Misconceptions

Finally I can have some times to write this down. For someone who has been in this aff business for some years, I learn many valuable lessons and many of them really cost a lot. Also, I noticed that a lot of the beginners enter this industry with a big-ass misconception: they think that they can make real quick money from it. It can't help, since many WSO sold based on that, just enter the special offers can you can easily see something like:how to make money in 10 mins, or how to make easy long term income with little amount of work
So, in this post, I hope to clear up some misconceptions that many many people still have until now. I don't want to rain on your parade, but we have to face the reality and find a solution

1- If you can't make money on small testing, pumping it up WON'T help, and if you can't make money on one traffic source, going for the others WON'T make much difference either

example: I'm helping CLAD support right now to show new people to use the soft(just in case if you dont know, CLAD is a famous soft to post on classified site like Craigslist). One a time, I came across this guy who need help. I asked him how he was doing on CL, he said that because he couldn't make much money with a few ads, he bought the soft to pump up the amount. I was shocked since I made my first 1k from CL just by posting 5 ads daily from 1 account. This guy just wasted $900 on a soft and and he basically had no freaking idea how to get the most out of it

Another example: some people complaint that they tried a good traffic source, but they never made money with it,like a certain thread here about TrafficVance. Now, let me tell you this: almost every traffic sources work the same way. They sell you their traffic, and its up to YOU to turn it in to hard cash. If you can't make money on Adon, clicksor, MT, leadimpact, going for big guys like trafficvance wont make any difference. The people who said that they made lots of money on that platform because they know how to make a profitable campaign on other platform, and they use this one to scale it up.

Same thing for Facebook and POF. POF is easier to make money, but if you can't do it on FB, then you WILL lose money on POF

2- You can't make money in 10 mins, 1 day, 1 week or 1 month. You have to treat this like a serious business and need proper planning for it. The reward can be very big IF you spent lots of time for testing and planning. Don't go for something short and easy. That's why I never buy any WSO here. Why? I know this can be controversial, but I have to say: 90% of the WSOs here are trash. Not just here, but also on Digitalpoint and **********. No one build a huge cash generating machine and hand up to you for just $10(or even $100).

3- No one gonna hold your hand and bring you to success. You will need to do it yourself. Oh, and don't try to apply for EWA because you heard that they send out training emails. They do send out emails telling us what campaigns are working good now and on what traffic source, but they won't hand you a campaign and tell you to do it. Remember, in this industry, everyone is your competitor, including the friendly AM you talk to everyday. They help you because you bring money to them, that's it, and not everything they say will be the truth, you have to test it yourself.

4- Not everyone is a big money maker like you think. It's easy to go around the forum, give some sound advice and make everyone happy, but it's harder to make money. The real money maker never waste their time on these forums. Why? Because they are busy bringing hard cash in their pocket of course. I dont say it applies to everyone, some are exception, but be aware

So, what to do? You can do 2 things:
-Give up and find another job to do.
-Continue to test, test and test, until you finally find your own winning formula and go up from there. You have to have the will to lose something small in order to gain something bigger(in this case,money). If you decide to go for the 1st option, I wont stop you, less competitors to me anyway. But if you want to do the hard way, yes, be serious in this business, treat this one like any other business out there and do it professionally.

I hope this helps