Becoming an affiliate marketer was once a easy thing to do.



Then it became really easy and really profitable when people

really found out how to do it. Back in the day you could

take a product with some value in niche you were promoting,

set up a landing page (or not even do that), promote it and

watch the money pore in. And if you applied a list building

form in the squeeze page you were not only making sales but

getting sign ups as well.

Lately, though, I have heard some rumblings about if

affiliate marketing is still profitable. There is a lot more

people taking the plunge into product creation and certain

advertising sources that were once getting a lot of people

money has kind of dried up. Times have changed and they

obviously has effect on certain niche markets. But the fact

of the matter is that as times change the marketer has to

change as well.

There is no doubt that you can still make money as a

affiliate marketer but it’s a different game now. There’s is

lot more competition and a lot more info on how to do this

effectively. The average customer is more savvy but at the

same time there are plenty of customers that don’t know what

they want and can be sold anything. It's just harder to see

which is which.

The problem, ultimately is not the state of affiliate

marketing but the actual affiliate marketer. The direction

is blurred between the different trends that’s going on

right now on the internet. Last year it was Blog and Ping,

this year its ppc tricks. How to steal profitable campaigns,

how to spy on your competitors, how to get free clicks on

google are all of the things that newbies will see and

automatically assume that ppc is the way to go. That's just

a lack of research and a case of being lazy.

You can still make a fortune as a affiliate marketer but

you have to create a foundation for yourself. Yes, you're

suppose to take action but only when you know what you are

doing. Have a clear plan for yourself. The reason why people

fail at this is because they treat this as a hobby. This is

a business and other people that have been successful at

this, treat this like their full time business. (Even if

they still have job)

The first thing you should be concern with is building a

targeted list for whatever niche you are in. Without a list

you're not going to make it. Most newbies get attracted to

ppc in the first place because they think its easy and fast.

And even though its fast, its far from easy and there is

limitations to it. Unless you are offering visitors to sign

up for your list, the best thing you are going to get is

front-end sales. With the fierce competition on search

engines its hard to turn visitors to sales, and also keep

your ad spend down.

If you are looking at promoting physical products with

direct linking, you might wanna put that off until you

generate some money first. Promoting high end electronic and

other stuff is a ok move but to start off doing that is

tough. They are usually the toughest to break into since

certain search engines don't like marketers doing direct high either.

In order to become successful as a affiliate marketer you

have to take advantage at all of a possibility of a sale.

Front-end, back-end, oto offer (one-time offer),

time-sensitive products, JV promotions, all of the angles

should be covered. And that take time to understand so let

that sink in first then take action. Then create your

squeeze page and offer a something free to your prospects.

Everybody loves something free. Then research different ways

to promote your landing page. Your landing page should some

how be linked to what ever product your promoting.

Affiliate Marketing is still profitable only if you take

the time to fully understand that it takes a solid

foundation first. Then and only at that time can you become

something major in the affiliate marketing world.