In this article I will discuss some of the pros and cons of affiliate marketing as well as the mindset needed to be successful at working from home. Although many consider affiliate programs to be the best work from home opportunity on the internet, it still requires a special type of person to succeed.
Why do some succeed and some fail?
1. It takes a highly disciplined; self motivated, and well organized person to successfully work from home. There are always distractions and it is easy to lose focus. You will have to set daily goals that must take preference over your daily distractions.
2. Learning new skills and staying current is a must. The internet is always changing. What is new and exciting today is replaced by what is new and more exciting tomorrow.
3. Working from home is a business so treat it like a business not a hobby. There is no limit to the amount of money you can make online.
Why Affiliate Marketing?
Working from home as an affiliate marketer is very appealing; here are just a few reasons:
Little start up investment, you will not have to set up a website of your own, you can if you wish and if used properly it can help. If you don't have a website you will not need to pay for a domain name, or website hosting.
Other people's products:
As an affiliate marketer working from home you will be marketing other people's products for a commission. A very high commission in most cases, fifty percent is about average sometime more and sometimes less. When you sign on as an affiliate you are going to work with someone else's products or services and provide the marketing for those products or services.
When you sign on to an affiliate program you can pick the products you wish to promote and sell. Another benefit of being an affiliate is you will not have to write sales copy. The affiliate will provide all the tools you need at no cost to you.
You will not be involved in shipping or handling any products. You will not be involved in the payment process or request for refunds.
You're Job:
Your job is to send traffic to your affiliate program website by using your unique affiliate link, so you get credit for any sales that result from your traffic.
Tough Task:
Although driving traffic or getting visitors to your affiliate program web site is your only job, it is a huge one. Learning to drive traffic to a website is a skill. Once you master this skill the internet will become your own personal ATM machine. Over ninety percent of internet marketers working from home do not make enough money to be considered successful. The reason is they never learned how to drive traffic to their website. There are many ways of driving traffic to the affiliate program website of your choice. Some are free and some cost money. Learning these skills is a must if you plan on marketing on the internet.
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