversions that you are testing and let you know which one is performing better.

You can then mark whichever page has the better conversions as the winner of the split test.

This is great if you want to see what type of factors affect your visitors and helps you improve the overall performance of your campaign.

Marketing Tools Integrations

Clickfunnels and LeadPages integrates with many other marketing tools to make your marketing efforts seamless.

Here is a full list of all the integrations that Clickfunnels has.

Here is a full list of all the integrations that LeadPages has.

If the marketing tool that you are looking for is not on the lists, then you can safely assume that it does not integrate but you can use the Zapier tool to help you connect one tool to the other.

Zapier is a web-based service that allows you to perform integrations with many different applications.   

Campaign Analytics

One thing I like about Clickfunnels and LeadPages is that it provides reporting on the performance of your campaign.

So you can see how a funnel or landing page that you created is performing and helps you make important decisions for your campaign.

Depending on how many pages there are in your funnel, Clickfunnels provides analytics for every page of the funnel.

The difference with LeadPages however is that several pages can make up a funnel which needs to be pieced together.

In that regard you must piece together your analytics for each page – so you do not get one global oversight like Clickfunnels provides.

This makes it a little more difficult to judge the overall performance of your funnel if several pages make up your funnel with LeadPages.

Here is what that looks like.

WordPress Plugin

If you have a WordPress website or blog you can integrate both Clickfunnels and LeadPages with their respective plugins.

This will allow you to use either Clickfunnels or LeadPages funnels or pages directly on your website or blog so that it looks as though the funnel or page is part of your website or blog.

This is just another way of directing visitors from your website or blog to your funnel or landing page but instead of going to a Clickfunnel or LeadPages domain, the users remain at your website or blog’s domain but still see your funnel or landing page.

That’s a pretty cool feature.

To see what this looks like for Clickfunnels you can take a look at Barbie Figueroa’s video where she explains how to marry Clickfunnels with your WordPress website.

To see what this looks like for LeadPages you can take a look at Inside Marketing Hero’s video.

Lead Notifications

LeadPages notifies you when you have generated a lead through one of your landing pages.

This is a great feature if you have many lead pages and you want to keep track of which one is helping you acquire leads.

It is not a major feature in my opinion as I am not too concerned about lead notifications but for those who want to know, you can receive these notifications directly to your email inbox.

Clickfunnels does not have this feature.

As I mentioned it is not a significant feature to have as you will have many emails notifying you of leads when you can simply log into the platform to check how the lead page is doing.

Dedicated Support

Clickfunnels and LeadPages both have support available but one is definitely a winner out of the two.

LeadPages offers phone, live chat and email ticket support. They also have a library of support documents in case you need any help and want to do it yourself.

Phone support is however only available with LeadPages Advanced package.

Clickfunnels only offers email ticket support. So if you have an urgent matter, then you’re pretty much screwed. You will need to submit your ticket and then wait for their support team to respond.

Usually responses can take a few hours and up to a day.

Email Autoresponder Integration

One important function of the funnel and lead page is the ability to capture leads and place them directly in your chosen email autoresponder.

Don’t yet have an email autoresponder? Here’s one that I reviewed that I currently use and recommend. 

Clickfunnels and LeadPages integrate with many email autoresponders and allows you to connect to them easily.

Here are all Clickfunnels’ email integrations.

Here are all LeadPages’ email integrations.

Once again, if you do not see your email service provider on the list, you can always use Zapier to integrate, provided Zapier allows the connection.

Sub Accounts

If you have a team working with you, you can assign them manager accounts where they have their own sub account and can work on projects for you.

This helps so you won’t have to give the worker, access to your username and password since doing so makes it very risky for you as the account holder since they can access your account settings and do anything with it.

LeadPages offers sub accounts only with their Advanced plan. That means you have to shell out a whopping $321/month or $199/month billed annually for this benefit. With their Advanced plan you get 5 sub accounts.

I noticed that Clickfunnels does have the feature but it appears non-functional.

Even when I searched for literature on the topic there was none.

I will assume that maybe it is a feature they intend to install in the future but not right now.

SEO Friendly Pages

Clickfunnels and LeadPages allow you to optimise your landing pages and funnels for SEO (search engine optimisation).

Although they both allow you to implement some on-page SEO I wouldn’t solely rely on this feature to help your landing pages or funnels show up in the search engines.

