Recommended Links Baby!
Enter Your Details Below For Your
My 6 Step Recovery Program For A Failing Affiliate
Ok, I’m gonna get real straight with you here.. if you are earning as an affiliate and don’t need any help.. then walk on by, this post probably ain’t for you at all.. this post is specifically for those affiliates who are struggling to make moves in this industry. Are you struggling? Then read on.
Below you will find my 6 step recovery program for a failing affiliate!
Step 1: Take a step back
If you have been struggling along with no direction and feeling like nothing is working, you are probably right, it isn’t working and I will tell you why. a definitive plan of action is the only real way to make any kind of consistent money online, when you really get this you will soon be on your road to recovery. But what I want you to do right now is take that step back and take a long, hard look at your efforts so far, did some things work?.. did you make some sales?..
If you did then you need to take note of what happened and where, what niche, what product and what strategy.. you see this comes down to knowing your metrics, if I had only one sale today, I wold be able to follow that along in my stats to see EXACTLY where that traffic came from to give me the sale and I would focus on that. Say for example: The sale came from a squidoo lens, about dieting to product 1 out of a 3 product review page.. yeah?
My next action would be to stop EVERYTHING else that didn’t contribute to that sale and put it on the back burner whilst I put more effort into squidoo traffic. If squidoo traffic brought me one sale, it can bring me more.
Step 2: Choose one method that has proven to work
If you know for sure from the above that you have one method that really works and has produced sales for you, then you really need to be decisive and have that as your primary method of promotion. Regardless of what method it is, you need to have one direction. Anything else, other niche’s, other strategies can come later when you are in positive cash flow.. but right now you want a method to make your own. If you really are struggling for a method and haven’t found even one that has worked yet, then check out EA Profit Launcher (<-The product is cheap and the strategy is free to follow) and give me an e-mail afterwards, we will work together to make YOU some money.. cool?.. read that again.. I can help YOU make money, I can only work with so many people though so get in quick and mail me.
Step 3: Turn yourself into a cruise missile
We have established above right now that you are going to stop everything else that you have been doing that is not working, right?.. and you have chosen one strategy that has worked in the past for you or on my recommendation so you know for sure that it has worked previously, if it worked for others it will work for you with the right application on your part. What you need to do here is literally transform yourself into a cruise missile.. make your business plan for each and every day, no matter what time you have for internet marketing, engineer that time so it is:
a) Productive
b) Targeted to your chosen strategy
Once you have this in place, you can break your work into twenty minute spells if you wish, or hour stints, it doesn’t matter. What matters is the time you put into your business is focused on implementing and applying your chosen strategy into income producing activity. You should now have your aim and be ready to roll. Write out in your own words exactly how you are going to transfer the instructions in the product into your plan of action.
Step 4: Get rid of that flying bird inside you
Everybody knows that birds are attracted to bright, shiny objects. And that is where you are at I would guess?.. seeing all the forum talk of this plan and that method and how you can do this, that the other and some more if you wold just blah, blah, blah..
When you see ANYTHING that isn’t congruent to growing your web presence within your chosen strategy.. IGNORE IT and laugh in the face of the distraction. You have your chosen strategy and that is all you need right now. Don’t let anything catch your eye or lead you astray, put your blinkers on and get into action making cash, we know from the choices made above that we have a strategy that is going to work, we just need the right application.
Step 5: Brainstorm every morning on plain paper
This may seem like the most insane thing ever considering we work at our computers all day long, but do this for me.. please.. Get yourself a notepad of A4 size or upwards, and each morning you can grab a pen and simply brainstorm/braindump onto that paper, just write for writing sake whatever comes into your mind, be that marketing or products or niche or dogs.. just write and get your creativity flowing.
If you have read this far then I KNOW you are a struggling affiliate, so just give this a try, if you are prepared to bang your head against the wall for this, then surely you can do yourself a favour and implement this refreshing task into your day. You’ll be surprised at what you get from it, not only in terms of ideas, but also in terms of clarity too ;)
Do this in the morning or just twenty minutes before you start working on your I.M. business.. you’ll be glad you added this into your day for sure.
Step 6: Take action and track your results (This is a MEGA important step)
In all the confusion and taking action, it can be easy to just take action blindly and not assess where you are going with something, if you are even going anywhere at all. So.. you have your chosen strategy and you are laser focused like a cruise missile, right?
What you want is results, so once a week you need to monitor your metrics, traffic, stats, opt-ins and sales. If you find that you are still not getting results.. then drop a comment RIGHT HERE on this blog post and I will personally get with you to check if you are taking the right action and implementing your chosen strategy well. taking action is completely useless if you aren’t taking the right action, so don’t be afraid to ask questions or ask for help, the only stupid questions are ones that don’t get asked ;)
Take action, track your results, metrics and stats.. and fail fast. If you are doing something wrong.. then do it quickly and ask for guidance..
I am rooting for YOU!
Leave a Comment
If you would like to make a comment, please fill out the form below.
Subscribe Here
Recent Splurge
-
- I REALLY Like This Product From George Rauh
- 3 Simple But Highly Important Steps to Ensure Your Affiliate Marketing Efforts Aren’t a Complete Waste of Time
- John Reese Shares Some Thoughts On Incremental Success
- How I Use My Article Content For Maximum Exposure And Profits
- The $7 Secrets To Product Creation… Opened My Eyes For Sure
- Yet Another FREE Niche, Take It And Run.. For $$$
- Some 2009 Work Tips From Me..
