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| Is Affiliate Marketing Easy?
© 2004, John Calder http://www.TheEzine.net
Recently there were several posts on an Internet marketing forum
discussing whether affiliate marketing was easy. Specifically,
the original poster was angry because he said it seemed every
marketing product promised "easy affiliate riches", but that he
wasn't finding it that easy, and wasn't having much success so
far. It's certainly true that some sales letters over-hype, both
inside and outside the Internet marketing field. But what about
it? Is affiliate marketing "easy" or not?
Well, that has to first be answered comparatively. When put next
to digging a ditch, tarring a roof, laying down asphalt, or
driving a bus or semi, affiliate marketing doesn't seem
difficult at all. When compared to winning the lottery or being
born with a huge trust fund, then yes, it's really hard, as
would every other occupation!
It seems that most of the time when people ask that question,
what they're really asking is "Can I make a lot of money in
affiliate marketing with only a little work?". And the answer to
that is nearly always "absolutely not". Sure, a very few people
happen to hit on some luck and make a lot of money easily and
quickly. But don't count on that, as it doesn't happen very
often.
What a potential affiliate marketer should count on is work, and
lots of it. If you plan to hold down a full time job while you
build your online business, be prepared to give up some evenings
and a lot of TV if you want to make real progress. It takes time
to identify a market, learn to build a web site, find affiliate
products, do keyword research, promote your site, and all the
other tasks you will need to do.
Don't be fooled. Affiliate marketing takes hard work and
sacrifice, on your part and most often on the part of your loved
ones as well.
About the author:
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