By: Daryl Campbell
Between 1924 and 1967, nightclubs dominated the American landscape. It was possible back then to walk out of one club and have ten more in one block staring you in the face. Each one claiming to have the best entertainment, best food and drink or best anything else a patron desired. Today that analogy perfectly fits affiliate marketing online.
Many affiliate programs will have you believing the hype. All you have to do is put a link back to their main web page and presto instant bling flows into your bank account. NOT!
Now to be fair this does apply to some affiliates but in the case of the overwhelming majority of affiliate marketers it is a totally different story but it does not have to be so one sided.
According to a recent study of online users
--100% use email
--88% use text messaging and SMS
--71% use message boards and forums
--63% use blogs
--36% use podcasting
--28% subscribe to RSS feeds
This is why it is important to build your own list (and website). Even with spam complaints and new spam filters coming out almost daily, all of us still communicate by email. For you and your affiliate marketing business this is a chance to break away from the group of Ninety Five. That is the percentage of affiliate marketers who make little or no money with their programs. [Read full article]
Many affiliate programs will have you believing the hype. All you have to do is put a link back to their main web page and presto instant bling flows into your bank account. NOT!
Now to be fair this does apply to some affiliates but in the case of the overwhelming majority of affiliate marketers it is a totally different story but it does not have to be so one sided.
According to a recent study of online users
--100% use email
--88% use text messaging and SMS
--71% use message boards and forums
--63% use blogs
--36% use podcasting
--28% subscribe to RSS feeds
This is why it is important to build your own list (and website). Even with spam complaints and new spam filters coming out almost daily, all of us still communicate by email. For you and your affiliate marketing business this is a chance to break away from the group of Ninety Five. That is the percentage of affiliate marketers who make little or no money with their programs. [Read full article]
