Why Most Affiliate Marketers Fail!

Sep 1
21:00

2004

Dan Farrell

Dan Farrell

  • Share this article on Facebook
  • Share this article on Twitter
  • Share this article on Linkedin

You can't make money with ... programs if you listento the ... ... know that sounds like ... but here is what 99% ... members end up doing, and ensuring their lack of

mediaimage

You can't make money with affiliate programs if you listento the affiliate program!I know that sounds like gobbly-gook but here is what 99% ofaffiliate members end up doing,Why Most Affiliate Marketers Fail! Articles and ensuring their lack ofsuccess:1. They see a sales page that looks interesting.2. They sign up for the affiliate program3. They copy/paste the pre-made ads, pointing to theaffiliates web page, and submit the ads to safelists, theirown lists, hit exchanges or other advertising, usually thefreebies.4. They don't make a sale, quit the program and move on toanother, thinking, "well that product sucked".5. They repeat the process with the next 'sure winner'according to the author/owner of the affiliate program...who knows (or should) how to write a great sales page.Does this sound like you? Don't feel bad if it is becauseyou aren't alone. 95% of affiliates never make more than$10! At any time!So, what do you do?1. First go to Clickbank, Commission Junction, www.cj.com,www.Linkshare.com  and do diligent research in a 'niche'market that you have interest or knowledge in. It's notabsolutely necessary that you 'love' the product or service,but it will help convince a prospect that you believe in theproduct.2. After choosing a product that has a highconversion rate (visitors to buyers), create a web site. CJgives you a report of the last 3 months and last 7 daysearnings per click. This really helps you to choose the bestpaying merchant.Side Note: One of the best ways to determine whether aproduct will be profitable is with Product IdeaProfitability Evaluator. I am amazed at how I can eliminatewhat I thought was a great 'niche market' with this softwaretool It gives you keyword Assessment, ProfitabilityPotential (this one gives you a # that instantly determinesthe potential profits). It also gives you the pay per clickestimate which will tell you whether it should be profitableby advertising in them.You can get a free 10 day trial here Download a very good ebook "Think Niche And Grow Rich" which has the free trial link in it. http://www.ad-alyzer.com/727/nichecourse AOL UsersYou will need to buy a domain name (I use www.godaddy.comwhere you can get domain names for as little as $4.95) and aweb host. I use Host4Profit for my domains which is theeasiest and most complete of any online. But you can get afree host like hypermart, but I don't recommend it. You wantto look like a serious, professional-type company, havingtheir ads displayed is a sure turn-off. Building trust andconfidence are the most important features of any webbusiness.3. If you don't know the first thing about creating awebsite, either learn from all the very good tutorialsonline or hire someone (just do a search on Google for htmltutorials or website tutorials). Build the site or page withhigh quality content that isn't just a hyped-up ad.Side Note: I follow what James Martell does...howcan you argue with success. We are talking about a real-honest-to-goodness online phenom who sells pretty much onlyaffiliate products. You can view a nice movie about him, hisfamily and his philosophy of online marketing by clickinghere.http://www.ad-alyzer.com/727/marketers_dreamAOL Users4. Promote you web page/site. This is a very large topicthat I have covered in many of my newsletters and you canread them here:http://build-an-ebusiness-on-a-shoestring.com/archives.htmAOL UsersBut if you create your website according to Martell, youreally don't need to do anything else except build a linkdirectory. The search engines will find your site veryexciting as it will be quality content laden targeted toyour primary keyword.5. Finally, keep these thoughts in mind. Be first, becreative, be bold and be unique. If you follow these rules,I guarantee you will jump ahead of all the 1,000's ofaffiliates selling the same or similar products online._____________________________________________________________Dan Farrell has a fr.ee 10 part e-course, "Why MostAffiliates Fail And How Not To!" that you can subscribe to byfilling out a short form at:http://www.ad-alyzer.com/727/buildbizmailto:dan@mhg-consulting.com