Are You Frustrated With The Progress You Are Making As An Affiliate Marketer?

Posted on March 12th, 2009 in Affiliate Opportunities by Carol Aston

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Are you frustrated with the progress you are making as an Affiliate Marketer? If you’re reading this article is then I guess the answer is almost certainly going to be, “Yes I am”! If it is any comfort, then you are not alone. In fact it is said that about 95% of Affiliate Marketers either make no money or lose money and quit. Yet everybody knows that there is a large number of people who make a very good living on the Internet, and a smaller number who make an absolute fortune.

When you look at those people who are succeeding with affiliate marketing on the Internet you will notice that many of them, probably
the majority, are pretty regular people and not geniuses, nerds, or whizzkids. In many respects they are just like you and me, and that
is good news. Why? Because it means that if they can succeed so can you right?

So what is it that is holding you back? What is the stumbling block that comes between you and affiliate marketing success? What is the main difference between people who fail and people who succeed on the Internet?

I would suggest that the key difference is this: those who succeed are more focused and more organised than those who fail. Period. It
really is as simple as that. Basically, anybody can learn the skills that are needed in order to succeed in business on the Internet. Unfortunately however, focus and organisation are the two things that a lot of perfectly intelligent and capable people lack. They have not developed any sticking power and are easily distracted. They tire quickly asked to frustrated and easily seduced by new and tempting
offers. As a result, they try affiliate program after affiliate program, and when one does not work they blame the product and try
something else again, and again and again until they give up in frustration and declare that Internet marketing is a scam.

If you want to avoid such a miserable fate, you’re going to have to get real, focus and organise.

FOCUS

There are two things that you need to focus on in order to succeed with  Affiliate Marketing, and they are the “why” and the
“how”.

1. Understand clearly why you want to succeed with Internet Marketing. Turn the reason why you want to succeed in to clear, definite and tangible goal, a goal that you can see in your minds eye and handle as if you really posits that already. The more definitely your goal is the more energy you will have a more willpower you will be able to summon and more effort you will be able to put into the task of succeeding in Internet marketing.

2. Once you have developed a clearly focused and passionate “why” you will be in a much stronger position to focus with determination upon the “how”. So now, ask yourself, “How am I going to succeed with Affiliate Marketing?”

I can give you the bare bones of the answer in just three words,namely, “persevere, learn, teach”.

PERSEVERE AND LEARN

If you look at the 5% of people who actually succeed with  affiliate marketing, you will see that they do so through a combination of persistence and self education.

* they do not hop from opportunity to opportunity but with one or two programs.

* they find what works and they never stop until they have mastered it.

* they only move on to new programs after they have perfected their ability to make money with the old ones.

* they are not afraid to make mistakes because they understand that mistakes are keys to learning and the stepping stones to success.

* they do not waste their time on distractions.

* they think positively and seek out mentors who can teach them what they need to know.

* they respond to frustration by reminding themselves of their chief purpose, their big WHY, and this inspires them to find new solutions
to their problems.

* they train others to duplicate their success and in doing so their success is multiplied.

You will notice that there is nothing on this list that a person of average intelligence could not do. If you are able to read and understand this article then I guess that you have enough intelligence to succeed in Internet affiliate marketing.

So now, all you need to do to succeed is to focus on the why and how, to persevere, to learn and to teach others to emulate your success and you will soon be asking them “are you frustrated with the progress you are making as an affiliate marketer?”

Take care,

Carol

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  1. on March 15th, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    Hi, Carol:

    Great post - I couldn’t agree more that focus and organization are two key elements of Affiliate Marketing success. I see so many marketers jumping from one program to another before they really give one it’s full due and their complete attention. They would be far better off just to pick one and apply everything they know to making it a success.

    GT Bulmer :)
    StarrBizz.com


  2. on March 16th, 2009 at 3:50 am

    Hi Carol
    I would definitely say that focus is a major point. Another one is to stick with it until you have achieved your goal.

    Michelle Jayes

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