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Hi Warriors, I'm new and ready to learn

by JD Goff
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Hey everyone,

I am new here on this forum and thought that I would introduce myself. My name is John but I go by J.D. I've been around IM for a while but only recently started focusing on building small, practical products instead of chasing trending tactics.

Right now I am trying to learn more about product launches, what affiliates desire and look for when deciding to promote a product, and what actually converts long-term.

Looking forward to learning from everyone here.
#learn #ready #warriors
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Kanigan
    Affiliates want proven demand for the offer.
    It may not be your specific offer, but in general that the problem exists and people are already looking for solutions to it.
    Otherwise, you (and they) have got a real uphill battle to sell anything.

    That's most important. If people are already buying the thing or things like it, you've got a great start.

    Following that, making it easy for them.

    Making it easy for them to sign up for approval. You still have to filter them.

    Making it easy for them to educate, warm up, send people to your offer.

    Their job is to find people who likely have the problem your offer solves...then capture that lead, warm them up, then send them over to your page to convert into buyers.

    So you want to filter for whether they have a track record and a container, even if it is just an email list (additional good thing would be a facebook goup on the topic, for instance), for capturing leads and warming them up. You want them to send that lead over to your conversion page multiple times if the lead doesn't convert the first time. You'd be surprised how many "fire and forget" affiliate there are, who send the lead once only. But who knows what that person was doing when they hopped over? It might not be the right time. So you might want to have a handy instructional pdf explaining to the affiliate how they can best do what they do.

    A swipe file is helpful: providing content for the affiliate to use. Things like emails, post copy, maybe even videos. Something to make it easy for the affiliate to do their job.

    Most affiliate signups suck and produce nothing. Filter for those who have a track record, and support them well.

    For a model, Jeff Walker's Product Launch Formula has been the gold standard for a long time.
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    • Profile picture of the author JD Goff
      This is incredibly helpful -- seriously appreciate you taking the time to break this down.

      The point about "proven demand" really hits. It makes sense that affiliates don't want to fight the market, they want to ride existing momentum.

      Also the reminder about "fire and forget" affiliates is something I hadn't really considered, but it makes total sense.

      I really like the idea of providing a short instructional PDF + swipe file so affiliates can promote properly instead of guessing.

      Quick question if you don't mind: when you're evaluating whether an offer has "proven demand," what are the main indicators you look for first? (marketplaces, keyword volume, competitor products, etc.)

      Thanks again -- this is gold.
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      • Profile picture of the author Monetize
        Originally Posted by JD Goff View Post

        This is incredibly helpful -- seriously appreciate you taking the time to break this down.

        The point about "proven demand" really hits. It makes sense that affiliates don't want to fight the market, they want to ride existing momentum.

        Also the reminder about "fire and forget" affiliates is something I hadn't really considered, but it makes total sense.

        I really like the idea of providing a short instructional PDF + swipe file so affiliates can promote properly instead of guessing.

        Quick question if you don't mind: when you're evaluating whether an offer has "proven demand," what are the main indicators you look for first? (marketplaces, keyword volume, competitor products, etc.)

        Thanks again -- this is gold.

        It would be great if you removed the em dashes from your AI-generated replies.

        The topics you want to learn about take time, so you should read business books,
        enroll in courses, and learn by doing.

        You can also learn some things by reading through old Warrior Forum threads,
        which I have done for years, but generally speaking, you are not going to learn
        about your business from a forum discussion.

        You can't get twenty or thirty years of people's knowledge in a chat.
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        • Profile picture of the author JD Goff
          Appreciate the feedback.

          You're right, I'm new to posting here and I'm still finding my voice on the forum.

          Good point on the em dashes too, I'll clean that up going forward.

          Also agreed that there's no shortcut to experience, I'm here to learn from people who've already done it.

          Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Farwaa Marilyn
    Welcome to this forum.
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  • Profile picture of the author Abdullahcpa
    The em dash callout is brutal but fair. You can tell JD is using ChatGPT for every response - overly polite, structured perfectly, "this is gold" energy. Props to him for at least owning it instead of denying it though.
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