Affiliate marketing is a great way to make money, but it’s not necessarily as easy as it sounds. Too many affiliate marketers are actually making HUGE mistakes that cost them time, money, and may even hurt their reputations permanently.
Fortunately, once you’ve identified these killer mistakes, it’s easy to correct them so you can stop making them in your own affiliate marketing campaigns.
If you’ve been wondering why your affiliate marketing campaigns aren’t as effective as you’d hoped, you might be making one or more of these big mistakes than could be seriously hampering your efforts.
In this guide, you’ll learn about the most common mistakes made by affiliate marketers (even some highly experienced marketers make these mistakes!) You’ll also learn how to keep from making these mistakes yourself, and how to keep from repeating the same mistakes over and over again as so many people seem to do.
Introducing Deadly Affiliate Marketing Mistakes Inside This ebook, you are the discover the topics about focusing on selling,not testing,sticking with mmo products,spreading yourself to him, joining to many affiliate programs,not tracking results, giving up too quickly,competition fear and ingnoring competition.
Are you tired of making mistakes? Wondering why you haven’t made it to the top of the heap yet? We’ll tell you what it takes. How about a simple, step-by-step guide to avoiding all those affiliate marketing mistakes that have been keeping you from success?
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THE 7 MOST COMMON MISTAKES MADE IN AFFILIATE MARKETINGMuntasir Hamim
The document outlines 7 common mistakes made in affiliate marketing: 1) Choosing a bad product to promote that has low demand or popularity. 2) Picking a product with a low conversion rate. 3) Promoting products that make outrageous claims or are associated with untrustworthy sellers. 4) Focusing on products with meager commissions. 5) Failing to collect leads and contacts by driving traffic directly to affiliate links. 6) Ignoring the importance of timely promotion around product launches. 7) Not properly tracking important metrics like conversion rates and costs which can result in operating at a loss. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of choosing high-demand, high-converting products from trustworthy sellers, collecting leads, and closely monitoring
The 7 Most Common Mistakes Made in Affiliate Marketing.pdfAdnan Faisal
The document outlines 7 common mistakes made in affiliate marketing:
1) Choosing low-quality or low-demand products to promote.
2) Picking products with low conversion rates.
3) Promoting products that make outrageous claims or are of poor quality.
4) Focusing on products with meager commissions instead of maximizing earnings.
5) Failing to collect leads and contacts from traffic before sending to affiliate links.
6) Ignoring the importance of timing launches and promotions for maximum impact.
7) Neglecting key metrics like costs, conversion rates, and commissions that determine profitability.
6 Success Tips Of Affiliate Marketing:
1. Select an affiliate market niche you can trust
2. Learn the secrets of Affiliate marketing and how you can bring terrific traffic to your pages or site.
3. Be patient as it takes time
4. Know your affiliate manager
5.Make sure you are honest
6. Do a lot of testing and trial and be confident to succeed.
Affiliate Marketing Success Tips:6 Tips
1.Join only the Affiliate program which you feel you can trust.
2.Know the secrets of Affiliate Marketing spend time building.
your traffic to your website or pages.
3. there should be great content shared,
4.Be patient as it takes time
5. Know your Affiliate Manager
6. Do plenty of testing and trial before you start.
b
This document provides various tips for affiliate marketing success. It discusses choosing affiliate programs carefully and promoting products you genuinely believe in to build trust. It emphasizes focusing on building content and traffic to your site through search engine optimization and social media marketing. Overall, the tips suggest taking time to research niche markets, test different strategies, and focus on long-term content creation to enjoy ongoing success with affiliate marketing over time.
Introducing Deadly Affiliate Marketing Mistakes Inside This ebook, you are the discover the topics about focusing on selling,not testing,sticking with mmo products,spreading yourself to him, joining to many affiliate programs,not tracking results, giving up too quickly,competition fear and ingnoring competition.
Are you tired of making mistakes? Wondering why you haven’t made it to the top of the heap yet? We’ll tell you what it takes. How about a simple, step-by-step guide to avoiding all those affiliate marketing mistakes that have been keeping you from success?
