Joseph Ratliff
<b>5 Star Success Guru</b>
Here's 3 little secrets about the affiliate marketing business that ebooks tend to leave out...
1) Think outside the box that ebooks and courses put you in. This is not a rant against the bad information out there on this subject (although there is a lot of it), but if you have learned something from a course or coaching of some type?don?t let that stop you from using your friggin? imagination and doing something you think is right for your business.
Our brains are way too complex and powerful to stop at ?doing what the course/coaching told me to.?
Think outside the box people. There?s nothing more frustrating for me to see than clients who say that ?something won?t work because ?x? told me it wouldn?t work.? Bull. Test it yourself and see if it works?let that test result form your opinion and never let anyone tell you something doesn?t work unless they have specific data or results to back up their opinion.
2) If you are the type who wants to figure this whole business out before going out and risking some and testing?let me give you a BIG secret here:
You?re NOT going to figure out this business and all the risks associated with it before you try. It doesn?t work that way. Besides, by trying to figure it all out first, you?re actually opening yourself up to more harm than good?because what works for someone else, may not work for you any how.
So, if this describes you, quit posting in forums like this one with the question ?If I do ____________, what results can I expect?? or a variation of that question. The answers you get could be totally baseless, and wrong (not applicable to your situation)?and what good does that do you?
3) Your whole affiliate marketing business world is NOT online. That?s right, I said it.
Private partnerships that pay better than affiliate networks?offline affiliate businesses?talking to people instead of hiding behind your screen?etc? there are offline options to consider. Affiliate networks are great, don't get me wrong, because they remove some of the risks associated with affiliate marketing...but they are not the end-all to your opportunities.
Folks, in the end this is freakin? business, and business is about people, not about hiding.
If you don?t have the guts to stand out and communicate to people with the intention of building relationships that help build your business and theirs?this business might not be for you, and it?s very hard to succeed if you don?t get out there and talk to people.
What do I mean when I say talk to people?
Yep, I mean things like picking up the friggin? telephone and talking to people once in awhile (I do it way more than once in awhile myself), getting out of your office and talking to other business owners, going to seminars and actually doing some real networking?etc?
If you?re afraid to do those things, I am sorry to say that same fear will manifest itself in other ways and become a serious roadblock to success as an affiliate marketer.
You need to learn the following to some degree (and please don?t let this paralyze you, you can learn as you go along)?
Learn marketing, learn copywriting, learn selling, learn business building?then get to work talking to people and forming the relationships that will help you to thousands of dollars as an affiliate.
Enough said.
As I say on my blog, in my contact with clients, and over and over again...
Business is, always has been, and always will be about people, people.
Remember that, and you'll do fine.
1) Think outside the box that ebooks and courses put you in. This is not a rant against the bad information out there on this subject (although there is a lot of it), but if you have learned something from a course or coaching of some type?don?t let that stop you from using your friggin? imagination and doing something you think is right for your business.
Our brains are way too complex and powerful to stop at ?doing what the course/coaching told me to.?
Think outside the box people. There?s nothing more frustrating for me to see than clients who say that ?something won?t work because ?x? told me it wouldn?t work.? Bull. Test it yourself and see if it works?let that test result form your opinion and never let anyone tell you something doesn?t work unless they have specific data or results to back up their opinion.
2) If you are the type who wants to figure this whole business out before going out and risking some and testing?let me give you a BIG secret here:
You?re NOT going to figure out this business and all the risks associated with it before you try. It doesn?t work that way. Besides, by trying to figure it all out first, you?re actually opening yourself up to more harm than good?because what works for someone else, may not work for you any how.
So, if this describes you, quit posting in forums like this one with the question ?If I do ____________, what results can I expect?? or a variation of that question. The answers you get could be totally baseless, and wrong (not applicable to your situation)?and what good does that do you?
3) Your whole affiliate marketing business world is NOT online. That?s right, I said it.
Private partnerships that pay better than affiliate networks?offline affiliate businesses?talking to people instead of hiding behind your screen?etc? there are offline options to consider. Affiliate networks are great, don't get me wrong, because they remove some of the risks associated with affiliate marketing...but they are not the end-all to your opportunities.
Folks, in the end this is freakin? business, and business is about people, not about hiding.
If you don?t have the guts to stand out and communicate to people with the intention of building relationships that help build your business and theirs?this business might not be for you, and it?s very hard to succeed if you don?t get out there and talk to people.
What do I mean when I say talk to people?
Yep, I mean things like picking up the friggin? telephone and talking to people once in awhile (I do it way more than once in awhile myself), getting out of your office and talking to other business owners, going to seminars and actually doing some real networking?etc?
If you?re afraid to do those things, I am sorry to say that same fear will manifest itself in other ways and become a serious roadblock to success as an affiliate marketer.
You need to learn the following to some degree (and please don?t let this paralyze you, you can learn as you go along)?
Learn marketing, learn copywriting, learn selling, learn business building?then get to work talking to people and forming the relationships that will help you to thousands of dollars as an affiliate.
Enough said.
As I say on my blog, in my contact with clients, and over and over again...
Business is, always has been, and always will be about people, people.
Remember that, and you'll do fine.
