In today's economy, the need to be positioned a genuine expert
With consumer buying at all time lows, I would urge folks to consider taking the time and energy to become genuine experts in whatever area they're working in, at least in something, and a lot less of the "add on" marketers, like affiliates or article-marketers or forum marketing/derivative efforts.
The public is afraid, skeptical and not buying much this last couple of years. The best way to make it online is to become a genuine, well-known ("market positioned") branded expert in something (for those who aren't), and stop wasting time on trying to sell other people's stuff for a living.
The reason I say that, is that it's tough enough for first-tier genuine SMEs/subject matter experts to make sales, and even harder for new folks to sell other people's stuff for a living. Sure it can still be done, but I see a lot of people wasting a lot of time trying to be fulltime affiliate article/blog marketers and being frustrated at lack of success. Not to mention affiliates have to compete with each other constantly for sales, and there's tracking/blkhat cookie stuffing etc other shenanigans going on from gurus to their affiliates, cross-affiliate problems and the rest of it.
Any thoughts on that? I've never been a fan of affiliate marketing, though I realize it has a place, I think too many seem to think it's a big MLM hustle online and that's how to make a living; I'd disagree.
Becoming a genuine published expert in your area of expertise, and developing the PR/branding/positioning is the right way to add value online, at least that's been my experience.
-k
The public is afraid, skeptical and not buying much this last couple of years. The best way to make it online is to become a genuine, well-known ("market positioned") branded expert in something (for those who aren't), and stop wasting time on trying to sell other people's stuff for a living.
The reason I say that, is that it's tough enough for first-tier genuine SMEs/subject matter experts to make sales, and even harder for new folks to sell other people's stuff for a living. Sure it can still be done, but I see a lot of people wasting a lot of time trying to be fulltime affiliate article/blog marketers and being frustrated at lack of success. Not to mention affiliates have to compete with each other constantly for sales, and there's tracking/blkhat cookie stuffing etc other shenanigans going on from gurus to their affiliates, cross-affiliate problems and the rest of it.
Any thoughts on that? I've never been a fan of affiliate marketing, though I realize it has a place, I think too many seem to think it's a big MLM hustle online and that's how to make a living; I'd disagree.
Becoming a genuine published expert in your area of expertise, and developing the PR/branding/positioning is the right way to add value online, at least that's been my experience.
-k
nothing to see here.