- Do You Have Your 2009 Traffic Plan In Place?..
- There Is No Room For Your Caveman Tactics Mr Guru.. I’m Wiping The Floor With You….
- Andrew Maule: how to start an online business using totally free websites and tools
- A Lesson From The West Wing…Waggy Style
- Warrior Special Offer Of The Week is Now LIVE!
- The Power Of Focusing On The Right Keywords For Affiliate Marketing
- Happy Holidays To All My Readers
- Writing Many Articles A Day Is Easy When Your Prepare For It
Check These Out:
Categories
-
- Affiliate Basics
- Affiliate Ramblings
- Article Marketing
- Ask Jamie
- Blog Monetization Series
- E-mail Marketing
- Focus
- Goals And Thoughts
- I.M. Hot Stories
- Make Money Online
- Offline Marketing
- Positivity + PD
- Products
- Research
- Search Engines
- Traffic
- Uncategorized
- Viral Marketing
- Wealthy Affiliate
- Web 2.0
- Web Design
Another great post. I have found that for years I will try everything and nothing at the same time. I dedicate myself to doing things for just one day and do not continue and then when things are failing to work I will move on to something else.
It is probably best in retrospect to have a clear goal for posts, links, affiliate offers written, you know, actual action items. And site down once every month and decide that this will be my output per day. The reason to do this is so that you have a plan for a month not just for a day.
Internet Business Bloggers last blog post..Reverse Niche Selection Review
Thanks IBB
Even now.. with new projects.. I have to sit down and do this strategy to keep me focused
Peace
J
Awesome work here Jamie. Sometimes just a bit of help is all it takes for folks to be successful with struggling campaigns. A horse with blinders… make em focus straight ahead without the distractions around them. You give great advice once again! Good job brother!
Thanks for dropping by Priest.. glad to be of help..
You rock dude
Peace
J
This is a great post and has some really key info. Even if you have been at this a little while you realise that sometimes you have got completely overloaded and are hopping from one thing to another.
Being lazer targetted is so important and the steps above are key to bringing yourself back in line. Thanks for bringing me up short and making me think about whether I am wondering off track!
Alisons last blog post..Absence Makes the Heart Grow….
Jamie,
This is a FANTASTIC post!
Your suggestions are fantastic. I also recommend the ‘take a break’ thing, too. It is amazing how much clearer you feel after getting AWAY from the computer for a little bit - especially when you are frustrated or over-whelmed…
or being attacked by too many ’shiny things’.
I hope everyone reads this… then reads it again. Then, print it out!
Keep up the great work -
You rock!
Jennifer
~PotPieGirl
PotPieGirls last blog post..Getting a Squidoo Lens Indexed
@PotPieGirl
No Jen.. YOU Rock.. thanks for dropping by… you’re ace..
ttyl
Hey!
I would do that exactly but another thing happened that made me fail. I started seeing improvements in my clickbank sales, I had a good niche and everything but now everything died. The same traffic, same hops, but no sales, only the ones that are rebilled.
What should I do in this situation? I could easily scale up and get extra traffic if my sales were converting as I was doing the same thing all the time and it worked great until recent CB glitches. But the extra traffic would be no use if I see no conversions.
I know I have to look for other products, but the problem is - I knew a lot about this niche, I found a forum which allows signatures with promoting links and I got many yahoo and answerbag answers to answer, however I don’t know any other niche that has this except FAT LOSS which is OVERSATURATED and wouldn’t let me promote easily as that since of all the competition
You have my email, I would be very glad if you hit me up and told me what should I do at this situation.
I have registered with many affiliate networks but just can’t find a good product that I could copy my former CB strategy to. Please, help!
Excellent info! I’ve just purchased EA Profit Launcher and will be emailing you.
Tracis last blog post..Want Six Pack Abdominals? Get The Truth About Abs
Hi Traci…
I’ll look forward to it.. any questions.. no probs.. just shoot and I will see what we can do for ya…
peace
J
Excellent post my friend. So many times I get caught up in all
the guru crap, I lose my focus on what has made sales in the
past. Now I’ll step back, load my missle and pay attention.
Do me a favor and check with me in a week. I may need some
more help. Pleasure to meet you.
Great Post! I find that where I am weak is tracking - if you have a lot of products you end up with so many tracking links that you just kinda gloss over it - even though I know it is essential. A complete PLAN for tracking is what I need to implement - not just looking at numbers on a link. Anyway like everything else it takes focus and resolution…
Thanks for the good stuff….
Best Regards
Phil Eugene
Phil Eugenes last blog post..3 Great Self - Improvement gifts for you! All with Private Label Rights!
okay i will t straight to the point. I have written 12 articles for ezinearticles all focusing on weight loss. i send all of my traffic in my resource box to my blog. i am getting some clicks. which is great! but i have no conversions.part of me wonders should i keep writing articles for it. or move onto another niche? it would be great if you could take a look at my blog and tell me if i am doing something totally wrong.
SINCERELY, unsuccessful marketer
You know, this came at the perfect time. I have been filling up pages upon pages of legal paper with brainstorm/braindumps, and it’s invigorating.
I started by listing anything that’s on my mind - there were so many things (”Shiny Objects”, if you will) competing for my attention that it was difficult to get anything done at all. Committing these topics/notes to paper, and brainstorming in general, left my mind blessedly calm and zen-like.
Highly Recommended!
Hey Jay,
Great post and wise advice! I think if people can deal with step 4, they’ll be in business.
Thanks,
Peggy