Where did January go??
As an affiliate marketer I have the tendency to want to do too many things all at once. Like me you probably visit the usual suspects every day, John Chow, ShoeMoney, Uber Affiliate… list goes on (and if you don’t then you should). The problem for me is this, every one of these guys are pitching something everyday.. well almost. And that is cool with me, because that’s what affiliate marketing is all about right?
So I signed up for all these programs with great determination of becoming the next ‘Uber Affiliate’! Next I send my whole 100 clicks from my site to it.. nada, ok lets spend some of this weekend’s beer money on some kind of PPC campaign… nada! Now I’m back to square one!
What a shitty tip you might say, and you’re right! But I do have a point, and that is DON’T get sidetracked from what’s working for you because the big guys say it the next greatest thing and you feel like you have to jump on it right away (chances are the bazillion readers of their blogs are jumping on the same train)!
I’ve been on that train, as a matter of fact I’ve been on it since the beginning of the year and that’s I’m making this post. Since the beginning of this year, I’ve jumped on every program recommended by every reputable affiliate marketing blogger. And I’m sure a lot of these programs and offers are really great, but the truth is this IT DOESN’T WORK FOR THE SMALL GUYS LIKE ME and probably you!
Now that I blew the first 45 days of the year trying to become an overnight pimp affiliate, I’ve come to the realization that I don’t have a $3,000 a day PPC budget, I don’t have 10K of daily unique visitor. So one step at a time average Joes, there’s nothing wrong with having a blog that pulls in only $100–$200 a month, duplicate that 10 times and it becomes a decent chunk!
What does this have to do with the Website Magazine ? Nothing, I just put it up there because they send me a nice free magazine every month, and it does have some great info. Best part of it is I get my daily dose of information on affiliate marketing in the bathroom (guys, you know what I’m talking about… put that Playboy down and get yourself a complimentary copy of the Website Magazine)
