Monday, December 15, 2008

Mistakes New Affiliate Marketers Will Make

By Anson Hall

A lot of people would like to make more money. It is especially true in this economic downtime. You will want to have some extra income. As a result you may want to start making money online. And you may work in the field of affiliate marketing.

In order to start working, you will join some affiliate programs. I will not talk about how you should choose the programs here since they should be well illustrated in a lot of other articles or e-books. Yet, you will need to be careful about the number of programs you join.

In fact, it will be quite impossible for a newbie to promote in more than two niches. This is one of the most serious mistakes they will make. They will try to join as many programs as possible. However, you will not make money by doing that.

One thing you need to keep in mind is that you need to focus. It is better for you to work in two to three niches only. The fact here is that you will not have the time to work in 20 niches. You should try to make some money first and outsource your work later on. It is possible for you to make money in a lot of different niches when you can outsource your work.

Some newbies tend to start promoting the products right away. However, it will be difficult for you to promote them if you know nothing about the products or services. As suggested by a lot of other affiliate coaches, you should buy the products and use them.

You will know more about the products if you can try them before you promote. If it is totally not possible for you to try it, you will at least need to read reviews and articles on the products. It is very important for you to have some basic understanding of the products.

Some newbies may try to promote the affiliate products without having affiliate sites. Yes it is totally true that you may still be able to promote the products in places such as forums. However, you should still create your own sites. As a matter of fact, some forums will not allow you to post affiliate links. From this you will know the importance of your affiliate site.

Some new affiliate marketers will create a website with no content at all. They just put all the affiliate links on the site. They will think that they can make money by doing this. However, you will not make money if you do so. It is important to create an information affiliate site.

There are some newbies who think that they can make money instantly with affiliate marketing. However, this is never the truth. The real truth is that you will need to work hard. You will also need to work constantly for at least a few month before you can make money online with it.

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