How To Be Successful In Affiliate Marketing?

Written by Mr. Javo

The most common Internet business is the affiliate marketing. Many entrepreneur and bloggers, use this Internet business to get an extra income. But many of them, don’t get a little income, by the contrary, they get huge commissions from these programs. Before to continue with this post, let’s read the meaning of affiliate marketing:

Affiliate marketing is a web-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate’s marketing efforts. Source: Wikipedia

In other words, it is to promote other company’s products and services on your website. When a sale is made, you get a commission. Some advertisers offer multi-tier programs that distribute commission into a hierarchical referral network of sign-ups and sub-partners. Snowballing, this system rewards a chain of hierarchical publishers who may or may not know of each others’ existence, yet generate income for the higher level signup.

The affiliate programs can give you a great income. In fact, bloggers as John Chow, Zac Johnson or Darren Rowse, make thousand dollars a month with them, but the question is How they have that success? They are normal people like you and me, how can you get high incomes like them?

They make thousand dollars with these programs for a reason, their brand. Think about it, they are elite-bloggers, the top bloggers on their niche. When a new affiliate program is launched, they are the firsts testing it. So, they make a post reviewing the service, inviting to the people to join to the program with their referral link. A week later, they have hundred dollars just with all the people who joined to the program with their links.

It is very easy for them, because they don’t need to do anything. In addition of the post, they just place some banners in their blogs, as everybody does. A month later, their accounts are full of money cause by all these referred people. Easy isn’t it? The problem for the regular bloggers, is to catch all these people to join in the program under your name, with your referral link. Being a regular blogger, you will catch few people, I’m talking about 10~30 persons. As a elite-blogger, you will get hundred of people referred.

The difference between you and them, is the brand, that’s all! To get their popularity level, you need to be persistent, participate as much as you can in the social media networks and make friends as much as you can. I know that I have told you this before, but this is the key to be successful with your blog. Establishing your presence on the web will give you the credibility that you are looking for, attracting more and more people to your blog and signing up to these affiliate programs with your referral link.

I have to admit that I really don’t know the exactly key to be successful in these programs. I have referred many people to Pepperjam and Chitika for example, but I don’t have made thousand dollars as other does. That’s why I ended the title of this post with a question mark. If you think that I missed something or you consider that there’s another important factor besides the brand, please comment your idea here to share these information with me and all my visitors .

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>> Posted on March 21st, 2008

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13 Responses to “How To Be Successful In Affiliate Marketing?”

Simple Mindz (Who am I?) on 21 Mar 2008 at 8:47 pm #

When I first heard about these guys, I tried to go there and read all the time, but I just ended up boring myself to death. So I don’t read them anymore. (except for Darrens) I think not only do you need a brand - but also a personality too. If someone today asked me who was good to learn from - I would actually refer them to your blog first. This is because of the way that you write. It is real, it is refreshing and I think you are making a “brand name” for yourself !

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Mr. Javo (Who am I?) on 21 Mar 2008 at 9:22 pm #

thank you! your commentary surprised to me, thanks for referring me
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Simple Mindz (Who am I?) on 21 Mar 2008 at 9:37 pm #

LOL. Don’t be shocked..you have a great blog here. And I look forward to your posts. They are both friendly and insightful.

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Adam (Who am I?) on 22 Mar 2008 at 1:24 am #

I agree with Simple Mindz, I like your writing style, it is informative and helpful. Keep up the good work.

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Mr. Javo (Who am I?) on 22 Mar 2008 at 2:10 am #

Thank you Adam! Welcome aboard .
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Chris Guthrie (Who am I?) on 22 Mar 2008 at 2:11 am #

Hey Mr. Javo,

Nice post. I agree that is why they are able to make so much money and is precisely why I’ve worked on building a better brand for myself (i.e. new blog design )

Side note: I’ve seen you request advertisements on my blog so many times yet I’ve only been by to check you out the first time.

I’m glad I came by again and will have to read you some more. Perhaps you can check me out too?

Maybe you can join in the mini-debate I’m having with some readers on the use of MMO in your blog tagline too:

http://www.chrisguthrie.net/21-ways-to-avoid-saying-mmo-make-money-online/

Delete the link if you don’t want it, I’m not trying to be spammy I am interested in hearing your opinion.

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Mr. Javo (Who am I?) on 22 Mar 2008 at 2:25 am #

No problem Chris, thanks for commenting on this post. Feel free to come back again to read some stuff and drop your card .
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B Carter (Who am I?) on 22 Mar 2008 at 2:39 pm #

Part of their success is in their brand, but I think a major part of their success lies in pure numbers. The more traffic you receive the more success you’ll have in affiliate marketing.

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Dennis Edell (Who am I?) on 22 Mar 2008 at 4:53 pm #

I totally agree. I read 1 or 2 of your posts while dropping cards and immediately subscribed.

Of course, when I first came online I signed up to just about every “guru” newsletter there was.

I soon (but not soon enough) learned that guru was just a 4letter word and I could learn a hell of a lot more from the *real* guys/gals, aka: the little people lol.

Awesome blog here.
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Mr. Javo (Who am I?) on 23 Mar 2008 at 3:52 pm #

I have learned many things from them, but also I have learn a lot (may be more) from common blogs.

Thanks for subscribing Dennis, welcome back.
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Dennis Edell (Who am I?) on 23 Mar 2008 at 4:25 pm #

it’s almost comical in some ways. Most are guru’s because the whole set of them have pumped each other up.

Just one prime example of this is the testimonials on ANY “guru” sales page…all the same whether they own the product or not.

The same goes for product launches. promote my crap and I will do the same. So BS its humorous.

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Zac Johnson (Who am I?) on 23 Mar 2008 at 5:26 pm #

Thanks for the inclusion! Nice article.

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troy (Who am I?) on 9 May 2008 at 7:17 pm #

This was a great primer in the wondeful world of affiliate marketing. Having been in affiliate marketing for some time, i even picked up a few tips and you definetly touched on a few must do’s if anyone wishes to see success as an affiliate marketer, thanks for the post

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