How To Become a Success With Affiliate Marketing
Contrary to popular belief, there are only
three real ways to make money online: Selling your own products or service;
Network Marketing; or Affiliate Marketing. Of course if you count gambling
that's four, but let's stick to non-addictive activities.
Affiliate Marketing is certainly a great way
to make cash online and has become a popular choice for those looking to ditch
the day job and start working from home. But unfortunately it's extremely
competitive, and so in order to be successful, you have to understand the needs
of the market, learn to promote products, and what works or doesn't work.
How to get started
1. Choose a niche, or multiple niches if you
want. As an affiliate marketer you are matching products with customers, so
don't sell beef to vegetarians - they won't buy it.
2. It's important that the affiliate program
is reputable and must pay a decent commission for each sale. Most programs pay
10-40% commissions, but in the last couple of years many programs, especially
in home business niche, have started paying 100% commissions. I would rather
sell 4 products at $200 than 100 products at $20. The program should pay you
regularly so that you can earn a decent income.
3. Change your perception. Many people have this
idea that it's very easy to make money online... There is the stereo-type of
the online marketer hanging around the house in their pajamas earning money
effortlessly. This idea also plays into the hands of opportunistic marketers
who use this claim to bait easy prey. They sell this idea to unsuspecting
potential customers who then become disillusioned when they haven't made
thousands on autopilot after 1 week! Change your perception!
Like any business an online business is hard
work. The 'money on auto-pilot' phrase comes from the more experienced online
marketers and affiliate marketers. After putting in the hard work up front -
learning and training, driving traffic and establishing working relationship,
these established marketers certainly work far fewer hours. Why? Because they
make residual income from the ASSET they have built. Your online business is an
Asset that you must build.
So as an affiliate marketer you need to work
hard and be dedicated in order to build the successful business that you crave.
4. Start with a good marketing system and
training programme. No successful marketer has ever achieved anything without
training, tools, systems and support. The most expensive word in online
marketing is FREE... because it will cost you a lot more in the long run.
An online business is the cheapest business
you can buy/start, but it's not free. You must enable yourself with quality
systems and training and have the mindset of a true successful entrepreneur. If
you do this then failure is no longer an option for you.
Marisa Freyer is an expert online marketer
specialising in affiliate marketing, network marketing and home business
solutions. Visit her website to read more on Affiliate Marketing and Online
Business Success: http://www.wealthwithmarisa.com/five-principles-of-success-online or visit her YouTube channel where she
discusses the secrets to starting a successful online business http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=oWYojrnQKi4
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