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By: VoteAudrey

VoteAudrey — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:38:13 +0000

Yuwanda, glad to see someone sharing honestly about their experiences with affiliate marketing. I am trying with LinkShare and will tweak as needed, spending time to research further as time allows.

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By: Yuwanda Black

Yuwanda Black — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:38:03 +0000

@Mr. Javo: I see your point. I just prefer going in another direction.

@Malcolm: Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. While I agree with you that the vast majority of the products on Clickbank suck, there are some diamonds in the pile. I promote my seo writing ebook there — and it’s not definitely not junk. That’s why I say you have to spend time wading through the crap to get to the good stuff.

Interesting about how you can use a simple line of code to show yourself making hundreds of thousands of dollars overnight. That’s just fraud. Thanks for making others aware of how easy this is to do. I never beleived those screen shots, but now know how it’s done. Some people will stop at nothing to make an easy buck!

By: Malcolm Lambe

Malcolm Lambe — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:26:14 +0000

I bought “Commission Blueprint” mainly because of the 80/20 rule they tout – pick a Clickbank product with gravity of at least 80 and a payout of at least $20. I literally spent days wading through scams like “Water4Gas”, “YahooCash4Idiots”, “Free Google Ads”, “Penis Enlargement”, “How To Get Back To Your Ex” ecetera before giving up in frustration. I wouldn’t put my name to ANY of the products on Clickbank. And some of the other affiliate programs aren’t any better (hello COPEAC). Now I’m actually approaching businesses with products I like and helping them to set up an affiliate program. I probably won’t make much money for awhile but I’m betting I’ll be able to dominate these niches and build a viable business.
BTW you ever wondered how the scammers make those dodgey Clickbank/PayPal/Adsense earnings screenshots? I’ve replicated it with a simple line of javascript you put in your browser after opening your online account at Clickbank or PayPal or whatever. You can show yourself making hundreds of thousands of dollars overnight. Check it out – YahooCash4CompleteIdiots.com

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http://www.thedotcomlifestlye.com — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:44:14 +0000

For those who want to be in this business,then a proper understanding of how affiliate marketing works is needed. And here is one realization; this can be hard work too and often the results may come late at first.

By: Mr Javo

Mr Javo — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:06:40 +0000

I disagree with you about choosing an unsaturated market. By doing that, you are exposed to lose money and time, promoting something that people won’t buy.

My point is to stay with the crowd and promote things that are popular and converting well for others. If you follow successful marketer’s steps, you won’t have to lose time/money because you know the product works!

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Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:29:03 +0000

[...] Newbie Affiliates: How to Choose Affiliate Products to Market Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial As I talked about in Mondayâs post here, I just started to market my first affiliate product. Well, Iâve tried others passively, but this is the first time Iâve hunkered down and really put time into marketing a product. With the others, I just s… [...]

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By: Geno Prussakov

Geno Prussakov — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:40:04 +0000

Yuwanda,

Being a new affiliate marketer, you are already making excellent conclusions. I love every single point you have made above (especially the sticking to your moral code one).

I manage a number of affiliate programs (full list located at http://www.amnavigator.com/programs.htm), and I would be happy to discuss opportunities with you. Shoot me an e-mail or a DM via Twitter. I’m on http://www.twitter.com/eprussakov

Thanks again for a post full of great advice for newbie affiliates.

Geno

By: Jean-Guy Leconte

Jean-Guy Leconte — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:52:15 +0000

I’m a big believer in promoting things that you would buy yourself or things you would use yourself. I’ve been working online gambling for several years even though i’m not a gambler i still love how sports and betting. I’ve also looked at several normal CPA offers and everything i go through the offers i fell like diet crap or credit cars no way i won’t even bother.

But i have found some good ones like gamefly video game rental or netflix rentals.

So all that to say that whatver you promote make sure your happy with it.

Good luck.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:48:39 +0000

I got a 50% conversion rate the other day for some sippy cups I linked to on Amazon. I have a baby/parenting website with a page about weaning baby off the bottle. I mentioned that parents LOVE this particular sippy cup because picky babies who won’t drink out of anything other than a bottle will actually use this particular sippy cup.

In my experience, if you can attach a story to the product you’re promoting (preferably a personal story) then it converts much better.