There are other things that you can do such as:

• Having your own domain and URL and including a keyword in that domain/URL.
• Use keywords in your funnel or landing page that you’d like to rank for
• Build a content map to help your funnel and landing pages align to the visitors needs and desires. Don’t just create a funnel for the sake of. Keep your visitor’s desires in mind.

In this Clickfunnels blog you can learn more about how to implement SEO into your funnel and landing pages. 

Web Hosting

The great thing about both Clickfunnels and LeadPages is that they provide their own web hosting.

So when you purchase a package with either platform, you do not have to look for separate hosting.

Both Clickfunnels and LeadPages host your funnels and landing pages on their servers. The only thing though is that when you host your funnels and landing pages with them, you must take on their domain.

For example, if you build a funnel with Clickfunnels, then your domain will be www.yourdomain.clickfunnels.com. If you build a landing page with LeadPages, your domain will be www.yourdomain.lpages.co.

This can look ugly if you are promoting your funnel or landing page and you may prefer to have your page align with your brand.

For that reason you can always use their domain assignment feature so you can replace their domains with your own.

Looking for cheap domains? Try Namecheap, Godaddy or Bluehost.

Domain Assignment

Clickfunnels and LeadPages both help you assign a custom domain to your funnels and landing pages making it more personal and branded to you.

I would strongly recommend that when starting on either Clickfunnels or LeadPages that you purchase a custom domain and connect it to Clickfunnels or LeadPages.

That way it is easier for your audience to find your funnels and landing pages and helps you create an identity for you, instead of one affiliated with the Clickfunnels or LeadPages domains.

Whilst you can purchase a separate domain from places like Godaddy, Namecheap or Bluehost, Clickfunnels allows you to claim a domain for free directly from their company for first time users.

If you have already claimed the domain then you can buy it at the retail price of $20 annually.

Customised HTML

What if you have an application, form, display banner or miscellaneous item that you want to install on your website using HTML?

Well both Clickfunnels and LeadPages have HTML elements that you can add to your funnel and landing pages to easily add these items to your pages.

For example, on a landing page that I designed with LeadPages to promote an affiliate product, I was easily able to add this gif banner to my page through their HTML feature.

So instead of adding an image and linking the image to your affiliate product, you can select the html code for the banner that your affiliate manager will provide to you and embed it on your page.

You can find the HTML widget in your LeadPages widget area.

The same for Clickfunnels. You can add the HTML element to your pages from your Clickfunnels editor.

Digital Asset Delivery

If you do not have an email autoresponder which you can use for delivery of digital products, or you have no place to host your documents, LeadPages and Clickfunnels digital assets delivery feature, allow you to store your documents on their platform and enable delivery when a user takes a specific action.

For example if you have a lead magnet that you want delivered to a lead when they opt in to a funnel, you must first add your digital asset to Clickfunnels from the digital asset menu.

Then you must set up outgoing emails so that Clickfunnels can send the email on your behalf.

Finally you must add the digital asset to the page where the opt in is being performed. This will be your opt in page.

LeadPages makes this process a lot easier for us.

To add your digital asset to LeadPages and have it delivered to your lead you only need to add the digital asset to the opt in page settings and LeadPages takes care of the rest.

There is no need to upload the digital asset and then select it on different pages. There is also no need to setup email SMTP settings for outgoing emails.

Adding a digital asset in LeadPages is a one-step process therefore eliminating the time and confusion that you get with Clickfunnels.

One Click Upsells

If you sell your own products or have an ecommerce store, the one click upsell feature is a great tool to help you increase the average order value of each order placed in your funnel and increase conversions.

Whilst I have never used LeadPages one click upsell feature (so I cannot say how easy or difficult the process is), they do have instructions on how to integrate this feature into a funnel you are managing.

The instructions look pretty simple, but when I read through them I do not like the technicality of the instruction.

It may be simple if you follow along slowly and take your time. If you do struggle to implement an upsell into your LeadPages funnel you can always fall back on the LeadPages support team for help.

Clickfunnels is a very simple process. You only need to drag and drop an upsell page into your funnel, design your page, add your product and that’s it.

You do not need to worry about any configuration.

Clickfunnels does all the hard work for you, so everything works smoothly.

Membership Areas

One special feature that Clickfunnels has, which is not integrated with LeadPages are membership sites.

A membership site allows you to house digital products such as a video library, ebooks or courses where free or paid members can get access via a username and password.

