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By Sean On May 26, 2009No Comments
For those of you who are newer to affiliate marketing this is probably going to be more relevant to you. When people think about affiliate marketing a lot of people think of a few major things that really scare them to death. Every day there are “Make Money Online” gurus who are talking about new strategies and this can really get into some peoples minds and confuse them. Here are my views on the biggest fears of “making money Online.”
1. Fear that you don’t know enough
So my guess is that everyone who is interested in starting to make money online decides the best way to begin is to start to learn as much as you possibly can and then go from there. Well that is what I did. I got started very small and then I ready everything I could get my eyes on. Well the biggest problem that a lot of people have is that people feel that they don’t know enough to actually put there own money to work.
What people need to understand is that you can start be successful without knowing everything. I started a very successful business without knowing even close to the amount that I know today.
2. Fear of Failure
In my own personal opinion the biggest fear of people when it comes to affiliate marketing it is the fear of failing. I started out by doing SEO based affiliate marketing so my fear in this was a little less because I had less invested, but when I got started in PPC I can personally say that I was a little scared that I was going to fail. I like to think of affiliate marketing as I would any sport I compete in. The mental aspects mean everything and you can’t let your emotions get the better of you. Just have confidence in what you know and everything will work out. If things don’t work out just learn from your mistakes and apply them to your next campaign.
3. Fear of Losing Money
I think the biggest fear of most people who are looking at starting affiliate marketing is the fear of losing money. Obviously in our society today with a poor economy, money is a very delicate situation. What I find funny is that people can go out and get a student loan that is worth $50,000 and it is perfectly fine but when you think about spending $200 or $400 to test out a campaign online we tend to shrug our shoulders and ask why.
The thing is when you spend money to test an offer you are spending money to add to your knowledge base. Yes you might not end up making money on a campaign, but the chances are you are going to learn a little bit to help you maker money the next time around. When I started in affiliate marketing I lost money right off the bat. I am not one of the lucky ones who could get started in this business and make a profit right away. I lost money and I learned from it.
The biggest think you need to think about it you can’t make money without spending money. That is relevant with any business you decide to start.
Conclusion:
There is no magic formula of how to overcome these fears but these biggest thing I try and think about is always think of the glass half full. Even if you fail there is always something good to take out of it. Even if you lose money they is always a lesson you have learned so you can make money the next time.
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By Sean On May 5, 2009
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So I was recently checking out Zacjohnson.com a super affiliates blog and he wrote a good article on the importance of paid directories. I can remember a few years ago when I was really just getting started writing blogs I took advantage of directories as a good way to get some backlinks. I have read a lot about this lately and I am seeing a lot of people talking that Google and Yahoo do not weigh these as heavy as they used to.
While you will still get a backlink from a directory submission it is now a matter of is it worth the money. Directories range from either free to up to $299 for a listing in yahoo or Business. com. This biggest thing I can say about this is look and see what sites you are competing with and see if they have placed a ink in the top directories.
If you have read my blog at all you know that I work mostly with SEO sites and less with PPC. This being said I do not deal with directories anymore but I did find a list in Website magazine on recommended submission sites.
So what are your thoughts on paid directories?
By Sean On April 22, 2009
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Since you’re sitting here reading my blog you are probably wanting to figure out what you need to do to actually see the paychecks start rolling in, right? Well that is exactly where I was not too long ago. I would sit here at the computer and struggle to figure out why I kept seeing everyone post screenshots of the checks they were receiving and I wondered to myself why can’t I do this.
So what is holding you back? Is it the lack of money to start? Are you afraid to actually put the money to use because you thing you might fail? I was scared when I first started because I didn’t want to lose money. Then I realized the common saying you can’t make money without spending money.
Start out by developing a landing page that will sell something. This is the most important thing to remember. You can write the worlds best ad copy on Adwords and bid on just the right keywords but if you page looks like it was designed by a 3 year old you want sell anything.
The biggest thing you need is confidence in yourself. If you don;t have that you will always question the things you produce.
By Sean On April 21, 2009
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So some of you have probably noticed that I have not been making any blog posts for the past month. Well want to know the reason? My wife and I have been traveling through Europe for the past four weeks and we just got back to town last night. We had the time of our lives but with all that fun meant a down 4 weeks in affiliate marketing. While I had internet in most of the hotels we stayed at I only did the bare minimum of work on a few of my sites.
A couple months ago I wrote a post about the importance of taking a break from work for awhile and taking a vacation, but this is another good example of what not to do. Even though I didn’t have a whole lot of time to do work while gone I have let this week and absolute mess because I have so much to catch up on.
Oh one other thing from when I was gone. I have just started running a Email Submit campaign before I left and I checked on it probably 5 days after being gone because I thought it was pretty much running on auto-pilot. Well guess what, the advertiser decided things were not converting well enough for them so they blocked me. Oh yes, I was still running adwords for it however so I lost a pretty penny.
Well thats all for tonight. I will have some good info for all of you tomorrow though. :-)
By Sean On March 20, 2009
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So as some of you guys might already know a great way to make money from affiliate marketing is by building a mailing list and then running email campaigns. On one of my sites I have built a list of around 6,000. Not too bad but I have my sites set a lot higher than that.
I am currently approaching it from a different direction. I have started running a couple of PPC campaigns for different niches without even trying to sell them a product. I know, I know you’re wondering what the heck are you doing advertising nothing. Well what I am actually doing is I am having them sign up with the intentions that I will then be able to push multiple products towards them.
Think about it this way. When you being running a campaign what happens to all the buyers information after they have bought the product you are selling? Well the company gets to keep it and you never see it. What this method is doing is giving you the access to be able to resell them products in that niche multiple times.
Give this a try and I promise you will make more money in the long run.
By Sean On March 17, 2009
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So this morning I woke up to an email that completely delighted me. It was from the lovely people at Unique Blog Designs. They have created amazing blog themes for a few years now and they have now come out with a theme that is strictly for creating landing pages using Wordpress. Let me be the first to tell you I am really impressed with how esy this is going to make things.
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