subject: Understand Affiliate Marketing [print this page] First things first, you need to sink it into your mind that affiliate marketing has been a small business model for thousands of folks for almost 20 strong years. That being assumed, the competition CAN be steep; on the other hand, so can the revenue potential IF you know where to look, what to stay away from and sometimes WHO to avoid.
That being said, the fun stuff can take place. See, in order to REALLY grow your internet small business you've got to understand that you aren't the lone one doing this...It'll make creating innovative and tempting programs a bit easier because you can use OTHER PEOPLES content, free giveaways, and sales copy. I'm NOT saying that you ought to go and emulate someone else's business pattern word for word...But you can find out if it's something that REALLY interests you that it would be something you could model your business after. After all, mainly online business are comparable in stature to others already in existance.
SO there's your principal step...Think of the type of promotion you aspire to start. I usually like to build them off of things I'm interested in, so as I'm researching and learning about the niche I really enjoy doing the "work" a little more than I would if it was referring to a plan I wasn't interested in. So after you choose something you enjoy, let's say... "Making Money"... You can now figure out THOUSANDS of atypical ways to sell that idea to other people who are also interested in "Making Money" and last time I checked...That was just about everyone.
Your following step would be getting it going. I've constantly like this saying: "You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going" - Not sure who said it.
That helps me remember that my proposal doesn't have to be picture perfect, because the majority of the time the agenda ends up making itself after I get the initial steps in place. Really, don't try to finish the design, just get it in place and started. I continuously start by (and I KNOW this sounds crazy) buying someones training system. Even if I don't make use of that system, I'll grasp an idea to call my own by the end of the training curriculum. Spending $100 today to make $1,000 tomorrow...
So once you comprehend your system, and really read/ watch all the tutorials (I would rather buy video training than eBooks myself, since I can put them on my iPhone and be taught while at the gym), you're equipped to start. You can take the ground effort for your hobby, and the basic understanding of this teaching platform and start rolling! It really is that clear-cut to get started, now don't make the mistake of giving up on day 2 because you aren't making $1,000/ day. From time to time these ideas are like infants, you have to take care of them NON-STOP or else they won't have what they need to grow into adult-hood.
