There are many pitfalls that can keep you from enjoying
success as an Affiliate.
Here are some of the more common mistakes which can
keep your Affiliate checks from getting any bigger than a
few dollars.
Ignore them at your own risk!
1. You sign up for dozens of Affiliate Programs.
2. Too many Affiliate banners all over your website.
3. What traffic you get to your website soon surf away due
to the slow loading pages.
4. Surfers to your site see nothing but banners for unrelated
products and services on a site that looks like a big flashing
garage sale sign.
5. Rely on just banners to sell the Affiliate Program products
and services.
6. Not telling your site visitors enough about the products or
services you're selling.
7. No personal testimonials about any of the products or
services you're selling.
8. Not realizing that text links work better than banners.
9. No use of autoresponders to automate the selling process.
10. Not setting up 5 to 7 follow up letters on an autoresponder.
11. Relying completely on the ad copy the Affiliate Owner
gives you.
12. Not testing your ad copy before spending significant dollars
on advertising.
13. Relying only on mass submission software or paid services to
mass submit your affiliate site to search engines and directories.
14. Not hand submitting your website to the top 10 search engines
and directories.
15. Not creating a personal website and just sending prospects
straight to your Affiliate website.
16. Believing you can get rich quick promoting Affiliate Programs.
17. Using only free methods of advertising.
18. Not using a signature file at the end of every email you send
out, for whatever reason.
19. Believing you can buy a CD of email addresses and spam
your sales letter to millions of people to make sales.
20. Not answering the questions and concerns of potential
customers in a timely manner.
21. Thinking that an Affiliate commission of less than 10% of
the selling price is going to create huge checks.
22. Treating your business as a hobby.
23. Not advertising offline.
24. Not thoroughly reading all training material supplied by
the Affiliate Owner.
25. Not owning or using the product or service you're trying
to sell.
Your success as an Affiliate requires hard work, dedication,
a professional attitude, learning how to market effectively and
consistent persistence.
Reflect on the above common mistakes, then take the appropriate
action to adjust your marketing strategies. If you include a dose of
common sense and a genuine desire to succeed you'll soon enjoy
the success you deserve.
success as an Affiliate.
Here are some of the more common mistakes which can
keep your Affiliate checks from getting any bigger than a
few dollars.
Ignore them at your own risk!
1. You sign up for dozens of Affiliate Programs.
2. Too many Affiliate banners all over your website.
3. What traffic you get to your website soon surf away due
to the slow loading pages.
4. Surfers to your site see nothing but banners for unrelated
products and services on a site that looks like a big flashing
garage sale sign.
5. Rely on just banners to sell the Affiliate Program products
and services.
6. Not telling your site visitors enough about the products or
services you're selling.
7. No personal testimonials about any of the products or
services you're selling.
8. Not realizing that text links work better than banners.
9. No use of autoresponders to automate the selling process.
10. Not setting up 5 to 7 follow up letters on an autoresponder.
11. Relying completely on the ad copy the Affiliate Owner
gives you.
12. Not testing your ad copy before spending significant dollars
on advertising.
13. Relying only on mass submission software or paid services to
mass submit your affiliate site to search engines and directories.
14. Not hand submitting your website to the top 10 search engines
and directories.
15. Not creating a personal website and just sending prospects
straight to your Affiliate website.
16. Believing you can get rich quick promoting Affiliate Programs.
17. Using only free methods of advertising.
18. Not using a signature file at the end of every email you send
out, for whatever reason.
19. Believing you can buy a CD of email addresses and spam
your sales letter to millions of people to make sales.
20. Not answering the questions and concerns of potential
customers in a timely manner.
21. Thinking that an Affiliate commission of less than 10% of
the selling price is going to create huge checks.
22. Treating your business as a hobby.
23. Not advertising offline.
24. Not thoroughly reading all training material supplied by
the Affiliate Owner.
25. Not owning or using the product or service you're trying
to sell.
Your success as an Affiliate requires hard work, dedication,
a professional attitude, learning how to market effectively and
consistent persistence.
Reflect on the above common mistakes, then take the appropriate
action to adjust your marketing strategies. If you include a dose of
common sense and a genuine desire to succeed you'll soon enjoy
the success you deserve.