At one point LeadPages did offer a Wishlist membership site to Annual Pro members back in 2014 but it looks like this has been discontinued.

In any event, even if you no longer have access to this product with LeadPages you can always connect a LeadPages sales page to Wishlist separately if you want to.

Wishlist is a WordPress plugin so you must have a WordPress site to use this product.

Click this link to download your Wishlist plugin here.

Clickfunnels though has membership site features integrated into it so if you think you may want to create a membership site where your paying customers can get access to your products then you may want to consider Clickfunnels over LeadPages.

Affiliate Center

Clickfunnels helps you to offer affiliate commissions to affiliates for a product that you are selling.

Their affiliate center is great if you believe you have a great product, but need to get the word out about it.

By setting up an affiliate center, you can have people sign up and so be able to control their access to your product as an affiliate to promote it on your behalf.

The affiliate center is only available with Clickfunnels Etison suite however, so be prepared to spend at least $297/month for this feature.

Who Is Clickfunnels vs LeadPages For?

So now that you know the main features of Clickfunnels and LeadPages, this all probably does not make sense to you, if you do not really know how each product can help you in your business.

That’s what the next section is for. Simply follow your business model and read my unbiased view as to whether Clickfunnels or LeadPages can help you.

Does Clickfunnels or LeadPages work for affiliate marketing?

As an affiliate myself, I know how important sales funnels are for building email lists and guiding traffic to your affiliate product.

Even if you do not want to build an email list and you want to promote your affiliate product with advertorial type blog posts then you can use either Clickfunnels or LeadPages for this.

Because the affiliate funnel would be a simple two step funnel then you do not need any complicated software.

Both Clickfunnels and LeadPages are perfect for this. It will be up to you to decide how much you want to spend on your marketing tool to achieve this.

To remind you, Clickfunnels is $97/month and LeadPages is $37/month. Clickfunnels offers a free 14-day trial for you to test it out to see if you like working with it. Click here to get your free 14-day trial.

LeadPages offers a free 30-day trial. Click here to claim your free trial. 

Bottom line?

I would recommend LeadPages although both Clickfunnels or LeadPages are great. 

Does Clickfunnels or LeadPages work for bloggers? 

Can Clickfunnels or LeadPages replace a blogger’s website? Yes it can, but it is not feasible and I certainly do not recommend the software for traditional blogging.

If however you want to create a one off blog post, like I did in my one blog post strategy for promoting a product, then the software is a good one.  

A blog comes with so many moving parts. You need navigation menus, the ability to post as many blog posts as you can, the ability to embed contact forms, etc; you really and truly need a conventional website.

This is why I would recommend that you use a content management site like WordPress.

If you are ready to build your blog then you can head on over to my step-by-step guide where I teach you how to build your blog using WordPress and Bluehost as your webhost.

If you already have a website or blog and you really want to use Clickfunnels or LeadPages then they can be used as a lead generation tool.

For example, you may wish to generate leads for the provision of content upgrades.

Clickfunnels and LeadPages allow you to embed code into your website where contact forms can be installed on your blog to generate leads.

In this regard Clickfunnels and LeadPages are beneficial to bloggers.

With both Clickfunnels and LeadPages you cannot add an inline contact form to your website but you can add a link or button which pops open to a contact form. Here is an example of what LeadPages looks like on my blog.

Bottom line?

Don’t use Clickfunnels or LeadPages for your blog but use them for your lead generation tools.

Click here to claim your free Clickfunnels 14-day trial. 

Click here to claim your free LeadPages 30-day trial. 

Does Clickfunnels or LeadPages work to sell physical or digital products? 

I would give this question a resounding yes. Clickfunnels and LeadPages are perfect if you want to sell a physical or digital product.

Because of price point, I use LeadPages for all my digital products – it is cost effective and achieves everything that I need, to create a great sales funnel to sell my products.

It can design great opt in pages, sales pages and has easy to implement payment and email integrations.

Although I do not use upsells in my LeadPages funnels, I cannot comment on the difference between LeadPages and Clickfunnels, but if you are looking to increase the average order value of each purchase with upsells, then you may wish to consider whether Clickfunnels or LeadPages will give you better value.

I touched on this briefly here so you can go back and read my comment.

Bottom line?

Yes both Clickfunnels and LeadPages are perfect for your own products.

Click here to claim your free Clickfunnels 14-day trial. 

Click here to claim your free LeadPages 30-day trial. 

