Finding Affiliate Programs and Online Products
You Can Sell
If you're a newbie thinking
of joining an affiliate program or buying an online product, you'll
discover
that finding the right one is pretty much like shopping for
cereal!
Every package is professionally
designed to capture your attention. Every product claims to be the
best.
Everyone claims to be THE marketing 'guru' who can show you the way to
easy riches. You only need to sign on the dotted line (or enter your
credit
card number) and you're on your way to easy street.
Don't get me wrong. Everyone
has the right to succeed and to achieve financial freedom, but you've
got
to be careful. I've been there and done that so I know that you can end
up with a lot of cereal boxes filled with empty marketing hype and
savvy!
After getting cereal box number 10, you think to yourself
hey
I remember this stuff from box number 2, 4 and 7! Get what I mean?
Many affiliate programs and
online products are re-hashed, re-packaged "junk" that feed on people's
frustration, desperation and greed. If you've ever had a hard day at
the
office, been chewed by your boss or facing the threat of losing your
job,
you know what I mean. As you sit feeling totally crappy and sorry for
yourself,
you think how wonderful it must be to be able to work anytime,
anywhere,
anyway you want, and voila! you suddenly see an ad on the Internet
promising
you just that for a small payment of 97.90. What's a mere
97.90
you think to yourself, if it's really a lifeline to save you from a
dead-end
job and a tyrannical boss, but that's exactly what many (unscrupulous)
internet marketers want you to think!
You need to realize that
this "lifeline" you've just discovered to escape your "hopelessly dead
end" job may just be someone else's lifeline to escape theirs! There
are
thousands of sites out there created by people just like you, ordinary
folk caught in a desperate situation and need a quick escape. They're
just
following a formula set by their "mentor" to get people to buy into
their
program. Once they've got your cash, you find you're on your
own
no support, no tools, no knowledge and no million bucks in profit!
So, before you whip out that
credit card and hit enter, stop and consider the following:
Never jump in when you're
emotional. Like they say take a deep breath and count to ten.
Remember,
affiliate marketers are counting on you to act on your emotions. Their
websites are peppered with phrases that work on your emotions - to take
that all important step and sign up!
Do your homework. Scour the
internet. Find as much information about the product or affiliate
program
that you're thinking of buying into. Unless you're really hard up for a
quickie-fix (which is precisely what super sales letters are designed
to
do), don't jump in blindly. There is no short cut to this step. For
every
genuine affiliate program, there are ten others that are just a load of
crap. If you have doubts, contact the person running the program and
clear
your doubts.
Beware of get-rich-quick
promises! Never join a program just because it promises you a 80%
commission
as you "sit-back and let the system make money for you". There's no
such
thing as a free lunch. If the offer sounds too good to be true, it
probably
is.
Learn to walk before you
run. Learn the ropes by joining affiliate programs with a solid
reputation
for support and that give you loads of resources to help you. If you
don't
know any, then participate in discussion groups and forums. Get to know
people. Build relationships online. You'd be amazed at the lengths
online
folk will go to help newbies, probably because they know what
it's
like themselves!
Remember it takes
time and effort to make it in this internet jungle of Affiliate
Programs.
Many venture into it but many more get hopelessly lost in it.
Statistics
show that up to sixty percent of people who join affiliate programs
give
up within the first year. Most of these people will move on to
the
next "big thing". You can avoid being a statistic. Do your homework.
Keep
your eye on your goal, work systematically, diligently and you'll find
your paradise in the jungle! Cheers!
Author-Bio: Andrew Shim is
the owner and editor of http://www.PositiveMoneyIdeas.com
a website which offers FREE IDEAS for those interested in starting
their
own freelance or home based business.
Resources:
Instant Download
Ebook:
The
Super Affiliate Handbook - probably the very best ebook on
the market today for making money through affiliate marketing. This is
one I highly recommend. I bought it myself an I LOVED it! Now I sell it.
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