Affiliate Marketing Guide - What Is Affiliate MarketingIlya Bilbao
# People searched for...
1 companies who offer affiliate marketing
2 companies who use affiliate marketing
3 do affiliate marketing
4 do affiliate marketing programs work
5 do i need a business license for affiliate marketing
6 do i need a website for affiliate marketing
7 do it yourself affiliate marketing
8 do you have to pay for affiliate marketing
9 do you pay tax on affiliate marketing
10 do's and don'ts affiliate marketing
11 how can affiliate marketing help my business
12 how can i affiliate marketing
13 how can i do affiliate marketing
14 how can i earn from affiliate marketing
15 how can i get into affiliate marketing
16 how can i learn affiliate marketing
17 how can i make money from affiliate marketing
18 how can i start affiliate marketing
19 how does affiliate marketing work
20 how much affiliate marketing
21 how much can we earn from affiliate marketing
22 how much can you make from affiliate marketing
23 how much commission affiliate marketing
24 how much does affiliate marketing cost
25 how much earn affiliate marketing
26 how much is affiliate marketing worth
27 how much money can be made from affiliate marketing
28 how much money does affiliate marketing make
29 how much to start affiliate marketing
30 how much traffic affiliate marketing
31 how to affiliate marketing
32 how to do affiliate marketing
33 how to do affiliate marketing on facebook
34 how to do affiliate marketing without a website
35 how to learn affiliate marketing
36 how to make money with affiliate marketing for beginners
37 how to make money with affiliate marketing on facebook
38 how to make money with affiliate marketing without a website
39 how to start affiliate marketing
40 how to start affiliate marketing for beginners
41 how to start affiliate marketing with amazon
42 how to start an affiliate marketing business
43 should i do affiliate marketing
44 should i get into affiliate marketing
45 should i use affiliate marketing
46 what are the best affiliate marketing programs
47 what is affiliate marketing
48 what is affiliate marketing and how does it work
49 what is affiliate marketing for dummies
50 what is affiliate marketing india
THE 7 MOST COMMON MISTAKES MADE IN AFFILIATE MARKETINGMuntasir Hamim
The document outlines 7 common mistakes made in affiliate marketing: 1) Choosing a bad product to promote that has low demand or popularity. 2) Picking a product with a low conversion rate. 3) Promoting products that make outrageous claims or are associated with untrustworthy sellers. 4) Focusing on products with meager commissions. 5) Failing to collect leads and contacts by driving traffic directly to affiliate links. 6) Ignoring the importance of timely promotion around product launches. 7) Not properly tracking important metrics like conversion rates and costs which can result in operating at a loss. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of choosing high-demand, high-converting products from trustworthy sellers, collecting leads, and closely monitoring
The 7 Most Common Mistakes Made in Affiliate Marketing.pdfAdnan Faisal
The document outlines 7 common mistakes made in affiliate marketing:
1) Choosing low-quality or low-demand products to promote.
2) Picking products with low conversion rates.
3) Promoting products that make outrageous claims or are of poor quality.
4) Focusing on products with meager commissions instead of maximizing earnings.
5) Failing to collect leads and contacts from traffic before sending to affiliate links.
6) Ignoring the importance of timing launches and promotions for maximum impact.
7) Neglecting key metrics like costs, conversion rates, and commissions that determine profitability.
6 Success Tips Of Affiliate Marketing:
1. Select an affiliate market niche you can trust
2. Learn the secrets of Affiliate marketing and how you can bring terrific traffic to your pages or site.
3. Be patient as it takes time
4. Know your affiliate manager
5.Make sure you are honest
6. Do a lot of testing and trial and be confident to succeed.
Affiliate Marketing Success Tips:6 Tips
1.Join only the Affiliate program which you feel you can trust.
2.Know the secrets of Affiliate Marketing spend time building.
your traffic to your website or pages.
3. there should be great content shared,
4.Be patient as it takes time
5. Know your Affiliate Manager
6. Do plenty of testing and trial before you start.
b
This document provides various tips for affiliate marketing success. It discusses choosing affiliate programs carefully and promoting products you genuinely believe in to build trust. It emphasizes focusing on building content and traffic to your site through search engine optimization and social media marketing. Overall, the tips suggest taking time to research niche markets, test different strategies, and focus on long-term content creation to enjoy ongoing success with affiliate marketing over time.
