Why I freaking love affiliate marketing...

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I checked one of my old affiliate accounts that I promoted and FORGOT at the beginning of this year.

I had already collected about $700 a few months ago... so I hop in there today and BAMMM!

I see $500 sitting there, I didn't do anything since the beginning of this year.

What I am assuming... is that the leads I generated for this particular affiliate program are being sold to on a consistent basis (bless the lord for e-mail marketing).

So people that didn't necessarily buy something during the time of my promotion ended up buying almost half a year later!

Crazy... but I guess that's why its so important to have a very persistent and good sales funnel.

And the great thing about affiliate marketing is that all you have to do is get people into someone else's sales funnel and they do all the heavy lifting.

I think I spent a maximum of 2 hours working on the promotion, between writing the blog post and hiring outsourcers to do SEO and PPC.

I'm telling you guys, just promote a lot of shit! Have half decent copywriting skills and you'll make sales.

I make a random sale from an abandoned blog here and there from time to time... it all adds up!

Keep it it guys and gals.

<3
#affiliate #freaking #love #marketing
  • Profile picture of the author Adie
    Congrats. I had the same experience with Amazon last 2 years.
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  • Profile picture of the author icoachu
    It is EASY MONEY doing things you LOVE working at YOUR OWN PACE.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bruce Wayne
    Congratulations! Passive income is the best income.
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  • Profile picture of the author TerranceCharles
    Congratulations, I always like promoting affiliate programs that cookies for like 2 years or so, so if someone comes back to buy a different product 6 months from now, you still get commission
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  • Profile picture of the author entrepreneurjay
    Yep that's the power of an email list why I always preach to people build one and make it the main focal point of your business.

    Everything else falls into place when your listbuilding is coming together.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gerald Arno
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    Affiliate marketing makes the most sense for people who are just starting off and don't have the skills to create a high quality product yet.

    Once you have gotten much better you should always consider to create your own products.

    I personally only use affiliate products that I bought and understood. Just because you want to make money, you certainly don't want to promote a product that I didn't buy and implement.

    What you really want to do is to create high quality products or sell high quality products but certainly no trash.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Grossman
    I'm still getting $300/month in recurring commissions from a single client I referred to a merchant account affiliate program *7 years ago*.

    That's not gonna pay the mortgage or anything, but I do see the appeal to affiliate marketing.
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  • Profile picture of the author FIERCE IM
    Congratulations,

    I have the same on some of my affiliate links that I have set up few times ago and just check once a month. And you fill really good when you see that. Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author MA Robinson
    One of the biggest advantages of affiliate marketing is you can easily change one product with another if you think that your current product is not converting well or there are no enough demands for it in the market regardless of how comprehensive your marketing promotion is.
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