Top 5 Tips for Frustrated Affiliate program Marketers
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Top 5 Tips For Frustrated Affiliate Program Marketers
Do you go through affiliate programs like most people go through
pairs of socks? Many Internet marketers do. In fact, 97% of all
Internet marketers never make a single cent advertising
opportunities on the Internet. They jump from one opportunity to
the next and never see results. If you want to break free from
this cycle of failure--if you want to earn a living off of your
Internet ventures--continue reading. I will tell you exactly how
you can earn money from any legitimate affiliate program.
In order to get the most information from what I am about to
explain to you, you must accept that these methods are not
intended to be "secrets." These are scientifically-proven,
best-practice methods that all top marketers use. If you want
results, you will have to do and continue to do the following
five things:
1. Know your product. Do not advertise for a product or
affiliate program that you are not currently using. I cannot
even count the amount of affiliate programs and product offers I
have rejected immediately from people who know very little about
what they are actually promoting. If you want to make money
selling a product or service, you have to use it, understand it,
and be able to convince your prospects that they should own it.
If you yourself do not believe in it--because you have not even
tried it--then you will have a hard time convincing anyone else
it is worthwhile.
2. Know your field. You must continually become more
knowledgeable about the market in which you are selling your
product or service. For instance, I try to read at least 50
pages on Internet marketing each day to complement the marketing
I do. This keeps me learning about my field. The best part about
this is that you can do it without spending any money at all.
The Internet is loaded with free content sites where you can
find free ebooks and special reports on any subject. The
Internet is also loaded with affiliate program promoters who are
out-selling you. Use google to find these sites and then reverse
engineer them--pick apart the source code, page setup, and
content layout to find out how you can become more like your
competition who is outselling you.
3. Focus your efforts and limit your innovation. As much as
"limiting your innovation" may go against your business
instincts, it is an absolute must with a limited marketing
budget. Figure out what works for you scientifically by
measuring your advertising results. When you find something that
works, stick with it. If you are getting traffic from reciprocal
links, continue to build them. If you are getting constant
sign-ups from your newsletter, improve your newsletter and order
more leads. Do not stray far from your original plan. Preset the
amount of innovative ideas you want to try out each night, but
center your marketing efforts around getting better results from
methods that have already worked for you.
4. Spend money wisely. The Internet is loaded with scams and bad
information. It is really easy to be tricked into blowing money
on "get rich quick" schemes and information that you can find in
free resources. I personally have spent thousands of dollars
needlessly. But do not get me wrong; I am not saying there are
no legitimate affiliate promotion services or information
products out there: I am saying that the vast majority of them
do not work as well as they say they do. So hold onto your cash.
When you find a product that multiple people have personally
recommended to you, then consider buying it. Otherwise, conserve
your cash for purchasing services or products that will produce
hard, definite results, such as email leads for your newsletter
or phone leads you can contact personally to promote your
program.
5. Remember that your success is dependent on your choices and
your work alone. If you get upset about not becoming successful
with a specific affiliate program, do not blame the
program--blame yourself. Do a thorough analysis of what you
could be doing better and how you could be making quantitative
progress every single day. There are people who do not pay any
money at all for promotional services and yet are still able to
make a living just from using free tools on the Internet. If
they can do it, there is no reason at all why you cannot.
Joining a marketing group or forum in your field will help you
realize this reality. Seeing and talking to people who are
succeeding in your field will remind you that it is entirely
possible to make money online without having a million dollars
to begin with.
While there are some "secrets" to getting more sign-ups and site
visitors, the bigger part of affiliate program marketing is
following a sound business plan. If you keep the five concepts I
have listed above central to your marketing campaign, you will
not fail. But, if you continue to market sporadically--switching
from product to product and method to method--you will never
break out of that 97% who never make money.