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Power of owning your own product

by curly sue
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Now days its nearly impossible to promote an affiliate program on adwords without getting slapped. Worse still afiliate marketing has become saturated !
The best alternative is owning your own product. Ideas- ebook, twitter fans supply, youtube views, fiverr-like network. The possibilities are endless. add on the list please.
#affiliate program #owning #power #product
  • Profile picture of the author World Marketing
    I agree...owning your own product can be very profitable...There is so much crap coming out on clickbank lately that it is hard to be an affiliate and promote a high quality product unless you really do some extensive research...
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  • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
    sexy sue,

    I totally agree with you and it's so easy for anyone these days to create a product of their own, such as an ebook and sell it online at places such as webkept.com, clickbank.com, digiresults.com, click2sell.com, paydotcom.com, etc.

    I created my first ebook back in 1996 and I still sell that same ebook till this day online.

    All the best,

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  • Profile picture of the author AmandaT
    Very true. Owning your own product is great.

    Personally though, I feel like affiliate marketing gave me a great platform to stand on when I made my own product. I learned tons of skills that I was able to put into play faster than if I had created a product myself.

    I find I am better and creating and selling products BECAUSE of my affiliate marketing experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author blogbucks
    I totally agree with the posts about its best to own your own product. I have done the affiliate thing and to me the rewards were not worth the effort when compared to promoting and selling my own product.

    I'd add to your list general membership sites that target high consumption niches. IOW target customers who can't seem to get enough information about the niche so they go through the content quickly and are always looking for more. Once you have that niche identified, over deliver to keep them in the membership as long as possible.

    I may have just never figured out the best way to crack affiliate marketing; however, I do seem to get marketing my own products. Maybe I'm just more engaged when it's my own stuff I'm promoting? Whatever it may be, my motive or the model, it works for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Big Al
    It's late and I'm grumpy so I'm going to (nicely) disagree.

    Affiliate marketing vs. Product creation isn't and EITHER OR situation. They are different business models and/or different revenue streams for a single business owner.

    Regardless of whether you're an affiliate or product creator - you still have to get traffic and Adwords is only one source of traffic. Plus product creators using adwords can have the exact same problems as affiliate marketers using adwords.

    I'm trying to escape the this is better than that mentality for my online ventures and my day to day life. You see it in the fitness industry all the time and the reality is... all methods are good and most methods complement.

    A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link - variety and rounding strengthens those links.

    Time for bed me-thinks!
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    • Profile picture of the author taffie
      Originally Posted by Big Al View Post

      It's late and I'm grumpy so I'm going to (nicely) disagree.

      Regardless of whether you're an affiliate or product creator - you still have to get traffic and Adwords is only one source of traffic. Plus product creators using adwords can have the exact same problems as affiliate marketers using adwords.
      I think I would like to agree with you to an extend, of course having your own product is the best as people want to relate to your experiences, however, the traffic issue you mentioned is key, without it, you are doomed whether it's your own product or not.

      Question: Has anyone tried selling affiliate products via newspapers, (yes, that's offline)? And what would you say the results were?
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    • Profile picture of the author KingOfContentMarketing
      Originally Posted by Big Al View Post

      It's late and I'm grumpy so I'm going to (nicely) disagree.

      Affiliate marketing vs. Product creation isn't and EITHER OR situation. They are different business models and/or different revenue streams for a single business owner.
      True. Half the fun of IM is all the different ways you can mix and match your efforts. As long as you are not too diffused you can get really creative with marketing. E.g., look at the people promoting CPA offers totally offline and making bank.
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  • Profile picture of the author Pierce
    If you take extra care you can make affiliate marketing work for you without a doubt. I personally love selling my own stuff and that will always be my main focus
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  • Profile picture of the author AmandaT
    I also enjoy mixing the two. You don't have to stop marketing affiliate products because you have your own product or the other way around. You can easily do both, even on the same website. No need to limit yourself!
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  • Profile picture of the author KingMedia
    Oh, definitely own a string of your own products. Doesn't matter what they are as long as they are good and they are sought after.

    I recently started my own string, found some white label software and such and going to build it up.

    With all the crap out there on CB, Plimus, etc, it is best to start doing this. Adwords will not spank you if it is your own stuff. Better yet, if you have a blog attached to your sales page (for Adwords purposes).
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  • Profile picture of the author WebPen
    Having your own product is great, but there are a lot of advantages to other business models too.

