| Every day there's at least one person who | | | | experiment, you've also got variables in every |
| discovers 'affiliate marketing' for the first time. | | | | product promotion you undertake. The variables |
| And, every day, there's at least one person, | | | | include things like traffic generation, conversion |
| maybe that person is you, who goes back to the | | | | rates, advertising response rates and so on. So, |
| drawing board trying to figure out why they | | | | how much data do you want to juggle? Do you |
| haven't yet succeeded as wildly as they'd hoped. | | | | want to keep track of, say, Google Adwords |
| No matter which category you fall into, I'd like to | | | | performance for ONE e-book...or for a dozen of |
| share some concepts with you that might make | | | | them spread across more than one niche? This is |
| all the difference in the world to your future | | | | where a lot beginners get themselves into a rut. |
| success. In fact, you just might learn from this | | | | They try to juggle all of this information at once, |
| article the one thing that helps you start earning | | | | get overwhelmed by it and simply give up. Giving |
| real money. It really all comes down these two | | | | Up Too Soon: Ok, so, information overload hits, |
| mistakes that beginner's make: 1. Promoting to | | | | and you throw your hands in the air in surrender. |
| many products at once (lack of focus), and.. 2. | | | | There's no need to despair! You can turn the |
| Giving up too soon. These two mistakes are | | | | situation around completely if you'll just make a |
| related, and are actually self-reinforcing. It sounds | | | | commitment to do the following three things: 1. |
| obvious enough, but let me explain exactly how | | | | Pick ONE niche market 2. Pick ONE product from |
| this scenario plays out. Lack of Focus: Experienced | | | | that market 3. Use just that one niche product as |
| affiliate marketers do have the ability to promote | | | | your testing ground, in order to solidify your skills |
| several products, sometimes far afield from each | | | | as an affiliate marketer. You see, its a lot like |
| other, at the same time. The reason they can do | | | | learning to ride a bicycle as a kid. You start off |
| this is because they'd already learned and applied | | | | with a tricycle, then move up to regular bike with |
| certain fundamental skills, and have developed a | | | | training wheels and from there onto riding any |
| system for themselves which works to bring in | | | | bike you choose. The same is true for learning |
| sales consistently. As a beginner, however, you're | | | | how to promote products as an affiliate. *Learn |
| still learning what works and what doesn't. For | | | | how to generate traffic on just one product |
| that reason alone, you need a clearly defined | | | | *Learn how to capture subscribers to your opt-in |
| testing ground - and this means limiting your | | | | list for just one product *Learn how to write |
| promotion to just one product when you first | | | | advertisements and promotional copy for just |
| start out. Just imagine for a moment if you were | | | | one product *Learn how to track your advertising |
| in a laboratory. You're working with a new | | | | links and conversion rates for just that one |
| chemical and need to determine its boiling point, | | | | product.... ....and THEN, you'll be able to turn around |
| solubility, molecular weight and so on. Would it be | | | | and apply that knowledge to additional products, in |
| quicker and easier for you to accomplish this by | | | | different niches. The key is to get some real |
| working with just that one chemical, or by juggling | | | | results established in one place, and only then |
| multiple, other chemicals all at the same | | | | start building on that incrementally. If you'll follow |
| time...starting one experiment and then rushing | | | | even just this one simple rule, I promise you'll see |
| over to another one midway through? Obviously, | | | | an increase in your commissions - and you can |
| it would be easier to work with just the one | | | | drop that 'newbie' label for the title of: Successful |
| chemical, right? Well, the same is true for | | | | Affiliate Marketer! |
| marketing. Just like the variables in your lab | | | | |