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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Why Most Marketers FAIL on Marketing Affiliate Products?




Throughout my ventures, I have realized that it is

really not that difficult to become very successful

promoting affiliate products.


Seriously…


All you need to do is match the right audiences with

the right products. You can call the process itself as


what we refer to as the “money flow chart”. However, you

must do it in such a powerful fashion, where it has to

be done on an autopilot.


If not, you will be trading your time for money, just

like most of the people do in business.


In today’s issue, I would like to point out the FIVE

factors why marketers fail and what you need to do to


AVOID the fatal mistakes in your affiliate marketing.


1. Not having a proper strategy from the beginning.


Fail to plan = Plan to fail. Seriously, if you do

NOT plan from the beginning on WHY and WHAT you need

to do to make a consistent income from affiliate

marketing, you plan to fail.


Think about this…


Most people want to make a lot of money online. You

can’t do that. You need to know how much money (in


numbers) you want to make every month. Then, plan

backward on how to make that amount.


Target = $500 per month.


How much traffic do you need?

What is the conversion of the product?

How much commission are you going to receive?


The more detailed your plan is, the more confident

you are on making your plan become a reality.


2. Become a follower — Not a leader.



WAIT! I am in no position to assault you, nor is it

my purpose to do so. Instead, I want you to think

carefully the of difference between success and

failure.


Successful people are NOT intimidated with joining

every single business opportunity they come in

contact with.


Unsuccessful people are CRAZY on participating in

every single opportunity that surfaces on the


internet.


Learn how to become a leader. Be firm with your

goal. Know what you want and what you are looking

to accomplish. This is HOW you are able to go from

zero dollars to a six figure income per year business.


3. Give up easily.


Only losers give up easily. I tell you one story, ok?



When I decided to do the 117ChristmasGifts.com, now


117Network.com, in December 19th’ 2004, many top

marketers adviced me to give up. They told me I was

too late.


They said nasty words to me like, “WHO THE HECK ARE

YOU?” I mean you are NOT this or that top marketers

that I know. HECK! Though, I was being stabbed from


many directions, there is ONE THING that I didn’t

do. What is it?



Become a loser. I didn’t give up. I just PUSHED

my limits until the end. If I gave up on that one

campaign backed in 2004, there is no way I could

get the title the JV “Giveaway” legend.



4. Rely on yourself.


GOSH! I hate to put up an HTML code by myself nor

do I want to spend time on creating my own graphics

for my blog. If I had to do so, I would probably go

insane today.



Think about this…


The Starbucks(r) CEO does not sell coffee in the

store. WHY? He has all the people running the store


for him on an autopilot. If he is the one who sells

the coffee, how is that possible he can manage to

open up stores WORLDWIDE?


So, why NOT you?


Do the same thing. I am good in HTML code, joint

venture, creating graphics, and much more. However,

I choose to let others do the work for me. This

allows me to do something bigger.


What is it? Strategic Planning.



5. Become a warrior.


This is worse. We are NO LONGER in the 19th century.

We do not depend on our physical strength as our

weapon to win over the enemy. Instead, we use strategy

to become the winner in everything we do.


Warriors are a way of the past. To become successful

in affiliate marketing, you need to create a concrete

strategy from A -Z on WHAT you need to do to make

your affiliate marketing successful.



It has to be in terms of a financial plan, automation

system, as well as delegation techniques.


Once you have all those things in place, you can

become the warrior or have your warriors (team

members) to finish the tasks on time.



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