subject: Affiliate Marketing Mistakes You Should Avoid At All Costs [print this page] The affiliate marketing business is a multi-billion dollar industry. Just ask any affiliate marketer if it's possible to make a lot of money as an affiliate, and you'll hear a resounding, yes!
But also try to accept that you'll make your mistakes, but just don't let them hit you hard. They're just feedback indicators, cause and effect, and also just minor annoyances. So we're going to talk about some of these mistakes, and you'll be able to avoid them.
We see very many marketers who seem to be afraid of freely sharing content with their visitors, and that's a mistake you should avoid. This is necessary if you want to build a marketing list, and there is tremendous income potential with a list. If you only share high quality content your readers and subscribers will tell others about you. You can emulate successful afiliate marketers who do employ this technique and hopefully see good results.
But just know that if you do that you'll be running head to head will a lot of competition. Instead go for products that not many people are promoting and at the same time make sure these products are of high quality, so that you don't end up promoting something scammy. You will almost never go wrong if you learn how to choose the products to promote that are "right" for your situation. Also, experiment and run test campaigns with different markets and products. Not knowing about the market you're getting into is another mistake that you should aim to avoid as an affiliate. Good market research will determine if you even want to try to sell something to them. This kind of research will prove if it's a market that even spends money because not all do. You'll be taking a gamble by avoiding this research because you may enter a bad market. If they do buy, lack of reseach will put you at a disadvantage because you won't know what they really want. If you don't know anything about a market, you won't know what the jargon is or what is important to them. This is why always take out time to first do your homework and then choose a product based on your research.
When you're just starting out don't let yourself market too many affiliate products too fast. It takes a lot of proven knowledge to do that, so only do it if you've had successes to your credit. First and most important, concentrate on learning how to make just 'one' affiliate promotion a success - then you move to number two. You can work on several test campaigns until you find one that looks promising, then scale it up. It's a defined process; you test, find something with promise, scale that one up and roll out, then keep testing.
You may already know about affiliate commission thieves, it's there so take appropriate measures to prevent it. You can use link cloaking to help protect your affiliate links from identification. It appears that a lot of marketers new to IM are not aware of this practice, and it's evident by the unprotected affiliate links we see all the time. Just do all you can to learn about it and use it. Affiliate marketing does not have to be difficult, but it does take some time, work and dedication if you want to succeed with it. Don't get discouraged with setbacks, but keep learning until you get it right.
