| The truth about affiliate programs |
Copyright (c) 2003, Adam Buhler
Affiliate Programs Directory - Smokesoft Inc.
http://www.smokesoft.net
The truth about affiliate programs and online marketing is that most
people think that being a successful affiliate consists of
purchasing their own website, pasting it with banners and links or
placing a few classified ads, then sitting back and watching the
money roll in...
If only it were that easy! In fact if it was I'm sure you and all
your friends would likely be millionaires in the span of a few short
months! Don't give up however, there is a substantial profit to
be
made on the internet if you can discover an "edge".
Think about it, do you think the top marketers of today, Neil
Shearing, Corey Rudl, Allan Gardyne, Marlon Sanders, Terry Dean, Ken
Evoy or Yanik Silver stumbled onto their success by placing a few
newspaper ads and collecting their millions?
No. Each of them has developed an "edge" and one of the best
ways to
become successful yourself is to model your efforts after someone
who is already successful.
What are these marketers and affiliates doing that sets them apart
from the rest?
Don't always model your efforts after what they "say" to
do, instead
concentrate on what it is that they are actually "doing".
For some this may mean that they have developed a unique cutting
edge product that sells like hotcakes, while others may have a
popular ezine
or newsletter with a huge subscriber base with which to advertise
new products and affiliate programs.
In either case there are only two ways to be successful in any
online Business, you either have control of a unique product, or you
have established an audience with which to market to over and over
again. So which Category do you fit into?
If your like me then you undoubtedly fit into the latter, so your
main focus is now on how to best establish an audience.
This can be achieved in many ways however,
one of the best ways to establish a large group in which to promote
your products is through an opt-in email list.
Once you have established this you can continually market new
products, services, newsletters and anything else in which your
subscribers show interest.
If you can accomplish this then you are already ahead of 98% of the
rest of online affiliates and well on your way to making a
comfortable living for yourself.
Good luck!
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Adam Buhler is the publisher of the Affiliate Secrets Newsletter
http://www.smokesoft.net/newsletter.html
To find out what it REALLY takes to make money with affiliate
programs,
send a blank email to: mailto:tamsSmokesoft@sitesell.net
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