Practical Tips for Affiliate Marketing Success
Affiliate marketing is a great way to enjoy an income stream. Done right, it can offer you a significant
income supplement. Done wrong it can leave you wondering what happened. Let’s look at 3 practical tips for affiliate marketing success.
This document provides various tips for affiliate marketing success. It discusses choosing trustworthy affiliate programs and products that fit your niche and audience. It emphasizes creating valuable content, building trust with readers, testing different marketing strategies, and being patient as it can take time to grow an affiliate business. The tips suggest starting small, understanding SEO, showing passion for recommended products, and knowing your audience's needs.
This document provides various tips for affiliate marketing success. It discusses choosing affiliate programs carefully and promoting products you genuinely believe in to build trust. It emphasizes focusing on building content and traffic to your site through SEO and social media marketing. Overall, the tips suggest taking time to research niche markets, test different strategies, and focus on long-term content creation to enjoy ongoing success with affiliate marketing over time.
This document provides tips for successful affiliate marketing. It discusses:
- Choosing affiliate programs you believe in and writing honest product reviews to promote them.
- Building website traffic through SEO and providing valuable content for customers.
- Testing different marketing strategies like ads, banner placements, and products to see what works best.
- Getting to know your affiliate manager for feedback on improving conversions.
- Being patient, as affiliate marketing takes time to establish and generate residual income long-term.
The 7 most_common_mistakes_made_in_affiliate_marketingFlora Runyenje
The growth outlook is healthy. Additionally, technology and marketing tools continue to help sellers and affiliates learn more about their customers and buying preference
Successful selling in a new market or new business is a blend of art and science, creativity and discipline. But no matter what you’re selling, and to whom, a certain foundation of core strategies can get you off on the right track and accelerate your path to customer and revenue growth.
Sales for Startups gives entrepreneurs, business owners and startup leaders a set of fundamental sales tools, processes and best practices to begin selling and producing results fast, with a foundation in place that can facilitate rapid scalability. Whether you’re building a sales effort from scratch or looking to improve an existing team, this book will give you specific new ideas and insights to hit and exceed your number.
do you want to make $1000 per day with the super affiliate system this has helped me become financially free and how to earn $1000 per day and change your life style trust me please
Follow the tips mentioned in the book and achieve all your goals to become financially free. Say Goodbye to your 9 to 5 Jobs and Say Hello to success at your fingertips via these tips for achieving success in Affiliate Marketing that have been explained in a very simple way.
The process of using classified ads to generate sales for any product – whether it be an original product or an affiliate product – is often over-simplified and discouraged. This is, in part, because it actually is one of the harder ways in which you can advertise.
It requires you to use a small amount of words to communicate an important point, which will either make or break your ability to garner interest in the product in question. In most cases, supposed experts will discourage you from using classified ads because they themselves have never had much luck using them – NOT because classified ads aren't a viable method of advertising.
This document provides strategies for small businesses to gain an edge over competitors through effective marketing. It outlines 10 common fatal marketing mistakes and how to avoid them. The first mistake is not monitoring promotion results, which prevents improving promotions. The second is not testing promotions first to determine effectiveness before widespread use. Overall, the document stresses the importance of marketing and testing different strategies to find the most successful ones.
Top success tips_for_affiliate_marketingkumarinishu89
This document provides tips for successful affiliate marketing. It begins with an introduction stating the document will provide tips from affiliate marketing experts to earn up to $1000 per day. It then lists 20 section headings that will provide various tips. Some of the tips included are to choose affiliate programs you feel you can trust, spend time building traffic to your website, make sure your website has great relevant content, be honest about affiliate relationships, and take time to test different marketing strategies to see what works best. The overall document aims to give beginners and experienced affiliate marketers advice on how to improve their affiliate marketing success.
