Storebuilder Blog - Productivity

There is the easy way of doing things and the hard way of doing things.

If you are working the hard way and you are not smart enough to find out if there is an easier way then you are going to struggle as an affiliate.

Many affiliates work very hard and get nowhere.

Is that you? It was certainly me years ago. I used to equate putting the hours in as the measure by which I would be judged by. Now I have come to realise how foolish that outlook is and why it means that the worker who has their nose close to the grindstone has their vision full and can't see past the immediate work at hand.

Whilst the worker who takes time to survey the surrounding area can spot new opportunities to make money.

As a starting affiliate you need a couple of things to fall into place for you to be able to make a living.

First of all you need to get lucky.

Whatever you build as your first site needs to start generating some income for you to be sufficiently motivated to carry on building your sites.

Secondly you need to pick the right product to promote so that you earn enough money to be able to quit your job.

So wouldn't it be great if you knew beforehand which were the markets and products that were guaranteed to make you money before you even start building a website!

Working smarter means exactly that - finding the markets and products that will guarantee you the most return for the least amount of effort. Not that we lack for effort around here!

I mean once you get the bug for building sites and see the money start to flow it's unusual for an affiliate NOT to work less than a 12 hour day.

But that is simply their choice. It's not because they have to work like a dog. The smarter they get and the easier the tasks become to do then the easier it becomes to make money.

So how can we get a feel for a market before writing a single line of code?

Contact the affiliate manager!

Affiliate managers are a hub of information. They see the process from both sides of the story. They see the affiliate sites that are put together to drive the traffic to the offer and they see the conversion story from the other side. So they know what works!

Finding good affiliate managers to talk to should be your first priority before you even register a domain name.

The problem with affiliate managers is that - like affiliates - there are just too few good ones to go around and so the good ones get snowed under with requests for help and support.

How to find a good affiliate manager to help you:

Use google!

Find the promoting company and call them up. Ask to speak to the affiliate manager. A few minutes time with one of these guys or girls can save you weeks and weeks of work heading in the wrong direction.

Often they will be cagey about disclosing information but once you do get a little out of them - act on it!

Then show them what you've done with their advice.

They will then be more inclined to help you achieve your goal.

The fact is that lot's of affiliates say they will do this or that and then never even get started, which is why affiliate managers tend to stick to working with the cream.

 

 

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