[SBSA] ARTICLE 6-The Five Signs Of A Successful Affiliate Marketer

Claudeville, what does it really take to succeed as an affiliate marketer? Success leaves clues, and these five clues will help you get started quickly and build a sustainable affiliate marketing business.

ONE: Build a repeatable income.

Far too many people are looking for that big hit. They want to make $10,000 or $50,000 in a very quick fashion, and yet, they have no reputation, no mailing list, not even a website of their own.( Sounds familiar?) 

This just isn't realistic. Many affiliate marketers, especially beginners, spend all their time and money looking for the big return. The truth is … the incremental approach works best. 

Think about losing weight. If you want to lose 30 pounds just getting started seems overwhelming. But when you realize that you can lose that 30 pounds by only losing 1.3 ounces PER DAY for the next year, it seems much more attainable.

Affiliate marketing is like that. Rather than look for the six figure commission check, strive to make one or two sales per day every day. And one of the best ways to do that is to create multiple streams of internet income.  

If you can set up an online income stream that creates a couple of hundred dollars a month in income, and do that month after month, then you can do that 10 more times, you have a $24,000 a year automatic income right there just by repeating that one small success over and over again.

TWO: Automate the process of marketing. 

Far too many people are working far too hard and not making any money at all. (Sounds like you?) That is because they are going after the sale now, instead of setting up systems that can work over and over again. They need automation, but neglect to create it.  

What do I mean by “automation”? What I mean is that when a person visits a website you promote, that you have the opportunity to get them on your mailing list. Once they get on your mailing list you automatically, through the use of an auto-responder, begin sending them messages that encourage them to buy additional products from you.

But it's not just a pitch fest, promoting product after product. In these emails, you also want to ask them questions about what they need and to give them value. This allows you to provide them helpful content so that you can nurture them along their path.  

The key is to give before you expect to receive. Now if you're thinking to yourself, “That sounds like a whole lot of work," don't worry. There are systems available on the Internet that already have everything built for you. That's one thing you definitely want to look for.

THREE: Work with proven leaders. 

You don’t want someone who's a Johnny come lately, who doesn't have a reputation, who hasn't been around for very long.  

The truth of the matter is that it takes a long time to really master the process of internet marketing, but it can be done. Those who do it well generally begin to teach it. When that happens you have an opportunity to plug into their proven system and really make some rapid progress.

After all, why reinvent the wheel? It's much easier to plug into someone's existing proven system than it is to recreate that entire system on your own, especially if you're not technically inclined.  

What you want to do is look for proven online leaders. Visit their website and look for testimonials from real people.  In addition to testimonials from real people, you also want to see endorsements from other industry leaders.  

If the person you're considering working with and want to plug into their system, has worked with other online leaders, that's great, but if they've also worked with bestselling authors or they've appeared on the same stage or platform with well known celebrities, that's even better.

FOUR: Low competition.  

There is a lot of competition online; we all know that. But there are pockets of low competition niches that are highly profitable. 

The problem is that the average beginner will never discover what these niches are because it takes deep research, and knowing exactly what to look for in order to find them. That's why working with proven leaders is so important.  

These leaders have teams of people who know how to do research on their behalf to find these hidden profitable niches. So rather than do all that research yourself, chose to align with someone who will do the research for you and provide a much-needed leg up.  Going for a low competition niche will make selling much easier.

FIVE: Look for low startup costs.    

You don't want to spend thousands and thousands of dollars setting up a system and then HOPE that it works. If you do that, you won't have enough money left to promote properly.

Look at it this way … if your budget is $500 to establish an online business and you spend $300 of that on setting up, you just won't have enough money left to buy advertising or to drive traffic.

What you want to do is look for low startup costs and ability to scale up once things start going well.

Let's recap very quickly.

1 - Look for multiple streams of online income. It's much better to have five streams of $200 each than it is to have all your eggs in one basket.

2 - Look for a system that is automated, that will reward you for your effort.  You make the effort one time and it provides income for you many times.  

3 - Work with proven leaders and plug into their existing, proven system.  

4 - Find niches that have low competition. This is an advantage of working with leaders, because they will know how to do that.

5 - Reasonable startup costs, leaving yourself enough money to promote properly. 

Any business costs money to start. There's no question about it. If you start a grocery shop in your town, you will have to spend a lot of money on leases, items, insurance and more. 

If you want to have a big name franchise in your town, you could easily spend millions of dollars.

The beauty of working online is that you can have low cost of startup. I'm talking low hundreds of dollars, not thousands or millions.

I hope you find these five insights helpful and hope they help you succeed with affiliate marketing much more quickly.

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Claudeville Mc Garrell

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