Here are some misconceptions that new affiliate marketers have that will be discussed along with advice on how to overcome them.
As a matter of fact, you saw a great offer and just signed up for their affiliate program.
In addition to being a great product, you can actually use it and would recommend it to others.
Their affiliate program utilizes a free landing page, customized with your own unique affiliate link.
As well as access to pre-made banners and swipe files for you to copy and paste, already linked to you.
This affiliate program pays 50% commission on all of their products, services and their tracking cookies are long duration.
How hard can it be?
Spend a few dollars for ads on Facebook (or your favorite social media platform) and you’re gonna be living the laptop lifestyle right?
Before you choose which Lambo you want, here are some misconceptions that new affiliate marketers have that you will want to avoid.
Believing the hype.
And yes, I do mean the hype that attracted you to join this particular program.
Those income screenshots that every program uses to show you what’s possible.
Can you make that much in your first few days with this program?
Probably not.
For that reason, you need to approach this as a long term business, not a way to get rich quick.
I believe in you and your ability to make it happen, but don’t believe the hype.
Expecting results immediately with little or no effort.
Just like your real life job, you need to show up daily and commit to working on your business.
Say you opened a coffee shop, you’d make it part of your daily grind right? YES!
Not to mention you must advertise and get people to come get their daily cup of joe.
Well, now you have an affiliate website, what are you going to do to make it work?
Have you thought about how to generate traffic to come look at your product or service?
No? By all means, keep on reading.
No plan or goals to follow.
You need to have a specific plan to follow with clear short and long term goals.
Did you join this affiliate program thinking that you were going to make a lot of money?
Ok, so how much money and when do you want it? (Be realistic here, making 10k in 72 hours is not realistic.)
As a matter of fact, most people would quit their day job by earning 10k per month.
Now that’s a pretty clear and specific long term goal.
Now think about how are you going to make that goal.
A little math, 30 days divided into 10k and you get $333 that you need daily.
Breaking it down even further, you can sell low ticket (up to $97) and assuming 50% commission, you would need 7 sales EVERY DAY.
Promoting a mid range product (up to $497) with 50% commission, you only need 2 sales a day.
Offering a quality high ticket product or service (over $997) requires just ONE sale daily.
Promoting your affiliate website.
Ok, I get the math but how am I supposed to get sales and build my email list?
Create your own website that links to your affiliate program or service.
Because every affiliate who joins this program gets the same website that you do.
You have to make yourself stand out from the other affiliates.
One way you should try is your expertise, its unique so put it to use.
For example, when you talk about how your coffee is so full bodied, the spoon stands up by itself.
People who live and share your passion for that full bodied cup of joe will resonate with you.
People will feel the love and will want join your list for more details that you can email them.
If you’re thinking about quitting.
Have you been working this program for awhile now with very little to show for it?
Are you getting discouraged and beginning to wonder if your online business is worth it after all?
These are some misconceptions that new affiliate marketers have, maybe this post helped you too.
Just like any worthwhile activity, you got to figure out what you need to be doing.
Always show up and learn daily and never quit.
No one has ever achieved success by quitting. Neither will you.