5 Things I have learned from Affiliate Marketing
Posted by Marko | Filed under Affiliate Marketing
Here are a few things I have learned from Affiliate Marketing in the past year…
1. Track everything! Track every click, every link and every referring domain. If you’re running a PPC Campaign then you should be tracking down to the keyword. I track everything including keywords, ad group and ad. The more data that you have the better.
2. Buying a crap load of tools and e books wont make you a good AM, its all about trial and error. No book can replace the feeling of loosing $500 and for that exact reason you will learn more from doing not reading. Reading is good to learn the basics but really you just have to do it to know EXACTLY how it all works.
3. Start small and work your way up. Create one campaign at a time and put a lot of effort into it. Make a nice landing page that is also SEO friendly and keep testing various versions of it. One campaign can mean 10 different designs so why start 10 campaigns with 1 design? If you do 1 design and never test it then it will most likely fail and you will move on. Take long to pick a niche or market you want to get into and take long to get out of it.
4. Focus on one type of marketing at a time. Sometimes we get so excited about a new advertising opportunity that we half ass our other campaigns so we can move onto the new ones. Don’t. Not only will you screw yourself with bad campaigns that you will spend more time fixing then optimizing but you will develop bad habits that can lead to many unsuccessful campaigns.
5. Create daily report and monitor your campaigns. You have to keep an eye on everything and manage it. The more time you spend looking at this stuff the easier it will be for you to spot trouble areas and things that are working well. Don’t expect anything but great reuslts and never settle. If you made $150 today then aim for $200 tomorrow! Keep yourself motivated any way you can, seriously.
Hopefully you are getting the idea by now. Affiliate Marketing takes work and will take you some time to get going but in retrospect it is quite easy to get into and learn. All the information you need is o the web and free. The only thing stopping you from making $20K/month is yourself.
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One Response to “5 Things I have learned from Affiliate Marketing”
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Rob Taylor Says:
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 amGreat advice here. So many people think of AM in a set-and-forget cash machine kind of mentality. Obviously it takes work to succeed. Sharing this article now.
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