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Goals
Setting unrealistic goals is a major problem that plagues most affiliate marketers, which results in becoming quickly disenchanted due to non-attainment of their goals. Setting goals is most important but you must set realistic ones. For example an affiliate marketer is not likely to attain $5,000 a month when starting up. For beginners and first timers, you should look at something more modest. Start out with something smaller like $50-$100 a day and as you learn the trade, the more you learn, the more you earn.
While earning an income of $50 a day may seem small and non-lucrative, it is achievable and being in a continuous learning process, it's a good place and budget to begin with. Give it some time and you will substantially increase your extra income, in turn setting your income goal a little higher as you go along.
Revise your goals periodically. Remembering that your small weekly/monthly achievements should point in the direction of a larger single goal that you want to achieve, whether it be in terms of success or amounts of income you earn. Write them down and keep them in a visible place by your computer, on a notice board or fridge door. This will help focus your energy towards your goals.
As Zig Ziglar said No Goals = No Game' .
Making connections and contacts with relevant people is very important in your career as an affiliate marketer.
Connections to Your Future
Information, you need it and when you get it, you give it away. Helping people is a better attitude to take rather than just looking for business. Help yourself by helping others.' This is a good philosophy to follow to make long lasting friends and building your business. All successful marketers strongly believe that everyone benefits by learning from each other's mistakes.
This can be done very simply by singing up to forums and chat-rooms. You can start your own thread or make a reply to exiting comments. These sites usually allow members to have a signature where you can place your website/affiliate link and this will appear on all your posts.
Building relationships with fellow affiliate marketers, sharing ideas and tips, answer questions, this will relieve stress you may have and as a result you perform better.
