We are going to examine the truth behind affiliate marketing.
Forget the pictures of mansions, fast cars, yachts,
guys working away in their pajamas, cocktails and beaches.
We go behind the scenes to look at the real truth about affiliate marketing.
The internet marketing industry is awash with hype and illusions.
It is no wonder that so many beginners enter the industry with excitement
and soon quit in disappointment.
They leave with a sour taste in their mouth when they realize
that instead of making money in commissions,
they are racking up huge debt on their credit cards buying rubbish products.
This is a common occurence and most beginner marketers do this.
The smarter ones come to their senses quickly.
They then make changes to their strategy and go on to make money.
The majority never learn from their mistakes.
Now we shall look at some hard truths about affiliate marketing.It is not easy and it will not happen overnight.
You may often see headlines that sound like this,
“Former Construction Worker Made $45,231 in 2 Weeks Easily With This Secret Traffic Loophole!”
The beginner marketer immediately gets hooked.
Really? You can really make 45k easily in 2 weeks?
Wow! I need to get this.
If the construction worker really made 45k,
he wouldn’t be telling you his secret, or selling it for $27.
He is making money instead selling you the product.
- It is not easy!
You will have to learn a lot and take massive action,
before you start generating any reasonable income online.
You will need to learn traffic generation,
how to do keyword research,
build websites,
choose affiliate products and a lot more.
You can not do that in a few days.
You’re looking at a few months of hard work,
sometimes even a few years,
before you hit the five figure monthly income.
You must understand that it takes time and effort.
2. You must sell!
Together with the earlier point is another point
that most beginners never seem to realise,
even though it is staring them in the face.
You will only make money when you sell products.
This is so simple but so important.
You will only make money when you sell stuff.
Buying all the make money online systems in the world
will not put a penny in your pocket.
You only earn commissions when you sell products.
You must stop buying other people’s products
and use your money instead to build your business.
Of course, there are certain things that you must buy
such as a domain name, hosting, an autoresponder,
keyword research tools, and such.
However, these are investments.
They will help in your business.
3. It always comes in trickles!
Many beginners who struggle for months
finally start seeing an odd sale or two every now and then.
On some days they may make two sales
and then for another ten days they may not make a single sale again.
Instead of celebrating these small victories,
they feel like their efforts are very disappointing.
They were expecting 100 dollar days and 4 figure or 5 figure pay days.
The occasional sale or two is a big let down and they quit!
This is a big mistake.
They quit just when the tide is about to turn.
Most super affiliates started off with a small trickle of sales.
The reason they are super affiliates now
is that these small victories moved them
to take even more action.
It’s a mindset thing.
They worked harder,
tweaked their strategies,
repeated what was working and discarded what wasn’t
and slowly but surely they fine tuned their strategies.
The more they did, the more sales they made.
Once the commissions start coming in, they will keep coming in.
For that to happen, you must not throw in the towel too early.
It’s a fight and you must stay in it till the end.
That’s what succeeding as an affiliate marketer is all about.
And you can be sure that if you take a similar approach
you too will reap the rewards and build a successful business.
