So far I've had very little success with affiliate marketing. This whole idea that you can setup an affiliate page, page some PPC network for traffic, and earn more than your investment doesn't seem to make sense to me. Am I just going along with the wrong programs or something? I'm hoping that somebody here will share their "honest" experience to help me out a little. Anybody can say they're earning a fortune with affiliate marketing but only a small handful are telling the truth.
Does affiliate marketing really work?
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No, the entire industry was a hugely elaborate prank set up by your friends to try and make you look like an idiot.
Affiliate Marketing is all a myth. Glad you found out the truth quickly enough. If you want to know why we made it up, you can catch up with the reading here:
www.wickedfire.com/affiliatemarketing-myth
www.wickedfire.com/affiliatemarketing-myth
You are correct, this idea is false. If it was that easy, then everyone with an internet connection and a credit card would do it and be a millionaire. That might have been how the industry started, but it's not 2003 anymore, and just throwing some scraped keywords into an AdWords campaign and direct linking to the offer isn't going to cut it.
You need to take some initiative, be creative, create a good landing page or even a great website, give people a reason to buy from you instead of the thousands of competitors out there.
Don't waste your time scheming up ways to get people to just fill out the forms, you will get blacklisted from every offer & network in town. Get good traffic by targeting the users that are actually looking for it, and give them some value while you're at it.
Having some healthy skepticism is good, but you need to believe in this industry and believe in yourself or it will never work for you.
Asking a forum full of affiliate marketers if affiliate marketing works is like asking Pedobear if he's seen the skittles thread.
Yes. Its all a scam to get people like you to sign up under my affiliate links to programs that talk about how affiliate marketing works.
Welcome to affiliate marketing.
Welcome to affiliate marketing.
By that logic, I guess nobody buys $200 true religion jeans either right? Because those jeans really cost what, $5 to make maybe?
Business is all about making more than your investment.
Greg (OP),
Are you able to give us an idea on what kind of offers you have been promoting and a little more detail on your methods? Maybe we can help...
Are you able to give us an idea on what kind of offers you have been promoting and a little more detail on your methods? Maybe we can help...
I didnt earn much from it.. but i believe..its really Good and profitable,as my experience goes..I love it
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