Does Clickfunnels or LeadPages work for ecommerce? 

Typically people use ecom-dedicated platforms like Woocommerce or Shopify to sell their ecom products.

Ecom funnels are however becoming very popular especially since it can help you drive massive sales to your business by focusing on a few core products from your ecom store.

This ensures that the customer only sees the specific products that you want them to see and that they are not given an overwhelming number of options.

In my opinion, the best platform for the ecom funnel is Clickfunnels. This is because they have specific well-thought out templates designed for ecom and makes the set-up process easy.

Although LeadPages do have ecom templates they are not as sophisticated as Clickfunnels.

You can use LeadPages for a simple product sale but if you want to include multiple products and have one time offers, upsells or downsells then I would strongly recommend Clickfunnels.

Want to see what an ecom funnel looks like in Clickfunnels? Watch the video below.

Bottom line?

Clickfunnels and LeadPages work for ecommerce but I would recommend using Clickfunnels for a more streamlined and easier process.

Click here to claim your free Clickfunnels 14-day trial. 

Click here to claim your free LeadPages 30-day trial. 

Does Clickfunnels or LeadPages work for network marketers? 

Like affiliate marketing, where you do not own the product and you are promoting it, you can use Clickfunnels or LeadPages.

A two step funnel is ideal for promoting network marketing products, although some funnels can be simple – such as a lead opt in and thank you page; to more complicated – such as a lead opt in page and onboarding page.

To help you decide which platform to use you may want to consider ease of building the type of funnel and price point.

LeadPages can work very well for network marketing funnels and so you really do not need the sophisticated elements of Clickfunnels.

Bottom line?

I would recommend a simple platform like LeadPages for this type of funnel. It is up to you to decide which platform you eventually decide to use.

Click here to claim your free Clickfunnels 14-day trial. 

Click here to claim your free LeadPages 30-day trial. 

Does Clickfunnels or LeadPages work for local businesses? 

If you are a local business and you want to generate leads for services that you provide, Clickfunnels and LeadPages are great options.

As you only need a lead generation funnel then you can consider both platforms but I would recommend LeadPages, again because of its simplicity. 

If you are conscious about money spent on your marketing tools, then LeadPages is a great alternative to an expensive product like Clickfunnels.

Bottom line?

Yes Clickfunnels and LeadPages are great for local businesses but I would recommend LeadPages.

Click here to claim your free Clickfunnels 14-day trial. 

Click here to claim your free LeadPages 30-day trial. 

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As a beginner affiliate marketer, you should be selecting affiliate products from the networks that actually want to work with you and help you grow in your career. In this blog post, I will share with you, which networks I consider to be beginner affiliate-friendly, so you can find the best affiliate programs for beginners.

Before you read on, consider checking out my blog post for beginners, that teaches you how to start affiliate marketing today.

When deciding on the product to promote there are a few things that you should consider before you actually start investing time or money in promoting it.

This post will help you with those criteria so you can be sure you are investing your time and effort in producing content around these products that will convert and pay you the best commissions.

What you should consider when choosing your products:

The commission rate commissions should be at a level that you are comfortable with and is going to give you a good return on investment. When looking at the compensation plan, consider how many people will need to see this product in order for you to get a sale and how much you are going to achieve when you make a sale.

Usually products that have a higher commission rate are more difficult to sell and require greater effort put in compared to products that have a smaller commission.

Whilst the effort is greater, that only means you will need to add more value to your affiliate marketing funnel in order to convince your target market to take action which will lead to a conversion for you.

One way to achieve this, is through the use of bridge pages.

Recurring commissions this is how you create passive income when the product that you promote has a subscription base. Recurring commissions are great because it means you only need to do the work once and you will probably gain a lifetime customer who will contribute to your income every month.

This does not mean that products that do not have recurring commissions should be avoided. It simply means that you will have to continue looking for customers to enter your sales funnel or visit your website to keep a steady flow of income each month.

Grab Your Step By Step Guide To Making Money With Affiliate Marketing

High conversions before promoting a product you should do your research to find out how marketable the product is. Is the product a good one? What are people saying about the product? What do other marketers say about the ease of promotion?

These are some questions you should be asking yourself before you jump in to promoting a product.

Ease of approval most affiliate programs and networks are easy to join if you can show that you have a proper website and that you have a sound marketing plan to promote the product. Other affiliate programs require you to be a paid member of the product before you start earning commissions. That way there is no approval process, but the commission structure is higher in that you can earn very handsome payouts.