This document provides an overview of different ways to make money online, including through affiliate marketing, YouTube, blogging, Fiverr, and selling physical products. It describes how to get started in affiliate marketing by selecting a category and products to promote, setting up links on your website, and marketing the products. For YouTube, it recommends creating an attractive channel, posting engaging videos regularly, building an audience through keywords, and monetizing your videos with ads. The document provides high-level steps to get started in various online money-making activities.
This document provides an overview of affiliate marketing and strategies for success. It discusses what a typical day looks like for an affiliate marketer working from home. Key tasks include website maintenance, program promotion, customer support, and collaboration with other affiliates. The document then outlines three important tactics for affiliate marketers: using unique pages to promote each product, offering free reports to generate leads, and getting targeted traffic. It also discusses how to become a "super affiliate" and choose the right affiliate program and network to join. The overall message is that affiliate marketing takes dedication but can be a successful business model.
Introducing Affiliate Marketing Master Plan - Cash in now Passive Income Success. Inside this course, you will discover the topics about affiliate marketing intro, affiliate marketer survival tips, what are these three tactics, how to become a super affiliate. Affiliate Programs - Which one do i choose, which networks to choose, why participate in an affiliate program, easy profits using PPC in your biz, using recommended products to increase bottom line profits. In this course, you will learn how to do affiliate marketing like a professional.
The document provides tips and information for affiliate marketers. It discusses:
1) Three things all affiliate marketers need to survive online including using unique pages for each product, offering free reports, and getting targeted traffic.
2) Top ways to boost affiliate commissions overnight such as promoting high-paying programs and products, collecting email addresses, and publishing a newsletter.
3) Factors to consider when choosing an affiliate network, such as high quality programs in growing markets that offer good compensation and tools.
This document provides information about affiliate marketing and discusses several affiliate marketing topics. It begins with describing a typical day for an affiliate marketer working from home. It then discusses the three most important things for affiliate marketers to survive online: using unique pages for each product, offering free reports, and getting targeted traffic. Next, it provides three ways to boost commissions overnight: choosing profitable programs/products, collecting contact info, and publishing a newsletter. It also discusses factors to consider when choosing an affiliate network such as interest in the product, program quality, compensation structure, and available tools/resources. The document aims to educate affiliate marketers on best practices.
Discover the scerets of mining affiliates or way that make thousands of dollors per day in your pocket. The best way on this planet for affiliate commissions
*How We Used Our “Secret Conversion System” To Generate $43,742 In Affiliate Commissions In 7 Days
Without Spending A Dime On Paid Ads https://7dc856m32bbtm6mmt5sao50s2w.hop.clickbank.net/
Practical Tips for Affiliate Marketing Success
Affiliate marketing is a great way to enjoy an income stream. Done right, it can offer you a significant
income supplement. Done wrong it can leave you wondering what happened. Let’s look at 3 practical tips for affiliate marketing success.
This document provides various tips for affiliate marketing success. It discusses choosing trustworthy affiliate programs and products that fit your niche and audience. It emphasizes creating valuable content, building trust with readers, testing different marketing strategies, and being patient as it can take time to grow an affiliate business. The tips suggest starting small, understanding SEO, showing passion for recommended products, and knowing your audience's needs.
This document provides various tips for affiliate marketing success. It discusses choosing affiliate programs carefully and promoting products you genuinely believe in to build trust. It emphasizes focusing on building content and traffic to your site through SEO and social media marketing. Overall, the tips suggest taking time to research niche markets, test different strategies, and focus on long-term content creation to enjoy ongoing success with affiliate marketing over time.
This document provides tips for successful affiliate marketing. It discusses:
- Choosing affiliate programs you believe in and writing honest product reviews to promote them.
- Building website traffic through SEO and providing valuable content for customers.
- Testing different marketing strategies like ads, banner placements, and products to see what works best.
- Getting to know your affiliate manager for feedback on improving conversions.
- Being patient, as affiliate marketing takes time to establish and generate residual income long-term.
The 7 most_common_mistakes_made_in_affiliate_marketingFlora Runyenje
The growth outlook is healthy. Additionally, technology and marketing tools continue to help sellers and affiliates learn more about their customers and buying preference
Successful selling in a new market or new business is a blend of art and science, creativity and discipline. But no matter what you’re selling, and to whom, a certain foundation of core strategies can get you off on the right track and accelerate your path to customer and revenue growth.
