There’s a sudden rise in the number of people selling dictionaries in my city. Someone is at my door every week, greeting and informing me about how amazing their dictionary is and why I should buy one right away. I’m not sure why we need dictionaries all of a sudden, but they seem to be just about everywhere. Forget targeted advertising, these people think everyone is going to want whatever they’re selling. A girl stopping cars in front of a mall to do a 2 minute sales pitch, another one trying to grab the attention of people leaving the restaurant, what the hell is going on?!
Why would anyone be interested in buying a dictionary when they’re leaving a restaurant??! Selling a dictionary to people leaving a library, or to parents picking up their kids from school..makes some sense. A restaurant? NO!
The real problem is, none of these people know what they’re doing. They think they’re just doing their job and rejections are part of the daily routine. Yes there will be rejections when you’re trying to sell something, but you have to make an effort to atleast catch the right people in the right mindset.
This doesn’t stop with dictionaries. There’s a whole lot of people who have no idea what they’re doing, trying to sell stuff to people who are in no way interested in what they’re selling.
Whatever the product is, if you’re a marketer, target a tiny group of interested folks than going for the mass if you really want to lower your odds of failure.
Enough said.
Affiliate Marketing Lessons From The Last 30 Days
I reached one of my basic goals of generating $500+/week just a few days ago. Being new to the industry and learning new stuff, I try and gain something from every experience however small or big, good or bad. And here’s what I’ve learned so far:
It doesn’t take much to get to $50/day. Getting started and making $50 a day isn’t very hard. If you’re totally new to internet marketing, it might take a while to figure out and get used to the technical stuff like building a landing page, learning how to track, using the tools, etc. When you’re comfortable with all that, getting started is all about getting some actual work done. Jump in, get yourself dirty. Test some offers. Fail and keep going. That’s the only way you’ll start learning real affiliate marketing.
Make friends in the industry. Building relationships with the ballers in the industry should be on top of your priorities if you seriously want to make it big. Contrary to popular belief, most successful affiliates will actually take the time to tell you what to do and what not to do. This is gold. If you want to jump into a niche, just pick a guy who you know is doing well in that niche and ask him for some quick advice. Also, they will help you shape your mindset. We all know how important being in the right mindset is. So reach out and make some friends.
Help yourself. No one is going to spoon feed you. They will help, but you are the one who has to do the work. Develop a strong work ethic. Be disciplined. If you’re in for the long haul, you better develop habits that will help you go beyond the CPA industry.
Things don’t last forever. The traffic might dry up. The offer might go down. Its part of the industry and you have to adapt and keep going. Yes its frustrating when something you’ve worked so hard on is not profitable anymore. But move on and milk some other cow.
Help the advertiser and the network make money. If you really care about the advertiser and the network and help them make more money, you’re going to have very few problems. Make them happy and they’ll love you. Understand the whole process, not just your end of the deal. That’s what the top guys do. We want to build a long term business out of this, not just make some money here and there. No?
This post isn’t any different from the many others you’d find on IM forums and blogs. But if you’re just starting out like me, you might want to repeat these a hundred times in your head every day.
Thanks for reading.