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I first started promoting ClickFunnels as an affiliate back in 2018.
Guess how much I made that year?
A whopping $10k!?!
Just kidding lol. I made only $1 in 2018 from the ClickFunnels affiliate program. 🙁
Well, come January 2019… I had my first breakthrough as an affiliate of ClickFunnels. Making about $500 in one week!
That had been my highest so far online.
It’s been over 3 years promoting ClickFunnels and I’m here to share everything that worked for me about making money from this lucrative affiliate program.
I will share…
- How I’m close to making $100k with the program (screenshot below)
- My top 6 ‘secret’ methods I’ve used to increase my commissions
- Other ways top affiliates are promoting ClickFunnels
- Strategies and tips
Proof? okay, here’s how far I’ve gone:
It wasn’t easy.
But this is to show you that it is really possible to promote ClickFunnels and making money.
And also show you that I obviously know one or two things. To be able to write this helpful guide.
6 Ways on How I’ve Promoted ClickFunnels (road to $100k)
My sole method of affiliate marketing over the years is through SEO and blogging.
That’s it.
It takes time, effort, and patience.
Especially for anyone who’s new to blogging and SEO to be able to learn all it takes to write posts and rank them organically.
But the results in years to come are incredible!
I wouldn’t advise you to replicate everything I did back in 2018, 2019, and 2020 to promote ClickFunnels – because the competition right now has become fierce.
Unless you already got tight SEO skills. I will tell you which path to go, down this guide if you insist on blogging.
The thing is, it wasn’t as competitive back then as it is now.
In fact, I no longer rank (and not so interested) for some of the keywords that made me tons of commissions.
But still, I will share them with you so you get inspiration on how to promote it from other angles and for your other affiliate campaigns.
Enough of the talks now. Let’s roll.
Method #1. I went after most of the “versus” keywords
This can also be called comparison posts.
Where I had to basically write articles comparing “ClickFunnels vs competitors”. I went crazy about writing ClickFunnels versus its competitors from early January – March 2019.
In less than 3 months, I had written about 15 articles comparing ClickFunnels vs other sales funnel software and marketing tools.
I didn’t go after these keywords blindly.
With the help of Google autosuggest:
And KeywordTool.io (found 80 unique ‘versus’ keywords!):
I was able to find tools people are already comparing with ClickFunnels. Using “ClickFunnels vs” query.
This was how I found these keywords and wrote on them.
This strategy worked great for me throughout 2019 (still works!) and I even ended up making thousands of commissions from the products I compared with ClickFunnels without writing separate posts on them.
Here are a few of my comparison posts:
Method #2. I targetted buyer keywords
Lets put it simply:
Buyer keywords are phrases people use in search engines when they’re looking to buy a product or service.
The searcher is actively in the buying cycle and already knows what they want.
They usually consist of 2-5 words.
They are high-intent phrases that are most competitive because they lead to sales or transactions.
I also wrote a few buyer-intent keywords relating to ClickFunnels.
Example of such posts includes:
- ClickFunnels Review (crazily competitive!)
- ClickFunnels Pricing
- ClickFunnels Discount
- ClickFunnels Platinum Review
While these are really competitive, it’s not really a bad idea to write on them – sharing your own view and experience and all.
For example, I also wrote this guide on why I upgraded from the to 7 plan.
This could be difficult if you’re new and have no much experience. So, it’s better to start with the other methods below.
Method #3. Also went crazy on niche-specific keywords
Have you ever heard this:
The Riches are in the Niches?
It’s a pretty famous saying in the online marketing world.
Well, targeting niche-specific keywords has been one of the ways I’ve been able to add more orange bars (now blue bars) to my ClickFunnels dashboard.
I will show you how soon.
You see, narrowing down allows you to target specific demographic, industry, or market looking to use ClickFunnels in their businesses.
It is simple:
All I had to do was use the same keyword research method I used on the ‘versus’ method to find these niche keywords.
Google autosuggest:
Using KeywordTool.io (206 keywords!):
With this method, I was able to find and record over 100 niche-specific keywords to write on.
