Every day there's at least one person who discovers 'affiliate
marketing' for the first time. And, every day, there's at least one
person, maybe that person is you, who goes back to the drawing
board trying to figure out why they haven't yet succeeded as wildly
as they'd hoped.No matter which category you fall into, I'd like to
share some oncepts with you that might make all the difference
in the world o your future success. In fact, you just might learn
from this rticle the one thing that helps you start earning real money.
It really all comes down these two mistakes that beginner's make:
1. Promoting to many products at once (lack of focus), and..
2. Giving up too soon.
These two mistakes are related, and are actually self-reinforcing.
It sounds obvious enough, but let me explain exactly how this
scenario plays out.
Lack of Focus:
Experienced affiliate marketers do have the ability to promote
several products, sometimes far afield from each other, at the same
time. The reason they can do this is because they'd already learned
and applied certain fundamental skills, and have developed a system
for themselves which works to bring in sales consistently.
As a beginner, however, you're still learning what works and what
doesn't. For that reason alone, you need a clearly defined testing
ground – and this means limiting your promotion to just one product
when you first start out.
Just imagine for a moment if you were in a laboratory. You're
working with a new chemical and need to determine its boiling
point, solubility, molecular weight and so on.
Would it be quicker and easier for you to accomplish this by
working with just that one chemical, or by juggling multiple, other
chemicals all at the same time...starting one experiment and then
rushing over to another one midway through?
Obviously, it would be easier to work with just the one chemical,
right?
Well, the same is true for marketing. Just like the variables in
your lab experiment, you've also got variables in every product
promotion you undertake. The variables include things like traffic
generation, conversion rates, advertising response rates and so on.
So, how much data do you want to juggle? Do you want to keep track
of, say, Google Adwords performance for ONE e-book...or for a dozen
of them spread across more than one niche?
This is where a lot beginners get themselves into a rut. They try
to juggle all of this information at once, get overwhelmed by it
and simply give up.
Giving Up Too Soon:
Ok, so, information overload hits, and you throw your hands in the
air in surrender.
There's no need to despair!
You can turn the situation around completely if you'll just make a
commitment to do the following three things:
1. Pick ONE niche market
2. Pick ONE product from that market
3. Use just that one niche product as your testing ground, in order
to solidify your skills as an affiliate marketer.
You see, its a lot like learning to ride a bicycle as a kid. You
start off with a tricycle, then move up to regular bike with
training wheels and from there onto riding any bike you choose.
The same is true for learning how to promote products as an
affiliate.
*Learn how to generate traffic on just one product
*Learn how to capture subscribers to your opt-in list for just one
product
*Learn how to write advertisements and promotional copy for just
one product
*Learn how to track your advertising links and conversion rates for
just that one product....
....and THEN, you'll be able to turn around and apply that
knowledge to additional products, in different niches.
The key is to get some real results established in one place, and
only then start building on that incrementally.
If you'll follow even just this one simple rule, I promise you'll
see an increase in your commissions – and you can drop that
'newbie' label for the title of: Successful Affiliate Marketer!
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