With these criteria in mind I have handpicked some of the best affiliate programs for beginners, if you are now starting affiliate marketing or even writing as a blogger.

Top 10 Places To Find The Best Affiliate Programs For Beginners

1. Clickbank 

Clickbank is the best known marketplace to find products that you can promote on your blog or website and in an affiliate marketing campaign.

It is one of the oldest platforms and widely used by marketers when they want to make extra money.

With its search and category features you can easily find any product that resonates with you within your niche.

It is simple to start promoting products on this forum because you do not need to be approved. You can simply create a free Clickbank account and immediately have access to tons of products that you can promote.

In order to do well with Clickbank products, pay attention to the gravity score of the product. That tells you how popular it is amongst other marketers.

Popularity determines how well a product converts. It also means that there is more competition.

As a beginner it is important that you understand how much research plays a part in you selecting the best affiliate program that actually converts with cold traffic.

So before choosing a product, be sure to carefully go through Clickbank’s metrics to make sure you are choosing a product that has the best chance at success.

I always aim for products that have a gravity score that falls between 50-100. Anything over 100 means that it is highly competitive and if you try to break through as a beginner you are likely to be up against skilled marketers.

Clickbank automates the entire sales process. They deal with all customer refunds and you can see how you are performing from the analytics within your dashboard.

You can receive payment from Clickbank via direct deposit or check depending on your country.

To join Clickbank as an affiliate, sign up here. 

2. ShareASale

This is an affiliate network like Clickbank which houses numerous products that you can promote depending on your niche.

ShareASale is great for pay-per-lead products and pay-per-sale products.

What is pay-per-lead? This is a system whereby you are paid for any lead that you direct to the merchant’s website. In order to qualify for the payment you may have to provide leads who confirm their email address with double opt-in or provide a name, email address and contact number. Leads may also have to sign up for consultations in order for you to qualify.

What is pay-per-sale? This is whereby you promote a product and get paid following the sale of the product.

To start promoting products on ShareASale you must apply to the merchant whose products you are interested in. Therefore it is still possible that even though you are accepted to ShareASale as the affiliate network, you can be declined by a specific merchant who owns the affiliate program.

If you are declined then do not be despondent as there are many other similar products that may fit the description that you want.

Always be sure to consider the amount that you will be paid per lead or per sale in order to get the best return on investment.

Be mindful of the merchant’s terms and conditions to see what type of traffic is allowed because you can be terminated if you provide traffic that does not meet the merchant’s criteria.

To join ShareASale sign up here.

3. Panthera Network

This is an affiliate network which you must apply to, to get started.

Once you have applied and are accepted, there is no further application to be made to promote the product of your choice.

The network is an easy to use one as you can simply search for the desired product and you are provided with your affiliate link to share with your audience in a campaign, on your blog or website.

When applying for Panthera Network, the best and quickest way to get accepted is to contact the affiliate manager by phone.

The reason for this, is because you can have personal contact with the affiliate manager in the event he/she has questions about your objectives when using the Panthera Network.

When I first joined Panthera my application was approved within 10 minutes and although there was a small objection to the number of visitors to my site (as it was fairly new), I still got accepted because I took that extra step, contacted the affiliate manager and discussed my aims with him.

I would strongly recommend that you do the same. Their contact details are provided in the email that you receive once you have completed your application.

To join Panthera Network sign up here.

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4. Amazon Associates

You really cannot lose with Amazon Associates, although I have seen people who advise against relying on Amazon Associates as a way of earning a substantial income as an affiliate.

If your goal is to make a full time income with Amazon Associates then it is possible to do so.

Your niche simply needs to be a profitable one centred around high-cost products.

Amazon Associates is not great for low cost products unless you intend to send millions of visitors to your website to produce thousands of sales per month.

My advice therefore is to focus on a product and niche where the cost of the product is in the range of $1000 and upwards.

After researching the internet, I have found some examples of successful Amazon affiliate websites which you can use as inspiration for your own blog or website.

Lucieslist.com is a baby product reviews and a survival guide for new moms to help them cope with new parenting tasks.

Outdoorgearlab.com is an outdoor gear reviews website which helps buyers decide on the best products for their outdoor activities.

Snapsort.com is a digital camera and comparison reviews website to help customers quickly determine the best products for their needs.