Sales for Startups gives entrepreneurs, business owners and startup leaders a set of fundamental sales tools, processes and best practices to begin selling and producing results fast, with a foundation in place that can facilitate rapid scalability. Whether you’re building a sales effort from scratch or looking to improve an existing team, this book will give you specific new ideas and insights to hit and exceed your number.
do you want to make $1000 per day with the super affiliate system this has helped me become financially free and how to earn $1000 per day and change your life style trust me please
Follow the tips mentioned in the book and achieve all your goals to become financially free. Say Goodbye to your 9 to 5 Jobs and Say Hello to success at your fingertips via these tips for achieving success in Affiliate Marketing that have been explained in a very simple way.
The process of using classified ads to generate sales for any product – whether it be an original product or an affiliate product – is often over-simplified and discouraged. This is, in part, because it actually is one of the harder ways in which you can advertise.
It requires you to use a small amount of words to communicate an important point, which will either make or break your ability to garner interest in the product in question. In most cases, supposed experts will discourage you from using classified ads because they themselves have never had much luck using them – NOT because classified ads aren't a viable method of advertising.
This document provides strategies for small businesses to gain an edge over competitors through effective marketing. It outlines 10 common fatal marketing mistakes and how to avoid them. The first mistake is not monitoring promotion results, which prevents improving promotions. The second is not testing promotions first to determine effectiveness before widespread use. Overall, the document stresses the importance of marketing and testing different strategies to find the most successful ones.
Top success tips_for_affiliate_marketingkumarinishu89
This document provides tips for successful affiliate marketing. It begins with an introduction stating the document will provide tips from affiliate marketing experts to earn up to $1000 per day. It then lists 20 section headings that will provide various tips. Some of the tips included are to choose affiliate programs you feel you can trust, spend time building traffic to your website, make sure your website has great relevant content, be honest about affiliate relationships, and take time to test different marketing strategies to see what works best. The overall document aims to give beginners and experienced affiliate marketers advice on how to improve their affiliate marketing success.
This document provides an overview of different ways to make money online, including through affiliate marketing, YouTube, blogging, Fiverr, and selling physical products. It describes how to get started in affiliate marketing by selecting a category and products to promote, setting up links on your website, and marketing the products. For YouTube, it recommends creating an attractive channel, posting engaging videos regularly, building an audience through keywords, and monetizing your videos with ads. The document provides high-level steps to get started in various online money-making activities.
This document provides an overview of affiliate marketing and strategies for success. It discusses what a typical day looks like for an affiliate marketer working from home. Key tasks include website maintenance, program promotion, customer support, and collaboration with other affiliates. The document then outlines three important tactics for affiliate marketers: using unique pages to promote each product, offering free reports to generate leads, and getting targeted traffic. It also discusses how to become a "super affiliate" and choose the right affiliate program and network to join. The overall message is that affiliate marketing takes dedication but can be a successful business model.
Introducing Affiliate Marketing Master Plan - Cash in now Passive Income Success. Inside this course, you will discover the topics about affiliate marketing intro, affiliate marketer survival tips, what are these three tactics, how to become a super affiliate. Affiliate Programs - Which one do i choose, which networks to choose, why participate in an affiliate program, easy profits using PPC in your biz, using recommended products to increase bottom line profits. In this course, you will learn how to do affiliate marketing like a professional.
The document provides tips and information for affiliate marketers. It discusses:
1) Three things all affiliate marketers need to survive online including using unique pages for each product, offering free reports, and getting targeted traffic.
2) Top ways to boost affiliate commissions overnight such as promoting high-paying programs and products, collecting email addresses, and publishing a newsletter.
3) Factors to consider when choosing an affiliate network, such as high quality programs in growing markets that offer good compensation and tools.
