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If you need free ebook: 
 Top 21 affiliate marketing programs 
 Top 12 secrets to be successful in affiliate marketing 
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pls visit: affiliatemarketingaz.com 
I. Affiliate marketing guides 
This post is meant for those of you who have been on the fence about getting into affiliate marketing. 
It’s also meant for those of you who may have tried it in the past, but essentially gave up. 
No, it’s not going to be another long-winded verbal lecture on perseverance and not giving-up. 
Instead, I’m going to try to light a fire under your ass by showing you exactly what happened to me 
today. 
For "Fun" 
Today I woke up, made some tea (which is rather unusual for me as I usually drink coffee), and started 
my stopwatch to track my morning 3-hour work session, just as I do everyday. 
I did my usual routine of analyzing and optimizing my previous day’s campaigns and looking at my 
overall numbers, and then proceeded to tend to my e-mails. One of my e-mails was from one of my 
affiliate managers announcing a new offer on their network. Just as I always do if the offer piques my 
interest, I checked it out in more detail to see if it was something I would want to run. 
At first, I almost did, but then I decided to run 2 different offers instead, simply because I loved the angle 
opportunities for them. 
Due to the simplicity and speed of launching campaigns, I actually find it kind of fun sometimes, and not 
work or a chore. In fact, while I was setting them up, I thought to myself how it is almost relaxing 
(especially the image sourcing part). 
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This isn’t always the case. Sometimes it’s a real pain to set up a new campaign (landing pages and 
foreign-language offers can be annoying). But generally, setting up a new campaign is really quite quick 
and easy to do – and I’m including all tracking and initial split-testing set-up as well. 
Anyhow, it probably took me around 30-minutes to set these 2 campaigns up. They were each using 
offers from different networks, and I set them up on Facebook, direct linking. 
5-Minutes Later 
5-minutes later, all my ads were approved and now I was just waiting for traffic to start. There is usually 
a bit of a delay when a new Facebook ad is approved or unpaused. For me, it tends to take between 30- 
45 minutes. 
To this day, I’ve had a 99% ad approval rate. Run legitimate ads and offers, and you should never have a 
problem. 
1-Hour Later 
One hour later, I was pumped up. BOTH campaigns had already brought in conversions and were 
profitable right off the bat. 
This is without any optimization or adjustments of any kind. 
From that point on, you can be sure that I kept refreshing my stats constantly throughout the day. 
Whenever you find a new profitable campaign – no matter what size the campaign is at, it’s always a 
huge endorphin rush and a real high. 
The Results 
Okay, so here’s how the campaigns did. 
Before I continue, please note that these are essentially "raw" campaigns. That is, they are completely 
unoptimized and have not been tested (for example, I only used 1 angle per campaign). 
They also only ran since around 1-2pm, so approximately half the day. 
Taking these things into consideration should show why I was so excited despite these not being the 
hugest of numbers – there is definite scaling and optimization potential. 
II. Affiliate marketingstrategies 
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Affiliate marketing is a low-cost 
way for merchants to build 
awareness and showcase their 
products and services. The model 
is simple; it works as a 
commission-based referral 
system. A partner or affiliate 
markets a merchant's products 
for a "piece of the pie." 
Affiliate marketing experts often make an income that can tally over five figures 
per month, however only 1 to 5% of thousands of marketers achieve this level. 
When an affiliate reaches this elite level they are often referred to as a "super" 
affiliate. 
How does one become a super affiliate? Can anyone do it? Super affiliates have 
common tactics that they embrace and put into place. Anyone can become a 
super affiliate, but it will not come without blood, sweat, and a hefty time 
commitment. The typical super affiliate possesses the following traits: 
 Persistence 
 Patience 
 Thirst for Knowledge 
These three traits combined with the following strategy gives you the formula for 
the makings of a "super" affiliate. 
1. Find a Unique Niche 
The mistake that many affiliate marketing hopefuls have in common is that they 
try to offer everything under the sun rather than focusing on a specific niche 
market. Do not scatter your efforts, focus on your niche, promote it, and sell it 
well. 
