Hope I am not too late

[vintik]

Hi All Members,

My name is Vinay and I am from India and totally new to affiliate marketing. For the past 6 years I have been into staffing and gave good results for my firm, but my boss has now expectations that are hard to fulfill in limited time and this is effecting my normal life.

I have been going through internet and tried few of the ways to make money, but the the process is very very slow and time consuming and even after giving its due time the returns are very low.

Now I want to give affiliate marketing a chance. I have tried couple of big forums and bought 2 courses as well, but they turned out to be half baked courses and didn't gave out full details.

I know things change very fast in this industry and one has to be on their toes all the time to cope up with the change.

I just have 2 questions from the members.

• I am 36 years old, am I too late to get into affiliate marketing.
• I want to give myself a time-frame in which I want to decide whether it is for me or not. So if anyone could guide me about the average time one takes to understand the whole process and implement it.

Hope to get some help on these and sorry if my english is difficult to understand as I am not a native speaker.

 

[T J Tutor]

Welcome to AffiliateFix!

Everyone has their own learning curves. Everyone has their own data absorption rates. We have had members earning in as little a few weeks, took many month, and of course there are those that do not treat it like a business and they are usually out pretty quick.

Anyone with reasonable intelligence, a reasonable budget for the area of marketing they will enter, and a willingness to know that it takes practice and commitment to be counted among those of us that earn daily.

Use this forum as a mentor. It's full of members at every level of experience which makes for many balanced perspectives for a Newbie to learn from. Take the time to read through the forums here and see for yourself that the Newbies achieving success have actually dedicated themselves to success in this industry and reaping the rewards by following the advice of fellow AffiliateFix members, being dedicated to success, putting the time in, and making the necessary investments. You cannot shortcut the learning curve. It goes slower for some and it goes faster for others. Everyone has their own intellectual absorption rates, skill development pace, commitment level, and budgets.

You are a FIX'er now and that means you have the world at your feet with IM. Here are a few suggestions:

Read and learn through extensive reading in this community. Select one vertical. one tracker, and one traffic source. Learn from your fellow members here to master each one of them (a couple of months). Then you can expand and replicate your successes.

As a Newbie, you need to read, study, invest, and implement. Perseverance, dedication, and taking action are the cornerstones of the success you will obtain.

Read
Read through the various areas of the forum to learn about the types of marketing available for your new business. Make a list of all the types of marketing and take some notes along the way. Then determine which area of marketing with which you will start your journey.

Do this to select an area of marketing to start, as well, do this to select a tracker, a traffic source, and to select a vertical.

Then read up on the affiliate networks and select two to begin with that will serve your needs and the types of offers you would like to promote. Put your application in and they will call you for an interview. Be professional and be prepared to answer some questions about how you will promote offers, do you have a website, are you a Newbie, etc. Please note, if you join the Dojo, we have a thread there that can offer assistance in getting accepted to some of the networks.

Study
Now that you have selected a basis to begin, read all of the threads in this forum that relate to your initial selections so that you have a rudimentary understanding of their features and benefits.

Invest
You will require some investment. A VPS server, domains, traffic, landing pages, etc. You will need a budget for daily, weekly, and monthly expenses. This will change over time and you will need to update it often so that you know exactly what your costs and earnings are.

Implement
This is where it all starts to earn. You must now begin to implement what you have established as your foundation for your business.

Here is some advice and guidance that will help you establish your initial goals:

Make sure you complete the following first.

Every business needs:

1. a plan
2. a schedule for research, learning, and execution
3. a budget.

Remember to read through our WIKI and get to know the basics as well as some of the buzz words in the industry.

I also recommend reading the following thread:

As a Newbie, What Stops You From Getting Started

Here is a set of immediate goals:

1. Get a VPS
2. Select a vertical
3. Select a tracker
4. Select a couple of networks and get your approval
5. Select a traffic source
6. Create a schedule for researching, learning (training), and working. This is a business, treat it as such!
7. Create a budget for every expense (daily, weekly, monthly)
8. Be very active in this forum by researching, asking questions, helping others when you are able.

Check out the new enhanced membership option here as it is full of great tools and features.

Remember This! : Nothing has to be perfect before you start. Read & study, but invest and implement at the same time. You cannot learn all of it from reading and studying. A great deal of your learning comes from implementing!

Good Luck!

T J

 

[vintik]

Thanks @Graybeard @T J Tutor

I want to know what does this "Verified Forum Access" contains. Do I need to subscribe it from the very start or should I wait and go through the forum Wiki first.

Regards

 

[T J Tutor]

This is what you get:

• Verified User Badge
• Verified Forum Access
• Links In Signature
• Images In Signature
• Introduction to Affiliate Marketing PDF
• Introduction to Affiliate Marketing Audio Book
• Can Change Username
• Remove Own Threads
• Remove Own Posts

We are adding many more benefits in 2018.

For now, if you do not see the benefit for the investment, that's okay.

As a Newbie, it is extremely important for you to establish a budget, study intensely, ask loads of questions, take action every day with campaigns, and never give up when you are faced with campaigns that don't work.

You will be spending money to learn to make money. This is true of any business.

 

[VirtualGlobalPhone]

hey @vintik ; welcome to affiliatefix. Good to have you here...

Few pointers for you ..
Age is never a factor for earning or doing work ; Passion, Willingness and Interest is.
No one was ever been successful when they ran behind money.
See the life ahead through the eyes of LEARNING than EARNING.

Best wishes and we look forward to read more ..

 

[internalsoul]

Hello vintik. Welcome to AffiliateFix Forum. Like everyone said, age is just a number. It's the willpower that counts. Follow the instructions provided by others.

Have a nice day
regards
Soul