What To Expect From Affiliate Marketing

Do not assume affiliate marketing is a get rich scheme.
Never assume it, don’t think about it as a get rich scheme.

Too many people out there assume that affiliate marketing is actually a get rich program. Put up a few banners, then hope that money comes rolling in. Towards the end they wonder why they never earn a sale, or not making any money.

Face it, the truth is 90% of affiliate marketers earns less than $100 for a month. Therefore you shouldn’t count on making full time income as affiliate marketer unless you’re very good at with the following.

1. Building a great site that converts

2. Maxing out Search engine optimization (SEO) Getting lots of traffic.
The more traffic you have the more chances you have of someone buying your products. Good SEO will help you get your site on search engines therefore more people will be able to find you.

3. The trial and error of picking the right merchants and learning the correct ways of promoting.



Now you’re asking, how long does it take to make money? It depends on how much you want to make. If you are a quick learner and a really good affiliate marketer. You might reach 2000 within 2 years. This is based on that you’re not working full time as a affiliate marketer, you still have a full time job and not forgetting you started from ZERO.

The hardest most demoralizing part about affiliate marketing will be the first few months. You checked your stats you might see yourselves only making a few bucks. And you’ll start thinking whether all that hard work does pay? No worries, if you’ve made some sale stay committed to that hard work. The money will start rolling in. Don’t forget the 20 / 80 rule. If you’ve manage to infiltrate 20% of the market, soon enough the next 80% will follow in.

Now you’ve got the traffic. Comes and goes through your site. Now you might start to wonder why you’ve got a lot of traffic passing through your site but the conversion rate ain’t that good yet.

The key here is knowing your visitors needs and answering them. Determine which affiliate programs you could offer to meet their needs. There is also the concept of presale which is the ability to put your visitors in a required state of open mind set which will encourage them to actually click on what you’re selling.

Never give up in affiliate marketing. Stick with it, you’ll learn more and more over the years. Don’t expect to be the best when you’ve just started. It takes a whole lot of time, hard work and dedication. Not forgetting determination. By putting the time and effort into your programs, you’re actually laying a path for yourselves to a profitable and amazing world of affiliate marketing.


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