2. Search Engine Marketing 
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Once you've built your affiliate storehouse you will need to promote it. Many 
affiliates use pay-per-click engines. I suggest that you learn how to achieve organic 
search results or hire a search engine marketing company. This will save you from 
spending all your profits on pay-per-click engines. Only use pay-per-click engines 
if you know what you are doing, otherwise all your profits may end in the hands of 
Google Adwords or Overture. 
3. Know Your Product, Know Your Audience 
Create a resource. By taking the time to learn about the products and/or services 
that you are offering you can create information that builds your credibility. That 
credibility builds trust. If your viewers do not have trust in you more than likely 
they will not purchase from your storehouse. If you want more information on the 
psychological process that an online buyer goes through I suggest that you read 
my article on the Five Levels of Internet Marketing and the Sales Process. This will 
help you in creating a web site that converts well, which in return will increase 
your cash flow. 
4. Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket 
Promote products from different merchants. This way if you have a problem with 
receiving payment from a merchant, or their products do not convert well the 
effects on your business will be minimal. Watch out for exclusivity agreements; 
remember this is your business. Protect yourself and diversify so that you do not 
feel the famine effect if something goes wrong. There is absolutely nothing wrong 
with promoting niche products from different merchants. 
5. Seek Knowledge and Embrace Change 
If you are familiar with Internet marketing at all you know that what worked three 
months ago may not work today. Stay on top of the trends. Seek knowledge, start 
by learning something new about affiliate marketing daily. For example remember 
those marketing tools called "banner" that use to drive sales at an astronomical 
rate a few years ago? Well those banners developed a term called "banner 
blindness." That means most online viewers will not click on banners even if they 
Performance review phrases comments/ free download examples Page 4
do pertain to what they are looking for. To be a "super" affiliate you must always 
spend time reading, learning, and embracing the changes in Internet marketing. 
6. Don't Give Up 
It's hard to do, and most of the time those dabbling in affiliate marketing give up 
way too soon. Monitor your statistics, watch to see what is working and what is 
not. Make changes when necessary. Do one thing daily to promote your storehouse 
and be patient. Before you know it you will start getting payments. 
Remember that it will not happen overnight. Encompass and develop the 
persistence, patience, and knowledge. Then follow the tactics I've mentioned 
above and you are on your way to becoming a "super" affiliate. 
Performance review phrases comments/ free download examples Page 5

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How did affiliate marketing start

  • 1. How did affiliate marketing start In this file, you can ref free useful materials about how did affiliate marketing start and other materials for how did affiliate marketing start such as affiliate programs, affiliate tips… If you need free ebook:  Top 21 affiliate marketing programs  Top 12 secrets to be successful in affiliate marketing  Top 8 free affiliate marketing ebooks for beginners pls visit: affiliatemarketingaz.com I. Affiliate marketing guides This post is meant for those of you who have been on the fence about getting into affiliate marketing. It’s also meant for those of you who may have tried it in the past, but essentially gave up. No, it’s not going to be another long-winded verbal lecture on perseverance and not giving-up. Instead, I’m going to try to light a fire under your ass by showing you exactly what happened to me today. For "Fun" Today I woke up, made some tea (which is rather unusual for me as I usually drink coffee), and started my stopwatch to track my morning 3-hour work session, just as I do everyday. I did my usual routine of analyzing and optimizing my previous day’s campaigns and looking at my overall numbers, and then proceeded to tend to my e-mails. One of my e-mails was from one of my affiliate managers announcing a new offer on their network. Just as I always do if the offer piques my interest, I checked it out in more detail to see if it was something I would want to run. At first, I almost did, but then I decided to run 2 different offers instead, simply because I loved the angle opportunities for them. Due to the simplicity and speed of launching campaigns, I actually find it kind of fun sometimes, and not work or a chore. In fact, while I was setting them up, I thought to myself how it is almost relaxing (especially the image sourcing part). Performance review phrases comments/ free download examples Page 1
