Just finished reading this post and like it so much..!
There is so much misinformation floating around the affiliate marketing and PPC universe, I thought I would take the first post of 2009 to dispel some of these myths. Of course - mine is just one more opinion, so take it for what its worth.
- There is no one secret niche you don’t know about that “super affiliates” are making a ton of money from. Everyone has access to basically the same offers.
- There are no secret paid traffic sources that will make you a killing. Just versions of the basic 3: PPC, social networks, and media buy (display) networks.
- There are no ebooks that you can buy that will instantly make you money. Ebooks sell hope, not information.
- There are no forumulas for quality score that you can apply to every campaign to get perfect quality scores.
- There are no landing page templates that you can apply to every offer to be successful.
- There are no keyword lists that you can steal from your competitors to instantly make you money.
- There is no one technique that works between search and content.
- There is no one technique that works as far as direct linking vs landing pages.
What PPC and affiliate marketing all boils down to is one word: testing. That is the only truth in this industry built on gray areas.
Every niche, offer, landing page, keyword group, and tactic is different and the only way find out what works is testing. The reason I have been successful over the last 3 years is because I didn’t believe a word I read, and tested everything for myself.
There is one other common factor for success and that is hard work. Every person I have met who does well in affiliate marketing has put in countless hours getting to that level.
Want to make it big in affiliate marketing in 09? The only secret you need is start working hard and testing.
From CDF Network.com/Affiliate MarketingBy Chad on 01|05|09
