Further, those same people have no operating budget, no plan, no goals, no marketing system, and basically believe that on blind faith they are going to succeed on the internet and making millions of dollars.
Here's what I have to say to these people. What in the world are you thinking? You have the vision to sign up for something, so you must have a dream. That's awesome!
But, what about the practicality and reality of things. Bottom line you are not an internet marketer. You are not someone who knows how to drive 1 or 10,000 visitors to your site every day! Reality check!
So what should these people do? They need to be realistic and plug into a marketing system that really works, is time tested, proven, and the person above you needs to be someone in the company.
If you can, I recommend signing up under the number one person in the company. That may take some homework on your part, but it's worth it!
Thousands upon thousands of people out there are signing up under nobodies. How are you going to make money and learn from someone who is number 1,512,232 in the company and is a normal Joe like you?
Get under the number one guy in any online business. This does many things. It gives you spillover because number one guys have a big recruitment base. It also helps us you learn from him, because what he does really works.
In conclusion, to all those people out there who think they are going to get rich signing up for a home business. It'll never happen. It'll never happen!
To make sure you succeed online you need to have an operating capital budget. Like anything else, your going to have to spend some money to make money. You will have to pay for online advertising, autoresponders, e-mail marketing campaigns, banner ads, e-zine ads, and so much more.
To the average Joe out there I say find yourself a company who has several people making money! Call the company president and ask him for a list of people who make over $1000 a month. If that list is not in the thousands, don't even bother!
You must treat your online business as a million dollar company. You should act like you just purchased your own company in your home town. If you did that you would advertise it, you'd tell all your friends and family about it, you'd run radio and tv ads, you'd find out about the best ways to market online and you'd implement them.
Oh, and let me say something about word-of-mouth. It is the oldest trick in the book. Wal-Mart was built on word of mouth! Yet people are afraid to simply tell others what they are doing! Fear equals false evidence appearing real. Tell others what you are marketing, and have them try it!
Oh, and finally, get with a company that has a free 14-20 day trial. If you can't try it, don't buy it. Try the company out, but in those 14 days don't just sit back and wait for the money to come in!
No, go out there and tell people about your business, advertise, tell all your friends and associates. Use all the advertising mediums and find someone who is successful online and imitate him/her.
Most of all your going to need a marketing system that works. Something that is "abc" and can be followed by a Kindergartner. Most online companies out there really don't know how to make you wealthy and have a proven system in place! They just want your up front money!
So, if you think your going to get rich just by signing up for something, think again! But if you truly want an online marketing company that has a proven marketing system--do your homework, and be realistic, your going to have to put in some good old-fashioned work and time.
Bare minimum, you need to put in 2 to 4 hours a day on the internet, placing ads, getting links to your website, and plugging into your marketing company's proven marketing system.
Plus, you need an operating budget, and you need to do exactly what your sponsor says to do to make money, and get under the top guy in the company, not the bottom...
Then, and only then, will you get rich online.
How Do I Get Rich
That something may be as simple as clicking on the ad itself (Pay Per Click), identifying themselves to the advertiser for further action (Pay Per Lead), or getting the visitor to buy something, either on the spot or within an agreed upon timeframe (Pay Per Sale).
There is tremendous debate about who started the first affiliate program, but Amazon's is probably the most successful (it was started in 1996). Around that time Linkshare, arguably the first affiliate network, was launched. I met with the Linkshare folks when they were first getting started, and they struck me as clever people with a great idea. BeFree, another early ad network that is now part of Commission Junction, was another company that got in early.
Unfortunately the dot com bust also caused a bust for affiliate marketers. Google's Adsense, combined with a growing economy and Internet ubiquity, brought the business and ecommerce in general back to robust growth.
Can you get rich from affiliate programs? More generally: Can you get rich from Internet Marketing?
Sure. This is America. Just don't expect to get rich overnight. There's no such thing as getting rich quick. It takes time, energy, and a lot of hard work. The poster boy for getting rich off the Internet has to be Darren Rouse of problogger.net. Darren admits to making several hundred thousand dollars a year with his blog, which shows other people how to make money on the Internet.
My first observation in getting back into the online world after six years offline is that the people who seem to be making the most money are the people who have products and services that they sell to people who want to make money on the Internet. I think that's pretty funny, but it's not going to last forever.
What's the formula? It's all about numbers. Get people to visit your site, engage them with your content and your ideas, and get them to do something that will make you money. The more people you can get to the site, the more chances you have to get people to take the action that enriches you.
Since you're reading this article I am assuming that you think you have a program for getting people to your site that is working well. If not, you shouldn't be reading about Affiliate Programs?you should be reading about programs for getting good traffic to your site, which I plan to cover at a later time.
Here are some examples of sites that make money, and how much they make (they are from sites for sale listings around the Internet):
A myspace.com support website has 60,000 unique visitors a day and makes about $1.8M per year.
A free tattoo website has 1,500 visitors a day and makes about $6000 a year.
A weight loss blog has 1,600 visitors a day and makes $36,000 a year.
A dictionary, encyclopedia and reference site has 1,800 visitors a day and makes $2,400 a year.
How much will you make? It all depends on the nature of your site, how good the content of your site is, how well the ads are integrated into the site, and if you have chosen the right offers for your audience.
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