This document provides information about affiliate marketing and discusses several affiliate marketing topics. It begins with describing a typical day for an affiliate marketer working from home. It then discusses the three most important things for affiliate marketers to survive online: using unique pages for each product, offering free reports, and getting targeted traffic. Next, it provides three ways to boost commissions overnight: choosing profitable programs/products, collecting contact info, and publishing a newsletter. It also discusses factors to consider when choosing an affiliate network such as interest in the product, program quality, compensation structure, and available tools/resources. The document aims to educate affiliate marketers on best practices.
Discover the scerets of mining affiliates or way that make thousands of dollors per day in your pocket. The best way on this planet for affiliate commissions
*How We Used Our “Secret Conversion System” To Generate $43,742 In Affiliate Commissions In 7 Days
Without Spending A Dime On Paid Ads https://7dc856m32bbtm6mmt5sao50s2w.hop.clickbank.net/
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3. Introduction
Affiliate marketing is a great way to make money, but it’s not necessarily
as easy as it sounds. Too many affiliate marketers are actually making
HUGE mistakes that cost them time, money, and may even hurt their
reputations permanently.
Fortunately, once you’ve identified these killer mistakes, it’s easy to correct
them so you can stop making them in your own affiliate marketing
campaigns.
If you’ve been wondering why your affiliate marketing campaigns aren’t as
effective as you’d hoped, you might be making one or more of these big
mistakes than could be seriously hampering your efforts.
In this guide, you’ll learn about the most common mistakes made by
affiliate marketers (even some highly experienced marketers make these
mistakes!) You’ll also learn how to keep from making these mistakes
yourself, and how to keep from repeating the same mistakes over and over
again as so many people seem to do.
So let’s get started.
Affiliate Marketing Mistakes
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4. Mistake #1 – Focusing On Selling
I understand that the main goal of affiliate marketing, at least for the
marketers themselves, is to make sales. That much is obvious. But you
should never focus on “selling”.
Instead, your main focus should be on helping people. No matter what
your market, you should be focused on helping your market in some way,
because this is how you add value to your affiliate offers and how you get
the audience in that market to trust you and want to buy from you.
It doesn’t matter what your market is, your main goal is helping people.
Period.
Weight loss? You’re helping people get in shape and get healthy.
Internet marketing? You’re helping people make money and achieve
financial freedom.
Socks? You’re helping people keep their feet warm and dry and look
fashionable at the same time.
Always focus on helping your target customers. This will help you build a
rapport with the people you’d like to sell to, making your job easier and
giving you a reason to feel good about yourself at the same time!
Affiliate Marketing Mistakes
5. Mistake #2 – Not Testing
Testing is one of those things that everyone seems to know they’re
supposed to do, but almost no one actually does.
Why exactly is testing so important, anyway?
Well, let’s say you’re achieving a 2.5% conversion rate. Not too bad, you
might think. After all, you have considerable competition, and you aren’t
really standing out well in your market.
But what if one simple tweak, something perhaps as simple as adding
ONE WORD to your squeeze page or changing ONE IMAGE on your
blog’s main page could increase that to a 5% conversion?
2.5% higher doesn’t sound like all that much of a difference until you
realize that’s DOUBLE the conversion rate, DOUBLE the customers,
and DOUBLE the income. From making one change! Isn’t that worth it?
The thing is, you’ll never know what might make a difference if you don’t
test.
Affiliate Marketing Mistakes
6. Mistake #3 – Sticking With MMO Products
MMO, or Make Money Online, is one of the most financially lucrative
markets there is, but it’s a mistake to concentrate solely on that one
market. Did you know that even the biggest internet marketing (I.M.) gurus
have diversified into other markets?
That’s because any niche, no matter how lucrative, has a maximum
income cap that you can reach. Eventually, you could reach virtually the
entire market, and your income will suffer because you have nothing new
to sell to them and no way to add new value.
Sure, this is an extreme example. The fact is, no market has an absolute
cap, because new customers are being born and growing up all the time.
But think about it. Once you’ve hit a plateau, your income stagnates.
But if you diversify, if you branch out into other markets, you’ll always have
fresh products to promote. You’ll always have new value to add. You’ll
always be able to make money because you’re not pigeonholed into one
specific market.
