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I. Affiliate marketing guides

This post is meant for those of you who have been on the fence about getting into affiliate marketing.

It’s also meant for those of you who may have tried it in the past, but essentially gave up.

No, it’s not going to be another long-winded verbal lecture on perseverance and not giving-up.

Instead, I’m going to try to light a fire under your ass by showing you exactly what happened to me

today.

For "Fun"

Today I woke up, made some tea (which is rather unusual for me as I usually drink coffee), and started

my stopwatch to track my morning 3-hour work session, just as I do everyday.

I did my usual routine of analyzing and optimizing my previous day’s campaigns and looking at my

overall numbers, and then proceeded to tend to my e-mails. One of my e-mails was from one of my

affiliate managers announcing a new offer on their network. Just as I always do if the offer piques my

interest, I checked it out in more detail to see if it was something I would want to run.

At first, I almost did, but then I decided to run 2 different offers instead, simply because I loved the angle

opportunities for them.

Due to the simplicity and speed of launching campaigns, I actually find it kind of fun sometimes, and not

work or a chore. In fact, while I was setting them up, I thought to myself how it is almost relaxing

(especially the image sourcing part).


This isn’t always the case. Sometimes it’s a real pain to set up a new campaign (landing pages and

foreign-language offers can be annoying). But generally, setting up a new campaign is really quite quick

and easy to do – and I’m including all tracking and initial split-testing set-up as well.

Anyhow, it probably took me around 30-minutes to set these 2 campaigns up. They were each using

offers from different networks, and I set them up on Facebook, direct linking.

5-Minutes Later

5-minutes later, all my ads were approved and now I was just waiting for traffic to start. There is usually

a bit of a delay when a new Facebook ad is approved or unpaused. For me, it tends to take between 30-

45 minutes.

To this day, I’ve had a 99% ad approval rate. Run legitimate ads and offers, and you should never have a

problem.

1-Hour Later

One hour later, I was pumped up. BOTH campaigns had already brought in conversions and were

profitable right off the bat.

This is without any optimization or adjustments of any kind.

From that point on, you can be sure that I kept refreshing my stats constantly throughout the day.

Whenever you find a new profitable campaign – no matter what size the campaign is at, it’s always a

huge endorphin rush and a real high.

The Results

Okay, so here’s how the campaigns did.

Before I continue, please note that these are essentially "raw" campaigns. That is, they are completely

unoptimized and have not been tested (for example, I only used 1 angle per campaign).

They also only ran since around 1-2pm, so approximately half the day.

Taking these things into consideration should show why I was so excited despite these not being the

hugest of numbers – there is definite scaling and optimization potential.

II. Affiliate marketingstrategies


Affiliate marketing is a low-cost

way for merchants to build

awareness and showcase their

products and services. The model

is simple; it works as a

commission-based referral

system. A partner or affiliate

markets a merchant's products

for a "piece of the pie."

Affiliate marketing experts often make an income that can tally over five figures

per month, however only 1 to 5% of thousands of marketers achieve this level.

When an affiliate reaches this elite level they are often referred to as a "super"

affiliate.

How does one become a super affiliate? Can anyone do it? Super affiliates have

common tactics that they embrace and put into place. Anyone can become a

super affiliate, but it will not come without blood, sweat, and a hefty time

commitment. The typical super affiliate possesses the following traits:

Persistence

Patience

Thirst for Knowledge

These three traits combined with the following strategy gives you the formula for

the makings of a "super" affiliate.

1. Find a Unique Niche

The mistake that many affiliate marketing hopefuls have in common is that they

try to offer everything under the sun rather than focusing on a specific niche

market. Do not scatter your efforts, focus on your niche, promote it, and sell it

well.

2. Search Engine Marketing


Once you've built your affiliate storehouse you will need to promote it. Many

affiliates use pay-per-click engines. I suggest that you learn how to achieve organic

search results or hire a search engine marketing company. This will save you from

spending all your profits on pay-per-click engines. Only use pay-per-click engines

if you know what you are doing, otherwise all your profits may end in the hands of

Google Adwords or Overture.

3. Know Your Product, Know Your Audience

Create a resource. By taking the time to learn about the products and/or services

that you are offering you can create information that builds your credibility. That

credibility builds trust. If your viewers do not have trust in you more than likely

they will not purchase from your storehouse. If you want more information on the

psychological process that an online buyer goes through I suggest that you read

my article on the Five Levels of Internet Marketing and the Sales Process. This will

help you in creating a web site that converts well, which in return will increase

your cash flow.

4. Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket

Promote products from different merchants. This way if you have a problem with

receiving payment from a merchant, or their products do not convert well the

effects on your business will be minimal. Watch out for exclusivity agreements;

remember this is your business. Protect yourself and diversify so that you do not

feel the famine effect if something goes wrong. There is absolutely nothing wrong

with promoting niche products from different merchants.

5. Seek Knowledge and Embrace Change

If you are familiar with Internet marketing at all you know that what worked three

months ago may not work today. Stay on top of the trends. Seek knowledge, start

by learning something new about affiliate marketing daily. For example remember

those marketing tools called "banner" that use to drive sales at an astronomical

rate a few years ago? Well those banners developed a term called "banner

blindness." That means most online viewers will not click on banners even if they


do pertain to what they are looking for. To be a "super" affiliate you must always

spend time reading, learning, and embracing the changes in Internet marketing.

6. Don't Give Up

It's hard to do, and most of the time those dabbling in affiliate marketing give up

way too soon. Monitor your statistics, watch to see what is working and what is

not. Make changes when necessary. Do one thing daily to promote your storehouse

and be patient. Before you know it you will start getting payments.

Remember that it will not happen overnight. Encompass and develop the

persistence, patience, and knowledge. Then follow the tactics I've mentioned

above and you are on your way to becoming a "super" affiliate.