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Affiliate_Goals_ _Successful_Goal_Setting_for_Affiliates
| Affiliate Goals - Successful Goal Setting for Affiliates
When I first started out with Affiliate Marketing a few years
ago, my primary goal was a very simple one. I just wanted enough
money to pay for my hosting, which at the time was an ungodly
$40 per month for a small website. Of course, these days you can
host a hundred websites for $40 and have tons of features, but
back then this was normal.
As the years went by, my affiliate sales grew slowly to around
$500 a month. It was then I realized that maybe I could turn
this part time income into a full time salary. I had not really
devoted a lot of time to researching affiliate programs. I would
simply find one that would pay off, and use it. The day I
realized I could earn more than the $500 per month, I set down
some goals to get me started. I have fine tuned these goals over
the past 24 months, thankfully I had to because to be honest, I
was obliterating my financial expectations.
So, my goals in the beginning were pretty simple:
1. Find an affiliate program that pays $50 per month to cover my
website hosting fees. 2. Make sure it is related to the content
of my website.
Not much there huh?
A year ago, these were my goals:
1. Earn $500 per month through the Major Affiliate Networks 2.
Look into smaller affiliate networks, including independant
merchant. 3. Create websites devoted to the product or service I
am marketing. 4. Change hosting providers to allow for up to 100
domain names / websites. 5. Continue to learn more about new
affiliate oppurtunities.
As you can see, my goals grew substantially. I am proud to say I
met all those goals within a few months, instead of the year I
had planned.
My goals from 2004:
1. Earn $3000 per month average through June 2005. 2. Earn
$5,000 per month average from June 2005 until December 2005. 3.
Continue to create websites that reflect a postive buying
experience. 4. Write more articles and website content promoting
the products I am marketing. 5. Create an ebook that will help
others learn the affiliate business. 6. Teach family and friends
what an affiliate actually does! 7. Create a website devoted
solely to affiliate programs and list the many programs
available. 8. Become a merchant in the sense of marketing my
ebook using an affiliate program. 9. Write a true business plan
for my affiliate business. 10. Learn the tax laws so I can
properly prepare my taxes.
Wow! That is a long list of goals for one year!
Here is where I stand on those goals.
#1. Earn $3000 average. My PROFIT for Jan 2005 was over $6,000.
#4. I try to write 2 articles every day promoting a product. #5.
I have created an ebook available at
http://www.internet-cash-system.com #6. I have started teaching
my friends and family what I do. #7. I have created an affiliate
directory at http://www.affiliate-directory.us #8. I have
created an affiliate program using Clickbank for my ebook. #10.
I learned the tax laws and statues I needed to do my own 2004
taxes.
So, as you can see, I am making great progress already.
Now, you may ask why have all these goals? The answer is simple.
I think that goals equal success. Goals give us something to
strive for and reinforce our belief we can reach those goals. A
few years ago, I never dreamed I would making the kind of money
I do today. Now, I plan on evaluating my goals every six months,
and making changes as needed.
To see my best performing affiliate programs, visit the Affiliate
Directory.
About the author:
J. Ratliff is a successful affiliate. He has an affiliate directory
to share the best affiliate programs and a personal blog at
www.jamieratliff.com.
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