  • 2. This isn’t always the case. Sometimes it’s a real pain to set up a new campaign (landing pages and foreign-language offers can be annoying). But generally, setting up a new campaign is really quite quick and easy to do – and I’m including all tracking and initial split-testing set-up as well. Anyhow, it probably took me around 30-minutes to set these 2 campaigns up. They were each using offers from different networks, and I set them up on Facebook, direct linking. 5-Minutes Later 5-minutes later, all my ads were approved and now I was just waiting for traffic to start. There is usually a bit of a delay when a new Facebook ad is approved or unpaused. For me, it tends to take between 30- 45 minutes. To this day, I’ve had a 99% ad approval rate. Run legitimate ads and offers, and you should never have a problem. 1-Hour Later One hour later, I was pumped up. BOTH campaigns had already brought in conversions and were profitable right off the bat. This is without any optimization or adjustments of any kind. From that point on, you can be sure that I kept refreshing my stats constantly throughout the day. Whenever you find a new profitable campaign – no matter what size the campaign is at, it’s always a huge endorphin rush and a real high. The Results Okay, so here’s how the campaigns did. Before I continue, please note that these are essentially "raw" campaigns. That is, they are completely unoptimized and have not been tested (for example, I only used 1 angle per campaign). They also only ran since around 1-2pm, so approximately half the day. Taking these things into consideration should show why I was so excited despite these not being the hugest of numbers – there is definite scaling and optimization potential. II. Affiliate marketingstrategies Performance review phrases comments/ free download examples Page 2
  • 3. Affiliate marketing is a low-cost way for merchants to build awareness and showcase their products and services. The model is simple; it works as a commission-based referral system. A partner or affiliate markets a merchant's products for a "piece of the pie." Affiliate marketing experts often make an income that can tally over five figures per month, however only 1 to 5% of thousands of marketers achieve this level. When an affiliate reaches this elite level they are often referred to as a "super" affiliate. How does one become a super affiliate? Can anyone do it? Super affiliates have common tactics that they embrace and put into place. Anyone can become a super affiliate, but it will not come without blood, sweat, and a hefty time commitment. The typical super affiliate possesses the following traits:  Persistence  Patience  Thirst for Knowledge These three traits combined with the following strategy gives you the formula for the makings of a "super" affiliate. 1. Find a Unique Niche The mistake that many affiliate marketing hopefuls have in common is that they try to offer everything under the sun rather than focusing on a specific niche market. Do not scatter your efforts, focus on your niche, promote it, and sell it well. 2. Search Engine Marketing Performance review phrases comments/ free download examples Page 3
  • 4. Once you've built your affiliate storehouse you will need to promote it. Many affiliates use pay-per-click engines. I suggest that you learn how to achieve organic search results or hire a search engine marketing company. This will save you from spending all your profits on pay-per-click engines. Only use pay-per-click engines if you know what you are doing, otherwise all your profits may end in the hands of Google Adwords or Overture. 3. Know Your Product, Know Your Audience Create a resource. By taking the time to learn about the products and/or services that you are offering you can create information that builds your credibility. That credibility builds trust. If your viewers do not have trust in you more than likely they will not purchase from your storehouse. If you want more information on the psychological process that an online buyer goes through I suggest that you read my article on the Five Levels of Internet Marketing and the Sales Process. This will help you in creating a web site that converts well, which in return will increase your cash flow. 4. Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket Promote products from different merchants. This way if you have a problem with receiving payment from a merchant, or their products do not convert well the effects on your business will be minimal. Watch out for exclusivity agreements; remember this is your business. Protect yourself and diversify so that you do not feel the famine effect if something goes wrong. There is absolutely nothing wrong with promoting niche products from different merchants. 5. Seek Knowledge and Embrace Change If you are familiar with Internet marketing at all you know that what worked three months ago may not work today. Stay on top of the trends. Seek knowledge, start by learning something new about affiliate marketing daily. For example remember those marketing tools called "banner" that use to drive sales at an astronomical rate a few years ago? Well those banners developed a term called "banner blindness." That means most online viewers will not click on banners even if they Performance review phrases comments/ free download examples Page 4
  • 5. do pertain to what they are looking for. To be a "super" affiliate you must always spend time reading, learning, and embracing the changes in Internet marketing. 6. Don't Give Up It's hard to do, and most of the time those dabbling in affiliate marketing give up way too soon. Monitor your statistics, watch to see what is working and what is not. Make changes when necessary. Do one thing daily to promote your storehouse and be patient. Before you know it you will start getting payments. Remember that it will not happen overnight. Encompass and develop the persistence, patience, and knowledge. Then follow the tactics I've mentioned above and you are on your way to becoming a "super" affiliate. Performance review phrases comments/ free download examples Page 5