Just using the query “ClickFunnels for”.
Unfortunately, there is just a handful of them I could write on. I think I was able to write about 15 or so of these.
If I’m to start today promoting ClickFunnels – I would go crazy on this particular group of keywords.
Trust me. Lesser competition. Low search volume. On point. Specific.
Here are a few examples of these posts:
- ClickFunnels for Insurance Agents
- How to use ClickFunnels for Affiliate Marketing
- ClickFunnels for eCommerce
- ClickFunnels for Photographers
With a bit of research on YouTube, Facebook groups, and blogs it wasn’t hard writing these posts.
I was able to rank easily for these keywords.
And I know it contributed greatly to my ClickFunnels affiliate marketing success.
Method #4. Wrote a bunch of listicles
My eyes opened to the power of list posts when Google was sending me 30-60 visitors per day to my “Best Sales Funnel Builder” post in the early months of 2019.
If I’m not mistaken, I was among the first bloggers to write (and bank) on this keyword.
It has now become one of the toughest keywords I’m competing for.
You now see huge sites with teams behind them (HubSpot, EmailToolTester, etc) outranking and pushing me downwards haha.
That’s the game for you.
I’ve also written a few similar list posts and included ClickFunnels as one of my recommendations.
Method #5. Wrote posts on other ClickFunnels products
Besides making recurring commissions selling the main ClickFunnels software – I’ve been able to also make a lot from other products in the ClickFunnels ecosystem.
The last time I checked there is over a dozen other products. Which is really nice!
- The books
- Funnel Scripts
- Perfect Webinar Scripts
- One Funnel Away Challenge
And lots more.
Close to half of my earned ClickFunnels commissions came from these non-recurring offers.
You can choose to write individual reviews, pricing, how-to’s, and specific use cases on all of these products.
And the interesting thing is the sticky cookie feature – makes it easy to get commissions from a customer’s future ClickFunnels purchases.
The limitations are endless.
Method #6. I optimized my ClickFunnels posts for more conversions
This is a strategy I started implementing on my sites – mid-2020.
Increasing my affiliate link clicks and commissions without writing extra posts. All I did was optimized all my existing blog posts for conversion.
Here is what I did:
I activated an exit-intent pop-up on all of my ClickFunnels related posts.
To show this:
The first button for visitors to grab the ClickFunnels trial (short sign-up page).
While the second was to learn more about ClickFunnels (longer-form and educating sales page).
I tested a ton of exit intent pop-ups and this really brought more conversions.
Months later I had to change it to an opt-in exit popup. So I’d collect emails and promote ClickFunnel and other products on the back end.
After all, email is ‘life’ :). right?
I gave out my ClickFunnels course in exchange for my visitor’s email.
Like this:
And another one…
On posts such as the One Funnel Away Review, I also activated a timely pop-up:
Which has contributed immensely to boost my commissions.
There were several ways I did this on my ClickFunnels-related posts. I just kept testing and testing stuff, split testing and all…
All thanks to ConvertBox software. Everything was seamless without designing. Without coding. Without installing a bloated plugin.
Finally, check out this one I activated when the yearly plan was introduced:
The interesting thing here is – I never wrote new posts or did any extra work – apart from activating these pop-ups on my site to squeeze out extra sales from existing traffic.
With the help of ConvertBox.
You can learn how to activate this (in minutes) on your site right here in my ConvertBox review and tutorial.
What you Should do Today?
Now that you’ve seen how I’ve been promoting ClickFunnels as an affiliate and on my way to $100k as a CF affiliate…
What should you do with the above ‘secrets’?
Well, you can replicate my success on your own (not easy), use the methods in promoting other offers, or learn directly from someone or taking a blogging and SEO course.
It’s all good.
If you really want to use the same method I used – I’d advise you to start from the #3 method.
When you start getting some traffic, activate ConvertBox to maximize affiliate clicks.
Like I mentioned earlier – If I’m starting afresh, I’ll be going all-in on covering all n