🔥 How I Earned $34,000 in 29 Days with This Affiliate Marketing Side Hustle (No Ads, No BS)

Yup, $34K. 29 days. No paid ads, no big team, no viral video — just a solid system. Here's exactly how I did it and how you can replicate the strategy (even with a small audience). Let's break it down 👇

💡 The Strategy in a Nutshell:
Niche Affiliate Funnel + SEO + Email List = Consistent Passive-ish Income

📌 Step 1: Picked a High-Paying, Underrated Niche
I didn't go for Amazon products or saturated VPN deals. Instead, I picked a niche with:

💰 $100–$500 commissions per sale

🧠 High intent: People looking for solutions

💎 Low competition but high value search terms

👉 My niche? Digital banking & business tools (VCCs, automation platforms, AI software)

🔗 Step 2: Built a Simple 2-Page Funnel
Using Carrd + ConvertKit:

Page 1: "Free Guide: How I Made $34K With Affiliate Marketing in Under 30 Days"

Page 2: After opt-in, it auto-delivered a Notion resource list with affiliate links baked in

🎯 CTR on links inside the doc: ~42%

📽� Step 3: Drove Traffic Organically
No ads, just:

YouTube Shorts (3x a day for 2 weeks)

Pinterest pins linking to the guide

SEO blog post ranking for "best virtual cards for Facebook ads" & "automation side hustles"

Reddit posts in niche subs (helpful, non-spammy)

⚡ You don't need a million followers — you need intentional traffic.

✉️ Step 4: Email Follow-Up Sequence
I sent a 5-email value drip:

"How I Made My First $1K with Affiliate Marketing"

"3 Mistakes That Killed My Commissions"

"Why This Tool Made Me $15K Alone" (affiliate link included)

"Behind the Scenes: My Setup"

"Quick Q&A – Ask Me Anything"

📈 62% open rate. 9.8% conversion.

🛠� Tools I Used:
https://exocards.com – VCCs to test platforms & pay affiliate programs without bank drama

ConvertKit – For automated emails

Notion – Affiliate vault delivery

Tubebuddy – For keyword SEO on YouTube

Bitly – For tracking link clicks

💸 The Results:
$34,000.61 USD in commissions

85% of it came from 3 core affiliate links

Zero ad spend

~6 hours of actual work (thanks automation)

Want to Copy This Funnel?
I'll send you:

The exact Notion template with affiliate link spots

The Carrd funnel I used

My email swipe file