Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Affiliate Marketing Can Make You Rich As Long As You Do What Is Proven To Work

By Sandrine Vilaine


Affiliate marketing has been in existence for a long time. Lots of affiliates make good money without leaving the comfort of their home. Getting into affiliate marketing and being successful is all about getting the various elements right. Given below are a few affiliate marketing myths that you need to be aware of.

Misconception number one: paid traffic is necessary for growth.

There is some truth to this statement Don't get me wrong, videos, articles, and SEO can be powerful traffic sources. The best thing about free traffic is that it is free; the downside is that it is hard to scale and takes time to accumulate. You have to love that free traffic. Paid advertising definitely isn't the end all be all to affiliate marketing but it can help you experience growth if you're stuck at a certain level using free methods. But saying that you simply can't make money with affiliate marketing unless you pay for the traffic is wrong. There are many affiliate marketers who have made thousands of dollars in commissions without investing anything except time.

So if you want to be really successful, you can start off with the free marketing methods and then move on to the paid ones. One myth that many people believe is that affiliate marketing is a way to get rich quickly. Many new affiliate marketers have this mistaken idea because they don't understand the dynamics of affiliate marketing. Yes, there are affiliate marketers who have made it big and even earned millions from their efforts. On the other hand, this wasn't an immediate result. Rather than getting rich quickly, they acted fast and consistently. Affiliate marketing should be treated seriously like any business. If you treat it like a game or a part time project, then you shouldn't expect to see it grow. It needs to be given your whole focus and concentration, just like a real business.

These myths are out here to stop you from becoming a successful affiliate; the only questions, are you going to let them?




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