Don’t Make These Affiliate Marketing Mistakes
Do you make these affiliate marketing mistakes?
If so, check this out…
A lifetime ago, I aspired to join the ranks of pro bodybuilders. I bought a weigh set and started working out at home. My mom was not thrilled. About a year later, I convinced her to let me join a gym.
One of the guys there went to my school. He was strong as an ox. Benched over 300 pounds. Which is a lot of weight for anyone to move. Anyway, he shared with me the common mistakes neophyte weightlifters make. That little talk helped me shortcut the process to building a lean and muscular body.
I got to talking with one guy. A Greek kid one year my elder. He could bench press over 300 pounds at a bodyweight of 165 pounds. What he told me was this: Most beginning bodybuilders simply don’t know what they are doing. They lift too heavy too soon. Drive their bodies into the ground. Then lose all enthusiasm for working out. Because they quickly over train and stifle muscle growth.
Well, I learned from that experience. A few years later, I decided to learn how to make money online. As an affiliate marketer. So I bothered to find out which costly mistakes to steer clear of at all costs.
Here then are the five mistakes most beginning affiliate marketers make…
Mistake #1: Not choosing a big enough niche. Sure niche marketing is all the rage. But if the market you choose is too small forget about it. The best way to choose a market is to see if commercial lists exist. Go to the library. Page through the Standard Rate And Data Service. If a category exists for a market in that book it’s a good bet the market is deep and wide.
A third big mistake is not promoting enough. The fear is that too many promotional emails result in unsubscribes. True. However, most of those unsubscribes were not buyers. They probably never would buy anyway. Make sure you email at least two affiliate promotions per week.
Mistake #3: Not pitching enough. For some reason, a lot of Internet marketers feel you should give away the barn. Not so. Yes, emailing valuable information to your list is important. The real juicy stuff ought to be sold. After all, if you don’t send out enough sales messages you’ll be out of business. One pitch a week is a good number to work with.
Something else: Stop putting all your effort into low priced items. The real money is in the high priced products. Have a mix of both. Put put most of your time and effort into the high ticket stuff. Again, that’s where the money is.
Neglecting offline marketing methods is another way to cut your profits. People still respond best to old fashioned direct mail. Combine online and offline marketing to get the biggest profits possible.
Steer clear of these mistakes and you’ll put the odds of success on your shoulders.