I know it may be tempting to start with the MMO niche because it can be
extremely lucrative and you’re learning a lot about it yourself, but unless
you can help someone in that niche because you are an expert yourself,
you’re better off trying a niche where you have more to add.
Affiliate Marketing Mistakes
7. Mistake #4 – Spreading Yourself Too Thin
The temptation is great, especially for new affiliate marketers, to spread
themselves too thin by branching out into too many markets. Maybe they
buy 50 domains all at once, or they set up blogs in 13 different niches in
one week. But this is folly.
You should focus on one or two key niches at a time, and diversify once
you’ve made some real headway into those niches. Unless you can hire
someone to manage multiple blogs, multiple products, multiple email lists,
multiple social media pages and accounts… you’re doing yourself a huge
disservice if you diversify too widely in the beginning.
Choose two or three markets initially, and only diversity further once you’ve
really made some real headway into those first niches. Once you have
some decent traffic, a small mailing list that’s growing, some social media
presence that’s making a difference… then you can think about trying out
new niches.
Don’t make the mistake of spreading out too far too fast. You’ll find that
you can never make a real difference in any one niche, because you aren’t
putting enough effort into one to make any headway.
Affiliate Marketing Mistakes
8. Mistake #5 – Joining Too Many Affiliate Programs
Another major temptation for affiliate marketers is to join too many affiliate
programs because they aren’t sure which one will be the most profitable
for them. Well, let me let you in on a little secret.
They can ALL be profitable for you!
Trust me, as long as you’re sticking to the legitimate affiliate programs with
well-known companies, you’re almost always going to see some nice
results. There’s a reason why their affiliate programs are so popular!
Choose your two or three starter niches, and then find 2-3 affiliate
programs for each one. Make sure you can find at least one really hot
product at each affiliate program that looks like it will convert well in your
niche, and then stick to promoting that product for a while before you try
something new.
If you join too many affiliate programs at once, you’ll find that you take a
very long time to reach the minimum payouts required for each affiliate
program, because you’ll be making $2 here, $8 there, $22 somewhere
else… it’s madness!
It’s much better to sell three different products via one single affiliate
program than it is to sell fifty products from thirty-five different affiliate
programs.
Affiliate Marketing Mistakes
9. Not only that, but if you’re a member of too many programs, you’ll be more
apt to forget the rules of each affiliate network and end up getting banned,
because there’s just too many to keep track of.
Some of the best or most popular affiliate programs include:
>> http://www.clickbank.net
>> http://affiliate-program.amazon.com
>> http://www.jvzoo.com
>> http://www.neverblue.com
>> http://www.cj.com
>> http://www.linkshare.com
>> http://www.shareasale.com
Check these programs to see which ones have products that fit with your
market, and then stick with those programs for a while. You may find you
never need to move past these few programs.
Affiliate Marketing Mistakes
10. Mistake #6 – Not Tracking Results
If you start seeing a good number of sales, you’ll soon start to wonder
which of your marketing efforts is the most productive. You’ll obviously
want to concentrate more of your efforts on those methods that are making
you the most money. But what if you have no idea which areas to
concentrate on, because you don’t know which methods are working?
Enter TRACKING.
Tracking, quite simply, lets you know where your traffic is coming from and
where it’s going. Simple tracking is as simple as using a tracking code
through your affiliate program. For example, you can create a unique
tracking ID for each website you own on the Amazon affiliate network. Or if
you promote products through ClickBank, you can add a custom code
word to your affiliate links to allow you to find out where every sale you
refer came from.
You could also go into much more detail by using your own affiliate
tracking script that will allow you much more detailed information about
your clicks and sales. This is advanced stuff, so you might not need it right
away. But you definitely need SOME sort of tracking in place so you can
figure out which of your methods is working best!
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11. Mistake #7 – Giving Up Too Quickly
If I had a dollar for every person I’ve seen give up trying to make money
online, I’d be VERY wealthy right now. The internet is littered with blogs
that have only one or two posts, and affiliate accounts that never send the
first referral.
What are some common reasons for giving up?
