Knocking The Mythology Out of Affiliate Network Marketing

Written by Isaiah Hull


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Knocking The Mythology Out of Affiliate Network Marketing

If you have worked as an Internet marketer for any amount of time, you have probably heard repeatedly that affiliate network marketing opportunities arerepparttar 102269 most lucrative, cleanest, quickest way to make an income onrepparttar 102270 Internet. And if you have actually tried affiliate network marketing for any amount of time, you more than likely ended up broke or never achieved more than modest, fluctuating success. . .like almost everyone else who goes intorepparttar 102271 field.

So what prevents you and 97% of all other affiliate marketers from succeeding while 3% continually rakes in 70% ofrepparttar 102272 profits? Are they smarter than you are? Do they work harder and longer than you do? Do they know a bunch of obscure secrets that you do not?--No, but they do have a totally different mindset.

In order to become successful in affiliate network marketing, you must destroyrepparttar 102273 mythological mindset that most people bring torepparttar 102274 business. You must stay firmly grounded in reality if you ever want to succeed.

How many times have you heard about some little old lady that only spends 3 hours a week on her computer and somehow earns $50,000 a month? And how many times have you read an ad that tells you how you can make $10,000 in one month from now if you sign up right away?

We have all seen these ads and we have all responded to them at one time or another. Chances are, if you're in an affiliate program now, you were hooked by a line like that. But what separatesrepparttar 102275 "gurus" fromrepparttar 102276 people who make little or no money is thatrepparttar 102277 gurus understand what this really is: mythology. These stories, while they might be true, promote mythological thinking that tricks people into trying every opportunity that looks good atrepparttar 102278 moment, rather than focusing on a single opportunity.

These "opportunities" not only prevent you from succeeding, but they have an even nastier byproduct: they promoterepparttar 102279 mythology that you either succeed onrepparttar 102280 Internet in 15 minutes or you will never succeed at all.

This is simply not true, yet it isrepparttar 102281 reason why almost no one succeeds with affiliate marketing: they can never stay with one opportunity more than a couple months. If they do not have instant success, they give up and move on--restartingrepparttar 102282 same building process they abandoned. They never reaprepparttar 102283 profit of cumulative efforts. They build a foundation, they leave before startingrepparttar 102284 actual building--and then they move to another company, startrepparttar 102285 foundation, and then leave once again.

Without exception, every successful Internet marketer has spent an enormous amount of time both researching and experimenting with online business. Most have failed miserably a number of times and most have spent a significant amount of time working their way torepparttar 102286 top and achieving profit. It really is pretty hard to earn an income onrepparttar 102287 Internet, but it is entirely doable if you are following a proven plan and if you are willing to abandon lofty mythology for a plan rooted in reality.

Affiliate marketing is one ofrepparttar 102288 best places to start making a profit online. In fact, almost every successful Internet marketer I know started her career selling affiliate products. Many of them still do. What made them successful is that they found a legitimate opportunity to make money (whether or not it wasrepparttar 102289 best one available), they found replicable processes that got them visitors and profit, and then they repeated those processes and reinvested those profits until they got to where they are now.

Watch Out For Traffic Leaks

Written by Chet Brzezinski


When promoting any affiliate program one thing that you, as an affiliate, has to watch out for is what is called traffic leaks. What is a traffic leak? A traffic leak is something onrepparttar merchants site that will causerepparttar 102268 visitor, that you referred to their site, to get distracted and leaverepparttar 102269 merchant site, leaving you with no possibility of receiving any kind of commission.

Having traffic leaks does not meanrepparttar 102270 affiliate program is a scam or trying to cheat you. It is most likely thatrepparttar 102271 merchant just doesn't realize what they are doing. If you are promoting an affiliate program that is not getting any sales for you, you may want to check for traffic leaks. If you find some then contactrepparttar 102272 merchant (in a professional manner) and ask if they would consider removingrepparttar 102273 traffic leaks from their site to increase conversion.

Advertisement Banners & Links This is usuallyrepparttar 102274 most common traffic link. The merchant will put up a banner ad or two and some text links to "offset" their expenses. You do not want to promote an affiliate program that has this on their site. When you send a visitor torepparttar 102275 site and they clickrepparttar 102276 banner or text ad and go torepparttar 102277 other siterepparttar 102278 merchant gets paid while you get zippo. Not to fair is it?

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