Thisiswhyimbroke.com is a website featuring odd and innovative gift ideas. They are not a reviews website but simply list some of the products that are unusual that they have found on Amazon.

Thewirecutter.com is a gadget, gear and electronics reviews website that helps the customer figure out which product they should get for their needs.

As I mentioned before, in order to be successful with Amazon Associates you either need a high-trafficked website or a website where you are promoting high cost products.

Amazon is free to join and the approval process is quite easy. When you submit your site for approval, ensure that it is live. It does not appear to be the case that the website needs a lot of traffic to get accepted into Amazon Associates but it must already have some content on it.

Also you must ensure that you strictly comply with Amazon Associates program policies as if you do not, you risk losing your account and forfeiting any commissions that you may have already earned.

What I like about Amazon Associates is although you may have referred a customer to their site for a particular product that you recommended, you will still get paid from that referral if the customer buys any product from the Amazon site within 90 days.

To join Amazon Associates as an affiliate sign up here.

If you are interested in learning how to build niche affiliate websites, where you can promote Amazon Affiliate products, my interview with Affiliate Marketer, Leon Angus will help you. He makes money from Amazon Affiliates using niche affiliate websites and gets traffic to his website by search engine optimisation.

5. CJ Affiliate by Conversant 

You may know this network as Commission Junction.

It is similar to the ShareASale network in that you must apply to the respective merchant in order to start promoting any affiliate products.

Application to the CJ Affiliate network is a simple process. Like any other network, it is a good idea to ensure that your website is live and that you have a clear marketing plan before completing your application.

To be honest, I have not used CJ Affiliate as much as I would like to. Once I got into the CJ Affiliate program and applied to a few affiliate companies, it took a little over two weeks to be approved by those companies.

This is not a poor evaluation of CJ Affiliate but rather of the specific companies that I applied for.

I did find however that when I sought out the same companies on another network, I was approved a lot faster. Sometimes I did not have to make an application to the company as is the case with Panthera Network.

CJ Affiliate does support all types of commission models. They include pay-per-action and pay-per-sale.

It is a solid affiliate marketing platform hosting every type of product that you can think of for whatever niche you are interested in.

To become an affiliate of CJ Affiliates sign up here.

6. Rakuten Marketing

I have only recently joined Rakuten Marketing so I have not had time to assess the features of this affiliate network.

It is a reliable network as it is among one of the oldest affiliate marketing networks in the industry.

Rakuten is free to join.

It hosts over 1000 merchants so there is bound to be some product within your niche that you can include in your portfolio.

If you see the name Linkshare anywhere on the interwebs then this is reference to Rakuten as they re-branded their name recently.

To join Rakuten Marketing as an affiliate sign up here then click “Publisher Sign Up” in the top right hand corner.

7. FlexOffers

I  love FlexOffers. In fact they are one of the affiliate networks that helped me earn over $10k in affiliate sales by promoting one of their products. 

Like the other above networks, FlexOffers provides a connection between affiliate marketers, bloggers and advertisers. They help advertisers get their products out on the market and help affiliate marketers and bloggers make money from reputable brands and products.

FlexOffers has over 12,000 affiliate products in a wide range of categories that you can select from. You must have a website that you own in order to join this affiliate network.

Once you have been approved, you can search their advertisers and select the ones that best relate to your niche.

You also get your own affiliate manager so if you have any questions about your account or an affiliate product, you can speak directly to them.

As to payout of affiliate commissions I had to wait approximately three months to receive my commissions. Like most affiliate networks, FlexOffers’ payment terms require that they receive payment from the advertiser before they can pay you. 

This results in you, as the affiliate, having to wait months to receive payment. This was the only thing that I did not like about this company.

FlexOffers does have a Revshare program, which means that if you refer someone who is approved as an affiliate, you can earn a certain percentage of whatever sales they make.

To join FlexOffers, you can start here.

Make sure that the information you provide about yourself and your website is accurate. The review process does take approximately three to seven business days but if it crosses this you can always follow up with them.

8. Clickfunnels Affiliate Program

Clickfunnels is owned by Russel Branson and is an in-house affiliate program. This means that it is a product by itself and you must go directly to the company to join as an affiliate.

The difference with the affiliate networks and affiliate programs is that you may join affiliate networks and find numerous products under one umbrella that you can promote.

With affiliate programs you can join directly with the company so there is no middle man.

You do not have to be a customer of Clickfunnels to become an affiliate.