• Not making money too quickly
• Not getting traffic quickly
• Not getting accepted to many affiliate networks
• Feeling like it’s too much work
• Thinking affiliate marketing is a “scam”
The one thing most of these things have in common is expecting things to
happen overnight. Affiliate marketing isn’t a “scam” just because you didn’t
make $10,000 or even $1,000 your first month. You can’t expect to take a
brand new domain with no backlinks to 100,000 pageviews a month right
away. These things take time.
If you give up too quickly, you’ll never know what could have been. You
never know, you could be the next internet millionaire, but you’ll never
know if you give up before it happens!
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12. Mistake #8 – Competition Fear
A lot of people try to stick to the “low hanging fruit”, because they’ve been
told that’s what they should do as newbies. Or they do it because they’re
terrified that they’ll never be able to compete against the millions of other
websites out there.
HOGWASH!
You can compete in ANY niche! I’ve known complete newbies who
managed to crack super tough niches like MMO and weight loss right off
the bat. Is this likely? Of course not. Is it possible? Definitely.
I don’t advise new affiliate marketers to tackle these extremely tough
niches immediately, but you don’t have to choose tiny, obscure niches that
aren’t likely to make you much money, either. If there’s not much
competition, it’s because there’s not much money there. Trust me, there
ARE no “undiscovered” or “untapped” niches anymore. There may have
been a few years ago, but that ship has sailed. If it’ll make money, it’s
already making someone money. Probably a lot of people.
Don’t fear competition, just be wary of it. You WANT competition, trust me.
Too much competition is a difficult thing to overcome, but choose niches
that have a decent amount of competition, because that’s where the
money is.
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13. Mistake #9 – Ignoring Competition
While it’s important not to fear competition, it’s also important to be
sensible. Expecting to make a fortune overnight in a super-competitive
niche like weight loss is a sure recipe for disappointment.
What you need to do in the beginning is target niches that:
1. Have a healthy amount of competition
2. Don’t have so much competition that it’s difficult to get traffic
3. You have some interest or knowledge in
Notice #3 especially. If you have absolutely no interest or knowledge in a
niche, it will be harder to create content, harder to identify with your target
market, harder to sell products you know little to nothing about, and harder
to get traffic.
Do you need to be an expert to conquer a market? Absolutely not! In fact,
you could probably do well in a niche that you know NOTHING about, just
learning as you go.
But if you have absolutely no interest in the subject, it’s going to make it
much, much easier to give up. You’ll simply get bored, because your work
day becomes such a grind that you’ll throw your hands up in frustration
and flip on the television or head out to the lake.
So how do you choose your first few niches?
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14. Make a list of some topics you have an interest in. I’d say 10-20 topics
would be enough to get started.
Now check to make sure there are:
• Affiliate products to promote
• A decent amount of competition
• Resources available for you to learn from
• Traffic sources you can take advantage of
As far as competition, you want to look for niches that have at least 50,000
existing websites. Even a few million isn’t a big deal. Fifty million might be
pushing it unless you have money to pay for initial promotion.
You can find out how many sites there are that mention your topic by
searching Google. I search multi-word phrases in quotes to be sure I get
an accurate number.
I searched for “golf” and got “About 1,310,000,000 results.” Yikes. Over a
billion! A search for “gluten free” came up with “About 85,100,000 results.”
Better, but still pretty big. “Pasta makers” came up with “About 424,000
results”. That’s definitely much more reasonable.
Don’t fear competition, but be reasonable about it!
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15. Conclusion
Affiliate marketing isn’t for the faint of heart, or for people who find that
they tend to give up too easily or jump around from one shiny new thing to
another without thinking.
It’s actually a lot of hard work, and it takes time to build resources like blog
traffic and email lists. There are no shortcuts unless you have the cash to
spend for content creation, buying existing websites with traffic, or paying
for email subscribers or social network followers.
Always keep these potential mistakes in mind as you navigate your way
through the precarious world of affiliate marketing. Be sure you’re not
making these mistakes, and don’t become lax once you start making
money. No one is immune to these mistakes!
As long as you work hard, keep at it, and avoid these mistakes, you’re
certain to start making money.
But if you give up, I can guarantee you’ll fail!
Good luck!
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