3 mistakes I made as a new affiliate marketer trying to make money online

I’m an affiliate marketer, blogger, e-newsletter owner, and own three Amazon stores. So I am experienced in the different ways to earn money online.

I want new people to see how much I’ve learned and see that when I failed… I failed forward :o) There’s so much information out there, it’s overwhelming, Let me be your sherpa on this mountain.

This blog is for beginners so that they can avoid the pitfalls and shorten their learning curve and path to success in internet marketing business.

My blog is different because all the other programs and blogs will give you a model, but even in their program they don’t give you the Master Model… you know, with all the technical details.

I’ll give them to you for free!

#1) I waited too long to start

Wait too long? What I mean by “too long” is that, like everyone else on YouTube, I saw the affiliate marketing ads. But because they felt like I was watching a bad infomercial… (You know what I’m talking about right?…give me the next 20 seconds and I’ll change your life!) lol

I thought, this is not real because why would they be selling a program if they could make millions using their own “proven system” followed by the disclaimer: “These results are not typical”.

AWOL-Another Way of Life-I found Keala’s video on YouTube and it intrigued me, but it took me a second time to think I could do this. That was my fault for not investigating further.

Keala is the co-owner and leader of AWOL. For the $99 entry point, it’s the most comprehensive program I’ve seen.

What makes AWOL my choice for affiliate marketing programs is that it’s incredibly detailed, you get 20 hours of video content.

The proof is in the pudding-In these videos you are guided step by step through the process of integrating the different programs and tools. They also focus on the principles of changing a person’s mindset because it is considered to be the most important factor in someone’s success in their online business. It’s a long process with a lot of hard work, if you don’t have the right mindset you really don’t stand a chance.

What caught my attention were the details of what Keala had to say about affiliate marketing. That made sense and became something I was very interested in doing.

There are other good programs and resources out there, one of them I’ve learned a lot from is Pat Flynn. He hosts a very informative podcast called Smart Passive Income.

By waiting several months, I wasted precious time and postponed my growth because I didn’t understand what affiliate marketing was.

I liked Keala’s video because it was different, he was the only one that showed real proof of what affiliate marketing is and how to make money from it. Simple… show me the money, right? LOL

My blog for new affiliate marketers

One of the first things I did when I started my AWOL training course was to open an automated Amazon store, now I have 3. There are many different web hosting platforms you can choose from.

When I finished the training, I figured if spending $5 a day got you X number of leads, then if I quadrupled that to $20 a day…then I got 4 times as many leads. It worked… zero x 4 = 0

I don’t know how long it took me to get my first lead, but it was more than a couple of days. Then they started trickling in after splitting up the test of my audience for my ad. I’ll get into that in a later article.

The reason my ad was ineffective was that I targeted the wrong people. I was targeting other sellers, who would click the link in my ad just to see what it was, but weren’t interested in signing up because they already had a marketing job.

So start small, micro-size and then when you have it optimized you can scale it up and quadruple your ad budget. This is the biggest mistake I see new people make!

3) Have Patience and Faith, it takes Time.

Very few people have gotten rich quick from affiliate marketing, but most of the time it takes time to build a list of subscribers and time for your ads to reach people. Most people don’t buy the first time they see the ad, it takes time for the true value to settle in, so to speak.

What products do I recommend? – I only recommend products that I personally use or believe in. The most important thing we do is provide value and valuable content to our subscribers.

If we engage them and give them the tools to succeed, they will stay with us throughout their journey.

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