However it will be to your advantage if you understand how Clickfunnels work so that you can promote it, when recommending it to your audience.

This is why most websites get trust from their audience because they have used the product themselves and can provide the best user guidance to help the customer make the right decision about whether the product is for them.

You are able to earn 40% commissions from each sale that is made of the Clickfunnels product. This equates to either $38.80 or $118.80 depending on the product plan that the customer purchases.

Commissions are recurring as Clickfunnels is a subscription based product.

They also have a Dream Car Contest where if you refer 100 active members to their software, this entitles you to a $500 monthly check towards your dream car.

If you refer 200 active members then you are entitled to receive a $1000 monthly check towards the reimbursement of your dream car payments.

To join Clickfunnels as an affiliate sign up here.

9. Aweber Affiliate Program

Aweber is an email autoresponder service and is widely used by marketers and bloggers to communicate with their email list. 

If you teach your audience about list building or email marketing, Aweber is an ideal product for you to promote and recommend within your content.

For example, you may have created a blog post on “How To Build An Email List of 1000 Subscribers” where you can recommend Aweber as an email marketing software to build that list.

You can also create content specifically around Aweber reviews or promote it as part of your affiliate marketing funnel.

It is free to join the affiliate program and you earn 30% commissions from each sale that is made.

Aweber has a structured price plan.

So the bigger a customer’s email list, the more money they pay for their subscription.

This will therefore impact on the type of commissions you earn with Aweber depending on the purchase plan the customer chooses.

You will continue to earn commissions on this product as long as the customer continues to use their account. This makes it a great source for passive income.

To join Aweber as an affiliate sign up here.

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10. The Social Traffic Blueprint Affiliate Program

The Social Traffic Blueprint Affiliate program is a program that is associated with the Facebook Ads course presented by Jon Penberthy and Jubril Agoro.

You get the chance to earn while you learn. If you want to know more about how to use Facebook ads to drive traffic to your business, then this is a great investment to help you succeed with Facebook Ads.

At the same time you can sign up to their affiliate program and promote the course to other marketers who want to learn how to use Facebook ads as well.

The Social Traffic Blueprint program allows you to earn up to $400 per sale.

This is a great affiliate product if you want to earn a high commission payout.

In order to start promoting this product you must be a course member. The course actually costs $997 and comes with group coaching, access to their private Facebook group, 24/7 support and lifetime access to the course and updates.

To take part in the course and become an affiliate join here.

Final Thoughts

Joining the best affiliate programs for beginners is easy if you are looking to monetise your blog or website or simply promote these programs as part of an affiliate marketing campaign. The easiest programs to promote are those which are proven to convert well.

My handpicked selection of programs and networks will help you choose some of the best affiliate products, that you can have on your blog or website to add content to it.

Some great ways to promote affiliate products are in “How To” blog posts or List blog posts. If you do not want to use a website or blog, you can also promote affiliate products with traffic sources such as Bing Ads or Facebook Ads.

Now that you’ve joined some affiliate networks of your choice you should check out my ebook on How To Do Affiliate Marketing Without A Huge Blog or Website 

It’s the perfect solution for those who are looking to promote an affiliate product, but really don’t want to create a traditional blog. This ebook teaches you how to do affiliate marketing or promote any product with small valuable blog posts.

Plus it comes with a bonus freelancing guide that teaches you how to get other people to pay for your business costs and how to use free traffic methods to promote your content fast for incredible results.

You can check it out by clicking here!

Remember that the most difficult part of any business is showing up. Make sure and show up today to get the best chance at success.

Don’t wait too long to invest in you.

Cheers,

P.S Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments whether there are any other affiliate networks you have joined and which one? 

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Before I started affiliate marketing, I knew nothing about sales funnels.

Are you confused as well? Read my article on A Complete Guide To Automated Sales Funnels For Any Business. In this article you will learn all about sales funnels and how you can use it whether you are an affiliate, blogger or network marketer.

In short, a sales funnel is the path that a customer or client is taken through to purchase a product or service.

If you are making money through affiliate marketing or network marketing and you DO NOT have a website, then you WILL want to AT LEAST have a sales funnel in your business to drive traffic to your landing page and then onto the product offer.

If you do already have a sales funnel, but you are not getting the sales that you want, then you may want to focus on your bridge page.

What Is A Bridge Page?

A bridge page is webpage that comes after a lead capture page, but before the sales page or the page where you offer your product.

