subject: 7 Stupidly Common Mistakes Affiliate Marketers Make [print this page] Affiliate marketers are also human beingsAffiliate marketers are also human beings. They are also liable to committing some stupid mistakes once in a while
Here are the 7 most stupidly common mistakes that affiliate marketers make. Together with these mistakes are the lessons learned.
1. Instead of meeting people face to face, they spend way too much time on the computer.
Networking online is great. However, it can never take the place of meeting face-to-face or having a conversation over the phone.
Sending emails are easy, but you should be up with the ease of this technology. Never try to break things off over email. This will just result in useless and never-ending arguments.
Try to compliment online networking activities with face-to-face and phone meetings.
2. Spending way too much time on the technical side of your business.
Affiliate marketers have the tendency to do all the tasks themselves. They update contents on WebPages, create new auto responders and create new HTML pages for new products instead of farming things out to others.
It takes them quite a long time to accomplish all this. Let it go. Why not hire a technician expert to maintain my website.
3. Not delegating the administrative tasks.
Updating documents, making them look pretty, writing content and writing sales copy for new information products are just some of the tasks that affiliates do. Sometimes they have to rush off and write something quickly because they sat on it for too long and the deadline is nearly up.
This kind of person is better off hiring a virtual assistant or copywriter to do all this stuff for them.
4. Spinning my wheels targeting the wrong market.
Ever wondered why the ones affiliates are focusing about is not giving them the results they expected? They are simply working on the wrong side of the market.
They do not really listening to the problems of their market. In the end, the solution being given does not solve anything.
Sometimes, the marketer has to really listen to what the clients are telling them about the problem they are experiencing.
5. Creating a bunch of cool information products all at once.
Just because you can bang out more than two special reports in a weekend does not mean you have the manpower or energy to promote them all at the same time.
In order to make sales on an information product, you really need to market them. Until you do that, these products are going to just sit on your website, look pretty and go musty.
Focus on one product for at least three months and use other affiliates to help promote each new product.
6. Attending networking events that were not producing results.
While networking is about building relationships, it should also lead to some quality contacts.
Most of the times, networking events affiliates go to is comprised of entrepreneurs looking for business. These people do not yet have the will it takes to succeed in their filed.
Stick with a networking event for no more than two consecutive events, analyze the results, then move on.
Also, attend more networking events that puts you in touch with your target audience.
7. Not spending enough on educating themselves.
If an affiliate is a solo entrepreneur, it seem so easy to forget that they have to invest some time in taking courses that can help them learn how to do things better.
Continuously educating oneself is a must. Doing this will put you in touch with how to do things better in your business, as well as meeting some exceptional people and trainers.
In addition to this, you will notice some new changes in how well your sales are performing.
Try to set aside at least 10% of all business income in a savings account to spend on educational materials.
These are just seven examples of some stupid and common mistakes that affiliate marketers make in their business. Note that these mistakes, even seemingly insignificant can cost you a lot of money.
And if you are just starting in the affiliate marketing business, you would not want this to happen.
Then again, committing mistakes will serve as a valuable lesson that even the best education will not give you.
