Clueless Affiliate

Affiliate Marketing – Newbie Product Overload

I think anyone who get into internet marketing ends up signing up to “guru” mailing lists, reading product reviews, constantly seeing new information products claiming how to make a living on the internet with some “secret” method that the guru is willing to share with you,etc…….

It really is overwhelming how many products are constantly added to the market geared towards affiliate/internet marketing, but I think the longer you do this the more you realize most are just rehashing past products or rearranging the same information. I definitely still read good affiliate marketing blogs and see what is new to the industry but the more I learn the more I realize that the best way to start in internet marketing is to just start doing. Pick a method whether it be Autoblogging, PPC, PPV, Media Buying, Niche Site building,etc…and just focus on it. When you hit a roadblock then start looking around for the answer but you have to figure out what works and doesn’t work.

Some products I admit though are worth buying as they do an excellent job providing excellent information that would take lots of time and even money figuring out on your own and I try to mention on this site the ones I think do just that, like Autoblog Blueprint for autoblogging and Rogue Marketing for media buying. There are some excellent internet marketing blogs (visit www.affbuzz.com for list of lots of them) that you can find valuable information on, but dont spend endless hours reading forums,etc…..Pick a method and just start. Trust me my 1st autoblogs look like crap now that I see them vs. the ones I build now.

If you are looking for quick internet riches with little work then you are bound to be dissapointed. I like to read occasional interviews with successful affiliates(many are which are still in early 20′s) and the common theme among all of them is that they work very hard. If you get frustrated, then don’t just keep hopping from one method to another everytime you read a sales page for some new product that promises to teach you all the secrets,etc…..expect to suffer setbacks and expect to be frustrated trying to figure out why your banner or text ad isnt getting clicks or your wordpress plugins aren’t working together correctly, or you are having hosting problems,etc….

Understand that all the gurus started as newbies and most worked hard until something just clicked and they had their 1st profitable PPC campaign or the right keywords for a niche site,etc……just keep working and realize that I get frustrated everyday(lately it’s trying to get my media buys to convert better) but if there are 20 year olds out there making a killing then I can too……(I’m a ripe 34 y/o, which seems to be old for affiliate marketers….lol)