How This Affiliate Marketer Learned Enough About His Craft to Strike Out on His Own John Crestani was able to make tens of thousands of dollars through his own clients.

By Eric Siu

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In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Eric Siu talks with affiliate marketing pro John Crestani. After starting his career as an analyst at an advertising agency, Crestani progressed to taking on some clients of his own by selling them individual ads.

To get your start in affiliate marketing, Crestani recommends entering into a performance deal with your company or becoming part of an affiliate network. If you're starting out in the affiliate marketing sphere, you can reach out to local business owners in your area -- such as doctors and dentists -- and ask if they are interested in buying Facebook ads.

Crestani eventually was able to leverage these smaller deals into making tens of thousands of dollars in profit on top of what he was already making at the agency. His journey is proof that noticing opportunity can be a worthy start, as long as you build your expertise from then on.

Click play to hear more from Siu and Crestani.

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Eric Siu

CEO, Single Grain. Founder, Growth Everywhere.

Eric Siu is the CEO of digital marketing agency Single Grain. Single Grain has worked with companies such as Amazon, Uber and Salesforce to help them acquire more customers. He also hosts two podcasts: Marketing School with Neil Patel and Growth Everywhere, an entrepreneurial podcast where he dissects growth levers that help businesses scale. 

 

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