It is a powerful conversion booster that every good marketer must use in his or her online marketing efforts. So essentially you are bridging your landing page with the product page and it is here, where you can use various strategies to improve your conversions.

Before I used a bridge page, my sales funnel would take the prospect from the lead capture page or landing page, straight to the offer page.

What this did, was that it did not pre-frame the prospect with what they were going to expect when they landed on the offer page.

However, after I included a bridge page in my sales funnel, it gave me the opportunity to “talk” to the prospect one on one.

What you need to understand, when doing affiliate marketing and network marketing, it is all about building a relationship with the prospect.

A bridge page will help you to do that.

So you may want to explain what the offer is to your prospect before they visit your sales page.

This way they get a better understanding of the offer from someone who has already used it.

It also gives you the opportunity to offer your visitors bonus content. You really want to stand out from other marketers who are promoting the same product as you!

Many marketers forget this key step in their online marketing activities. Please do not be one of them.

What To Include On Your Bridge Page?

Now a bridge page should not be a distraction, so keep it very simple.

The only purpose a bridge page serves, is to introduce yourself and your offer/product to the prospect.

You can also use it to help your visitors make micro-commitments which is another strategy to help you improve conversions.

Micro-commitments can be in the form of interactive and engaging content, that gets the prospect to feel immersed in the content, such that when they land on the offer page, they have already built up a desire to take the action that you want them to take, whether that is opting into a form or buying a product.

#1 Introduce Yourself

If you are in network marketing or affiliate marketing and you have to build a “team”, then introducing yourself to the prospect would be a great starting point.

Tell your story on this page. Video is best but if you are afraid of video, then text.

Honestly for best results, I would recommend video.

By introducing yourself you are:

• Allowing the visitor to get to see who they will be working with.
• It also gives them a chance to see if you are genuine. Most times a video can tell A LOT about a person. You can tell whether the person is speaking from a script or whether they are speaking from the heart.
• You want to be as confident as you can. Even if you know nothing about your industry or you are a beginner, you want to act like you know what you are talking about.
• You will also give the visitor the chance to know you. People like to join others who they can resonate with. Be as truthful as you can! Speak about where you came from, your struggles, what you did before you bought the product or joined the opportunity.
• Transferring trust from the video to the visitor. Essentially breaking the ice. This helps to MASSIVELY increase sales in your business.

#2 Make An Offer

Another good point is to make an irresistible offer to your visitor. Why should they buy from you of all people?

Remember, this prospect has probably seen many lead capture pages before yours.

Give them a reason to want to take out their credit card and buy from YOU.

This is what singles you out, because you took that step to show them something which the other hundred marketers did not.

Your offer could be:

• Free training
• A free report related to the niche
• A free complimentary product to help them
• A free 30 minute on-boarding call

#3 Do A Review 

If you have a product to sell then you may want to include a demonstration or review of the product.

Do not just buy the product and review it.

Use the product and speak about the benefits of it, how it affected you and what type of results you got.

You obviously want to be positive in your remarks but giving some constructive criticism on the product can boost your credibility.

It shows that you are not particularly biased to the product and are willing to carefully scrutinise it for your audience so they can make an informed decision as to whether the product is for them.

When you do a review you have a much higher chance of closing the sale.

#4 Add Testimonials

Testimonials are another good thing to add to your bridge page.

Whilst the sales page may have its own testimonials, it helps to reinforce to the buyer what other people are saying about the offer or product with your own testimonials. Too many testimonials can’t hurt right?

Your prospects see testimonials as recommendations from friends.

If a product is great enough for a bunch of people, who the prospect knows nothing about, then surely it can be good for them.

Anything that you can use to persuade the visitor to become an instant buyer is always a great thing to implement.

Adding a bridge page can help model the visitors’ opinions of the offer or product and assist them in making up their mind whether they will become a buyer.

So if you are an affiliate marketer or a network marketer and there seems to be a slump in your sales, the first thing you want to do is:

Use a marketing system to build your sales funnel. My recommended choices are Clickfunnels or LeadPages.

Design a sales funnel with your product or offer in mind.

Include a bridge page within your sales funnel. It goes between the lead capture page and the product or offer page.

Launch your sales funnel and monitor your conversions.

Thanks for reading,

P.S What are the biggest struggles you are facing in getting sales in your business? Let me know in the comments section and I will do my best to help you.

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