The truth behind affiliate marketing is the fact that 90% of affiliates will actually make less than $100 a month.  Therefore, you shouldn’t count on making a full time income unless you can get very good at the following:

1. Website – being able to design a high converting site, which includes Colors… Copy… and your Call To Action all play a major part in conversions.

• Traffic – whether paid or free, you need to choose one and run with it. Get good at it. Paid traffic is instantaneous, whereas free traffic … like SEO, takes a little more effort and time. Choose one traffic method and master it – then move on to the next. Don’t try doing too much as once.

• Offer – by choosing the right offer for the right audience. Make sure you do your research prior to building your website and sending traffic based around a product you think will sell. First… make sure there is a market for the product – people willing to pay for a solution to their problem.

• Merchants – Before you move forward with promoting any offer, make sure the merchant is reputable and has a history of providing quality products. A simple message can make things a whole lot easier for you in the long run.

Too many people out there assume that affiliate marketing is actually a get-rich-quick type of program.  These types of people will throw up a couple of banners, and then wonder why they never make a single sale or any money at all.

How long you’ll need to do it depends on how much money you want to make.  If you are a quick learner and really good at affiliate marketing, you may hit $2,000 in 2 years.  This is based on the fact that you are starting at $0 and the fact that you have another full time job, not being able to devote a lot of time working with your affiliate marketing program.

If you decide to give it a try, the hardest challenge will be the first few months.  If you check your stats and see that you are only making a couple of bucks, you’ll find yourself wondering if all the hard work was worth it.  If you get some sales going and stay committed with your hard work, the commissions should start growing.

One of the biggest factors with affiliate marketing is the traffic that goes through your site.  Even though you’ll get a lot of traffic passing through your website, only a fraction of the traffic will be buyers.

The key here is knowing your visitors and then being able to determine which affiliate programs you can offer to meet their needs.  There is also the concept of pre-sale, which is the ability to put your visitors in the required open and mind set that’s required for them to actually click on what you are selling.

By sticking with affiliate marketing, you’ll learn more and more over the years.  You can’t expect to be the best when you first start, it’ll take a lot of hard work and dedication.  By putting the time and effort into your programs, you’ll be well on your way to making it in the very profitable and exciting world of affiliate marketing.

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