| Ah, the elusive affiliate marketing sales you | | | | strategy -- my favorite is article marketing |
| always hear about. If you're a newbie, they seem | | | | because it's free, the results come fast, and the |
| like a fantasy. | | | | traffic is targeted -- you decide on a niche. |
| The harsh reality is most affiliates never make | | | | You could decide on the niche before you pick |
| even one sale, let alone figure out how to make | | | | which traffic generation strategy you want to |
| thousands of them. | | | | use, too. There is no rule when it comes to which |
| Even less have mastered the game to the point | | | | order those two must happen. |
| where they can make a full time income -- or | | | | Once you pick a good affiliate program and have |
| even more than most doctors or lawyers make | | | | selected your traffic generation strategy that you |
| -- and have it come in on a recurring, passive | | | | are going to commit to, you need to build a web |
| basis. | | | | site. |
| Truthfully, if you told me I could make affiliate | | | | I can already hear the groans. Look, all super |
| marketing sales at that volume and rate when I | | | | affiliates or even successful ones realize that you |
| first started, I wouldn't have believed it either. | | | | can't make many affiliate marketing sales if you |
| It's OK to be skeptical. I was once, too. Just don't | | | | don't own your own domain and web site. It's just |
| be cynical. You see a skeptic will still move ahead, | | | | not going to happen. |
| cautiously and carefully. Cynics are paralyzed by | | | | Controlling your own web site (or blog, or |
| their world-view. | | | | whatever you decide to use) allows you to do |
| So, if you have a healthy dose of skepticism, or | | | | the single most valuable thing you can do online: |
| are already convinced about the merits of affiliate | | | | create valuable, unique content. |
| marketing, then this article is for you. | | | | People use the search engines to get information, |
| There's one line I always tell the students in my | | | | not so they can get hit over the head with your |
| affiliate marketing training service: If you can get | | | | sales pitch. |
| one sale, you can get 10; and if you can get 10, | | | | So, ironically, if you want to sell a lot, don't come |
| you can get 100; and if you can get 100 you can | | | | across as a sales person! Come across as |
| get thousands of them. | | | | someone who is imparting useful information that |
| You see, the process that allows you to start | | | | helps your visitor make a purchasing decision. |
| pulling your first sales are the same exact steps | | | | If you do this, and then contextually weave in |
| that allow you to continually pull more and more | | | | your links into your content, the affiliate marketing |
| sales. | | | | sales will virtually be guaranteed to happen. |
| They say the definition of insanity is doing the | | | | It's never not worked for me. So I consider it an |
| same thing over and over and expecting different | | | | axiom. |
| results. Well, if you are getting the desired result, | | | | Targeted traffic to the right niche, going to your |
| then I would say insanity in this context is | | | | web site with useful content, with your affiliate |
| changing what you are doing! | | | | links in the content, creates affiliate sales. It's as |
| So, how do you get that first sale? | | | | simple as that. Then rinse and repeat. |
| Rule #1: don't go chasing bright, shiny objects. The | | | | Yes, there are many more advanced strategies, |
| biggest mistake newbies make is they try to bite | | | | but master this simple process first and you can |
| off more than they can chew. Find one strategy | | | | be on the road to an exciting career as your own |
| you like and stick to it. Rinse and repeat. You will | | | | boss as an affiliate marketer. |
| beat the pants off all the other would-be affiliates | | | | The internet marketing lifestyle is achievable by |
| who try to master pay-per-click, SEO, blogging, | | | | almost anyone with some determination. And it all |
| social media, and article marketing all at once. | | | | starts with learning the process of making those |
| I practicually guarantee it. | | | | first affiliate marketing sales. |
| Once you pick your basic traffic generation | | | | |