| Why do so many affiliate marketers fail? | | | | executed within the next week. He said ?It does |
| Ask any program owner who uses affiliates to | | | | tend to concentrate the mind wonderfully? |
| sell his product and they will tell you the same | | | | And that is what you must do. Go to an affiliate |
| thing over and over ? 20% of their affiliates | | | | website, and you will see just heaps of affiliate |
| make 80% of their sales. | | | | links cluttering up the page. People have just stuck |
| Actually the ratio is probably much worse than | | | | them there and expected others to just click on |
| that, more like 10% make 90%. | | | | them. You're probably like me ? you run a mile |
| So again, why do so many fail? | | | | when you see websites like that. No effort has |
| It's because they don't know the secret of | | | | been put into them, and the visitor just shrugs his |
| making money as an affiliate. Actually that's not | | | | shoulders and moves on. |
| fight at all, because there isn't any secret at all, it's | | | | So what do you do, if you haven't got the |
| just common sense, and it just needs someone | | | | message already? |
| like me writing this article to remind you of the | | | | O.K. get yourself one or two affiliates, certainly no |
| obvious. | | | | more than three. |
| The main cause of affiliate failure is that it is free | | | | ? Choose quality products ? don't waste your |
| to become an affiliate. | | | | time promoting junk, or anyone that does buy will |
| Thus there is no incentive to put in the time, | | | | never buy from you again. |
| effort and money required to make it work | | | | ? Choose products with a high commission rate ? |
| because it hasn't cost you anything. | | | | this sounds pretty obvious, but it still needs to be |
| In my experience that most people situation | | | | spelled out. |
| (including me!) thought all they had to do was join | | | | ? Buy and use the products yourself ? you will |
| several affiliate programs (the more the better) | | | | always put more effort into something if it has |
| and wait for the cash to roll in. | | | | cost you money. Remember that is what got me |
| When that doesn't happen, they get frustrated, | | | | started. |
| and disillusionment sets in. | | | | ? Put the links on your website, with a little promo |
| Let me tell you a story from my own experience. | | | | beside each one, saying that you use the product |
| I was looking at making money on the net, and | | | | yourself, state what it has done for you, and that |
| joined every free thing going. I was then so | | | | you thoroughly recommend it (as long as you do!) |
| overwhelmed with emails welcoming me to this or | | | | ? Start promoting the product, by advertising |
| that that I didn't do anything. I actually found | | | | your site, writing articles like this, write a review |
| myself joining programs I'd forgotten I joined a | | | | of the product, i.e. an expanded version of the |
| few days previously! | | | | promo you wrote above. |
| It wasn't till I bit the bullet, and paid out $80 to | | | | ? Delete every incoming internet marketing email |
| buy a ready made website that I started to get | | | | without reading them ? do this for at least a |
| it. My wife wasn't too happy that I'd spent $80, | | | | week. |
| but it was too late ? the credit card had been | | | | ? Take the time to actually learn about Internet |
| debited. | | | | marketing, affiliate programs, pay per click, |
| I was therefore forced to justify my investment | | | | advertising campaigns, safe lists ? there's more |
| to my wife, and to be fair, to myself as well. | | | | than enough information to help you out there. |
| That meant I had to concentrate on that one | | | | ? Go to forums, read and absorb, don't post |
| program to make it work. I spent many days | | | | unless it's a question, and take the collective |
| bringing it up to speed, and a few dollars on | | | | advise of others on that forum or any other. |
| promotion. Within two months I had recovered | | | | It's one thing to signup with a bunch of affiliate |
| my $80, and I was happy ? I'd done it! | | | | programs. It is another thing entirely to know |
| It was only then that I realised what I had done ? | | | | what you should do after you sign up. I hope the |
| I had blocked out all the internet flak and had | | | | above bullet points will help you in your affiliate |
| concentrated on one thing. It reminds me of the | | | | career. |
| quote from a man on Death Row due to be | | | | Here's to your wealth! |