    For example, how quickly can you come up with a great product? Plus, do you really want to constantly be creating new products just to sell to your list?

    Probably not. So when your list is tired of seeing you promote your own product 10 times, you can switch to affiliate marketing as you build your next product.
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  • Profile picture of the author caseyzeman
    Branding yourself can get a much further reach. Always remember to start valuing the content that you do create from the onset. You may otherwise end up with oodles of free content that could have been structured as a paid product.
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  • Profile picture of the author tlrix
    sexy sue: I couldn't agree more. AdWords is not for me anymore...
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  • Profile picture of the author clr06160
    You can use other product. You just have to do it creatively. If you don't have a creative bone, then sure it's better to have your own unique thing. I mean if you could be the exclusive Apple Iphone reseller you'de be set.
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by sexy sue View Post

    Now days its nearly impossible to promote an affiliate program on adwords without getting slapped.
    MARKETING DOES NOT BEGIN AND END ON GOOGLE

    Worse still afiliate marketing has become saturated ! The best alternative is owning your own product.
    If selling someone else's product is saturated, how is selling your own product not just as saturated? Doesn't that just mean selling products is saturated?

    Short version: BULLSQUAT

    Nothing is saturated and nothing is nearly impossible. Do you know what a lot of people are saying these days? Product creation is saturated, and promoting your own product is nearly impossible. Because there are too many people making products, and competing with some of those big names and great reputations isn't easy.

    Do you know what that really means? Let me translate:

    "I SUCK AT THIS. IT MUST BE TOO HARD."

    No it isn't. Look, I suck infected monkey balls at affiliate marketing, and I can still pay my bills and buy my groceries with it. If you can't, maybe you just suck. If I worked harder at affiliate marketing, I would probably get good at it. But instead, I worked as hard as I worked and said "I don't want to do this for a living." So I'm not worried about it.

    It is the cry of a worthless loser to say "it is that thing's fault I wasn't any good at it." It's your fault. Get better or move on, but don't blame the business model for your own failures.
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    • Profile picture of the author taffie
      Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

      MARKETING DOES NOT BEGIN AND END ON GOOGLE

      It is the cry of a worthless loser to say "it is that thing's fault I wasn't any good at it." It's your fault. Get better or move on, but don't blame the business model for your own failures.
      Well this is it, a poor mechanic blames his tools as they say!
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  • Profile picture of the author AmandaT
    Ya, honestly, I've never used adwords for my affiliate marketing and I do rather well with my affiliate marketing sites. In fact, the only paid traffic I like to use is banner ads.

    Any method can work, you just need to try hard, be consistent, and find what works for you. Personally, I like using a mix of affiliate marketing and product creation.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
      Affiliate marketing is by no means saturated. I was going to say more but Caliban pretty much said it all for me... lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author Targeted Traffic
    Yes I do agree..while there are still cons to it...when you create and own your own information products, you are entering a new realm where you are free. You are free to set your own prices, make your own money and make your own decisions. You are free to present the information you would like to share with the world. You’ll enjoy this freedom while knowing that you’re providing valuable information as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicholasb
    don't forget the most important part, affiliates who work around the clock for you and jv partners who will email their big giant list's for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brandon Bell
    Owning your own product is great, but it by no means takes away from affiliate marketing. Product creation and affiliate marketing both have their place in internet marketing. Internet marketing doesn't rely on one side over the other, but both are very much needed because of the benefits and weaknesses each has to offer.
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  • Profile picture of the author AmandaT
    Besides, if affiliate marketing didn't work, the big product creators wouldn't be getting nearly as much as they are!
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    • Profile picture of the author Levira
      We are making creating a product seem so easy, but it is not. It takes just as much work to create your own product and make money out of it. You have to make sure you have traffic, a great quality product in your niche to get initial buyers and repeat visits and even getting affiliates yourself.

      If you are selling your own product, you can't really separate the two, can you?
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  • Profile picture of the author sakthiganesh
    Having the own product is great idea where you can take 100% profits.But if the product is not moving or up to the mark. You may get frustrated.

    Where as with the affiliate product promotion the opportunities are endless .Nothing to loose other than the profits.
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