Affiliate marketing is a funny animal. On the one hand, there’s not a lot of work involved because the product and sales page, and in many cases, the ads, are all done for you. All you have to do is promote. It doesn’t get easier than that. On the other hand, you’re competing with a lot of other affiliates promoting the same product, which can be a real challenge if you’re not a big name marketer. This article is going to point out several critical mistakes that you could be making. Check to see which ones are on your critical list.

Probably the worst mistake that affiliate marketers make is heading over to the Clickbank marketplace and looking for the hottest product they can find to promote. You might be wondering how this can be a mistake. After all, the product is already selling, so what’s the problem? The problem is, if the product is the top selling product, that means there are hundreds, if not thousands of affiliates promoting it. This kind of competition can kill a beginner marketer.

Then we get to the issue of the ads. As I said above, in many cases, the merchant will have ads provided for you to use. So how can this be bad? Well, think about it. If every affiliate is using the same ads provided by the merchant, how does anybody stand out? The answer is, nobody stands out. Making a sale is nothing but a crap shoot because your ad doesn’t distinguish you from the other affiliates. So, if you want to make any headway as an affiliate marketer, stop using the canned ads.

Finally, there’s advertising itself, or more specifically the methods of advertising that most affiliates use, especially those just starting out. This is another example of the herd mentality. Somebody starts spouting the gospel according to John Doe and every marketer in existence is using his marketing method. Nobody uses any originality and the marketplace is saturated with the same garbage. It’s like a sea of conformity. Well, if you want to make real progress, you have to think outside the box and use methods that everybody else in the world isn’t beating to death.

If you can avoid making these critical mistakes, you’ll give yourself a decent chance of becoming a successful affiliate marketer.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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