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.