How to do Affiliate Marketing for beginners – Mindset, tools and roadmap

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Why do you need an in-depth guide?

There are many articles teaching “how to do affiliate marketing quickly with commissions”. However, most of them only stop at small tips or short-term tricks. If you really want to turn affiliate marketing into a source of passive income, even a main job, you need more than that: you need to understand the nature, possess a systematic and methodical marketing mindset for sustainable development.

This article is an in-depth guide, helping you:

• Determine a model that suits your capacity and personal goals
• Master the right affiliate marketing mindset
• Know how to deploy content that converts
• Use effective tools and strategies to optimize revenue

If you haven't read the basic article, see first: How to do effective affiliate marketing for beginners

1. The right mindset when doing affiliate marketing

1. 1 The mindset of "solving problems" instead of "selling"

Users don't care what products you promote. They only care about: “What problem does it help me solve?”. Every piece of content you create should start from the pain or need of your customers – not from the features of your product.

1. 2 Long-term thinking: building digital assets

Affiliate should not be a “quick win” game with a few advertising posts. If you are serious, build:

Personal website or blog (sustainable digital assets)

Customer email list (email list)

Fanpage, TikTok, YouTube channel,… (to nurture your own community)

1. 3 Share value first – sell later mindset

Instead of stuffing affiliate links everywhere, use useful content to build trust. When you are seen as someone with real knowledge, your audience will be willing to buy based on your suggestions.

Classification of popular affiliate marketing models

Here are 3 main models that you can choose from, depending on your personal strengths:

Affiliate through short video platforms (TikTok, Reels, Shorts)

Advantages: easy to go viral, no initial investment required

Disadvantages: "short-term" content, easy to lose channel if violated

Suitable for: people with the ability to edit short videos, good voice, understand trends

Affiliate through SEO blog

Advantages: stable traffic source, easy to control

Disadvantages: requires time, writing & SEO skills

Suitable for: people with the ability to write, understand keywords, like to work persistently

Affiliate through paid traffic (running ads)

Advantages: can produce results quickly

Disadvantages: requires capital, easy to lose if not optimized

Suitable for: people with experience running ads (Facebook, Google, TikTok)

Tools you need to master when doing affiliate

Here is a system of tools to help you build content, track and optimize campaigns:

Content & keyword research

Google Trends: find search trends

Ahrefs / Ubersuggest / KeywordTool.io: SEO keyword research

Answer The Public: explore frequently asked questions

Content design and editing

Canva: create banners, illustrations

CapCut: fast, free video editing

Grammarly / Hemingway: spell check & improve writing style

Monitor & optimize performance

Google Analytics / Search Console: track traffic & SEO

Pixel Facebook: track conversions from ads

Bitly / Short.io: shorten links & measure clicks

Recommended affiliate platforms

• Dinos.vn - Friendly interface, diverse campaigns in finance, e-commerce, beauty, mobile apps, ...
• Accesstrade - Many e-commerce campaigns bank
• Clickbank / CJ (if doing international market)

90-day roadmap to go from 0 to first income

Week 1–2: Learn and research

Read in-depth articles

Watch real-life case studies

Choose an affiliate platform and register an account

Week 3–4: Build a content channel

Choose the right model (TikTok/blog/ads)

Create a new channel: brand name, avatar, bio

Schedule 5–10 initial content topics

Month 2: Produce & distribute content

Post regularly/video according to schedule (at least 3 times/week)

Attach affiliate link (in bio, description, end of article, ...)

Reply to comments, build relationships with users

Month 3: Optimize and improve

Track metrics: CTR, clicks, conversions

Analyze which content brings good results

Increase engagement, start expanding the campaign

Expectation: May generate first commissions in month 2 or early month 3, if deployed regularly and in the right direction.

Some suitable campaigns to start

Here are easy-to-do campaigns with high conversion rates, suitable for beginners:

Open an online bank account (MB Bank, Cake by VPBank...)

Register for a credit card (VIB, Citibank...)

Financial app - apply for a loan or consultation (Tima, MoneyCat...)

Mobile app - install and register (eg: English learning app, Health care app,...)

Note: You should choose a platform with full information, supporting communication materials, for example Dinos.vn is an online Affiliate Marketing platform in Vietnam. With hundreds of affiliate marketing campaigns and a 24/7 commission payment policy. Every week there will be livestreams sharing online marketing knowledge on livestream for free such as: Facebook Ads, Google Ads. SEO, Tiktok, ... for free. If you have not successfully registered for a Dinos affiliate marketing account, please register according to

Create an Affiliate Account at Dinos

Success doesn't come from luck, but from the system

If you want to make money with affiliate marketing in a sustainable way, give up the "instant noodle" mindset. Instead:

• Learn to understand users
• Build content that solves problems
• Persistently optimize each step
• Turn tools into supporting weapons
• And especially: Always update trends and learn continuously

Affiliate marketing is not a "gold mine", but if you know how to dig properly, it is an unlimited resource mine.