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[Jüri Hass Contribution Level: 1]

Hi, folks,

Well, I have membership site with thousands of members, most of them are Affiliates. I have seen successful members but it is sad, that most are not successful, because they make mistakes, that are crucial to them.

Here's my list of main mistakes Affiliates do(You are welcome to add more):

1. Letting the greed control You - most newbie affiliates wanna earn money as soon as possible and as easy as possible!!! Dear Affiliates, calm down. If You are new to making money as Affiliate, Your head must be clear. You must take Your time and learn, go step by step and collect experience. Learn from others (here is very good place to learn btw.).

2. Trying to sell products that You don't know about - best way to sell is to show Your customer, how to use this product, how did You have success by using tips from that or another publisher. Did it work for You ... so on. What will they really get. Is it safe to buy it online. Can they get their money back? How?

3. Using anonymous ID - I will NEVER buy from anonymous people. Why are You afraid to leave You REAL NAME and contact information like e-mail and phone number? If You are hiding Your ID, then I think You are selling crap.

4. Stealing content to market Your WEB-site or Affiliate link! Don't do this! Write Your own Articles and reviews. If You don't know how to write, LEARN!!! There are lots of good examples out there. Just do some search in search engines, read it, feel it (did You belie that author? If not, find another until You will find an Article, that feels honest for You ). Write Honest Articles, reviews ... content. It looks hard, but if You have written some already, You start to like it

Well, I think that's all for now. Hope You will take those tips seriously.

[Paul Huxtable Contribution Level: 2]

Nice article,
thanks for the advice Juri

[Jüri Hass Contribution Level: 1]

Nice article,
thanks for the advice Juri

Thank You Paul. I must say, that this is not really an Article, it is my experience.

[Jüri Hass Contribution Level: 1]

Excellent strategy, James.

I would add to this that You must know, what You are selling, and Your customer must also find it out FROM YOU. One way to do this, is to capture customers e-mail, so You can send him exact and honest overview of the product to his/her e-mail. And if needed send more than one such e-mails (by using autoresponders).

[Angel Taylor Company: ViSalus Sciences Contribution Level: 2]

That's a great point James. I personally hadn't thought of that but I think I'll start doing that in my own marketing efforts now.

Thanks
~Angel

[Bonnie Sprung Contribution Level: 2]

Good info Juri,

I also agree to use different domain names and to mask the URL.
That is a good point about the banners. I think I used mostly generic ones, but now I have to go and check.
Thanks for sharing.

Bonnie Sprung
USA Studio & Associates

[Jüri Hass Contribution Level: 1]

And again, I totally agree with James. I also started to create my own banners. Here is one example how I created one (and i use this tool more and more, because I get better results): http://www.betternetworker.com/articles ... s-tutorial

[Josef Benjamin Contribution Level: 2]

Hi, folks,

Well, I have membership site with thousands of members, most of them are Affiliates. I have seen successful members but it is sad, that most are not successful, because they make mistakes, that are crucial to them.

Here's my list of main mistakes Affiliates do(You are welcome to add more):

1. Letting the greed control You - most newbie affiliates wanna earn money as soon as possible and as easy as possible!!! Dear Affiliates, calm down. If You are new to making money as Affiliate, Your head must be clear. You must take Your time and learn, go step by step and collect experience. Learn from others (here is very good place to learn btw.).

2. Trying to sell products that You don't know about - best way to sell is to show Your customer, how to use this product, how did You have success by using tips from that or another publisher. Did it work for You ... so on. What will they really get. Is it safe to buy it online. Can they get their money back? How?

3. Using anonymous ID - I will NEVER buy from anonymous people. Why are You afraid to leave You REAL NAME and contact information like e-mail and phone number? If You are hiding Your ID, then I think You are selling crap.

4. Stealing content to market Your WEB-site or Affiliate link! Don't do this! Write Your own Articles and reviews. If You don't know how to write, LEARN!!! There are lots of good examples out there. Just do some search in search engines, read it, feel it (did You belie that author? If not, find another until You will find an Article, that feels honest for You ). Write Honest Articles, reviews ... content. It looks hard, but if You have written some already, You start to like it

Well, I think that's all for now. Hope You will take those tips seriously.

good article bro.

#1 is true. to some extent. There is no rule saying a newbie can't make a few thousand dollars in their first 6 months online...or even their first 6 weeks. It helps when you have a coach who will show you the right steps from the start. And sometimes, it's not even about experinece, it's just taking risk and hardwork.

There's no rule that you can't hit a ball out of the park the first time at bat...but consistently hitting the ball out of the park is what brings steady success.

#2 I definitly don't agree with because I sell yoga affilite products and I'm not personally intrested in Yoga myself...yet I make alot of money selling it.

Does it help to know your product? sure.

But part of taking risk is taking on niches you may feel uncomfortable doing or have never done.

The point is to connect the intrested buyer with what THEY want, not what YOU are intrested in selling them.

It certainly helps if what your intrested in, you happen to be great at it and people are willing to PAY for it, but if not...it's time to expand that comfort a bit.

[ryan vidal Contribution Level: 1]

Juri's experience is really great!
You really have great ideas through experience one word the gives me a BIG idea is the word you say LEARN, learning is the key to success.
Thanks Juri!

[Corey DaSIlva Contribution Level: 2]

Thanks for the tips. I'll definentely keep these things in mind next time I'm running an affiliate campaign.
Big help.
Thanks Again,
-Corey