I’ve been doing affiliate marketing for a little over three weeks now and let me just say, it’s not quick easy money. I didn’t think it was before I started but after three weeks, I’m still working on making money.
I’ve had my good days and bad days. And I’m not talking about making money cause that hasn’t come to me yet. I’ve had one sale, but I attribute that to a fluke now. At first, the initial rush of the idea of making tens of thousands of dollars per month sounded so exciting. Who wouldn’t be drooling? I read as much as I could online. I found out there are so many blogs written about this and all sharing their tips. Saw that they had success. Even some that are new to this are making money, even if it’s just a little.
On the flip side, the information can be confusing and overwhelming. CSS, HTML, redirects, landing pages, ad groups, CPC, etc. It’s like learning a new language. All new lingo.
That didn’t deter me. So instead of reading for a month or two and then actually trying, I decided to try and launch a campaign. Dive right in. Learn as I go. Fall and see if I get back up. I signed up with some networks. Got rejected by many more. Looked at the offers. Found some that I liked. I spent some time putting up a landing page. I found a free template online and tweaked it. I’m sure I made mistakes.
I used Adwords and Yahoo Search Marketing. And then every morning I checked my stats and commission. Got impressions and clicks but not as high as I imagined. However, no sales. That went on day after day. Made changes to landing page. Tried new keywords. Got old of bad ones. Read tips online. Still the same.
I’m sure I didn’t pick the best niche to market. To me that has been the hardest to do. I spend a lot of time looking through offers. I’ve launched a couple other campaigns but the results have been the same. It must be what I’m trying to market. The right niche has to be the most important thing. So maybe that’s why I’m not getting as many impressions as I want, therefore not many clicks and no sales.
In about three weeks I’ve learned a lot already. What is frustrating is that I want success. I want to be where others are now but have to remember they’ve spent years getting to that uber successful level.
I’ve read people say expect to lose money at the beginning. It sounds like not a big deal before you actually start but when you’re actually losing money, then it hurts more. Especialy after almost three weeks. However I don’t lose what I can’t afford. I figure what I lose while learning, I can make back in one day when I get really good at this. Yet I would like to see some break even days at least to start.
It’s easy to just give up and say it won’t work. But if I admit defeat now, I’ll never reach my potential.
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