Save Time - Avoid My Mistakes!

Stupidly I jumped into the Online Industry with no research, no preparation and no idea of what to do. Invited to a “presentation” I was sucked in and I signed up to a MLM program. Pumped up, I intended to “put the “Net back into Network Marketing”. I was ready to make a fortune. With a cheesy approach like that is it any wonder I lost money?

I got over it and started what I should have done first time round. I decided to research and instead of listening to some hyped up sales man with no credentials I decided to listen to those with proven backgrounds, proven success and a system I could follow.

There was one promise I made. That was to spend nothing. I was not going to lose another penny to some dodgy scheme where 95% fail. With the power of hindsight there were both pros and cons to this approach. Let me share them...

The Positives:
I researched more, signed up for free newsletters from credible people and downloaded their free reports. After a couple of months I started to know which resources were worthwhile and which resources simply churned out information I could find for free elsewhere.

I also stumbled across Article Marketing. Chances are you have found my blog from one of my articles. I write articles with good keywords and repeat the keywords several times throughout the article. This gets me higher rankings on search engines so I have more readers. It does not matter if you write articles or web pages, the principles are the exact same. It is something I learnt from Ken Evoy and is called Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). I recently read about someone who earnt $9000 from one article. That's an extreme example but shows the potential.

The Negatives:
Human nature is bizarre. If someone gives you a gem of information for free you overlook it. Spend $50 on it and you start to pay attention. With lots of free guidance online I had no focus. I jumped from one idea to another, from article writing to pay per click. The same goes for Affiliate Programs, you can join one for free, so you jump from one to the other without any focus or idea where you are going. No focus = No profits.

Looking back on my experiences I now spend more money but I only buy the products I feel sure about, the products I believe will earn me more than they cost me.

There is a wealth of free information out there, however there is a point where the free information stops and you see some gaps. Lets face it, every Affiliate Marketer is out to make money. They will share the commonly known knowledge and some gems in their newsletters and free guides. They're clever enough to hold the rest of the information back and sell it, it makes sense.

I am not long out of my spending no money phase. I have reached a point where I need to write more articles, improve my copy writing and start up a website if I am truly serious about making the most of this online opportunity.

My first purchase has been the Super Affiliate Handbook by Rosalind Gardner. I bought this on a recommendation. If she can earn over $435000+ per year then she qualifies as someone worth listening to. Aside from her massive pay cheques, Rosalind just comes across as genuine and credible. Remember the saying "you buy from people you know and trust".

My second purchase has been Ken Evoy’s Site Sell. I needed to move on from Article Marketing and every successful high earning affiliate marketer has a web site for their niche. I spent hours working on a website. I’m quite fussy and got fed up. With limited technical knowledge on finding a profitable niche, choosing keywords and limited HTML skills it was taking too much time. Site Sell is not as easy as its sales pitch makes out however the simple CTPM process that Ken has developed is simply amazing. Other people know about it, but no individual or site I have visited has explained it quite so well.

Affiliate Marketing is great and I love it but it is not without its risks. You can quite easily end up spending more and more on "the next secret" or "the truth" ..... Ultimately it will be your ACTION that creates your success. Your future is determined by what you do in the present. To get started, visit the weblinks above, digest the information and get going.

Remember: Massive Action = Massive Results!

Good luck!
Aaron

What is Affiliate Marketing?

An affiliate marketer is simply someone who refers visitors to a merchant website. In return the affiliate is paid a commission. As an affiliate you can be paid in one of three ways:

1. Pay Per Click (PPC)
The most obvious example of PPC are Google Adsense. You place small adverts on your website or blog. When a visitor clicks on the adverts then both you and Google get paid. There are many websites set up to generate thousands of visitors and earn purely from PPC

2. Pay Per Lead (PPL)
You pass visitors to a website (eg. finance or mortgages). For every person you refer who gives their personal (contact) details to the company you get paid.

3. Pay Per Sale (PPS)
You refer visitors to a Merchant site who you have an account with. For ever visitor who buys a product from that site you will receive a percentage. The commission percentage can be any where between 5% and 75% of the value of the product. One of the best know affiliate companies is Amazon. For every person you refer to Amazon who purchases a book you will receive a percentage.

Sounds easy? But how do you get started? How do you set up PPC? How do you refer visitors to a Merchant site?

First - you have to have a product
When you choose a product you can either go for the money and pick an affiliate program that pays the most or you can pick a subject you have experience in. It could a Car Navigation system or an eBook on confidence building. Clickbank are a favoured source of affiliate programs.

Second - you have to get visitors:
Millions of people use Search Engines to find solutions to their problems and answers to their questions. Your first task is to be one of the people who answers that question. Whilst a website is great, it is not essential. That can come later (or not at all). There are a number of free blog sites (like this) and websites you can post articles on to capture an audience.

Now imagine you write a review on a particular Car GPS systems that retails at $100 with 50% commission. People search to find the best GPS system, read your blog and think "that sounds good".....

Third - you have to bring the product and visitors together:
This is the easy bit, the monetization process. You have found a product, created an audience and pre-warmed them to it. Now your bring the two together. When you sign up to Clickbank and pick a product you are given a url. A web address. You simply add this address to your blog or article with some text to generate interest. Before signing off from your blog or article you might write "To discover the truth on how you can make incredible money online Click HERE"

And that is it, you have brought your visitor to your merchant. My only tip.. Do not try to sell. Only provide the information, lead the visitor by the hand and introduce them to the product. Leave the selling to the affiliate site, they have the expertise there.

I told a lie... I have one more tip!!

Take ACTION - it is the key component, the only true secret in becoming a Super Affilate like Rosalind Gardner. If you want to find out how she earns $435000+ per year online selling other peoples stuff... go no further.

Good luck, Make it Work!
Aaron

What Does It Take To Be a Super Affiliate?

Read the amazing TRUE story of how one woman

with no previous business experience,

earns $435,000+ per year ... selling other people's

stuff online!

In her down-to-earth, sincere and often humorous style, Rosalind Gardner guides you through the entire process of building an affiliate marketing business on the 'Net.

Containing over 300 pages, and more than 70,000 words, you'll learn how to pick the best programs, negotiate a commission raise and save time, money and effort on everything from affiliate software to web hosting.

To learn exactly how she does it, Click Here.