Affiliate The Reality of Affiliate Marketing

Maks25

Active member
The problem with affiliate marketing, like many other home business options, are the so-called gurus and get-rich-quick programs that suggest affiliate marketing can be done fast and with little effort. Odds are you've read claims of affiliate marketing programs that say you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars a month doing almost nothing. Or, they suggest you can set up your affiliate site, and then forget it, except to check your bank deposits.

The reality in affiliate marketing is that it's like most other work-at-home ventures; there are a few who are filthy rich, a good number who are successful enough to meet their goals, and a ton who aren't making anything.
The question isn't really whether or not affiliate marketing is a viable income option (it is), but whether or not you can make affiliate marketing work for you. Only you can decide that, but to help you decide, you can check our previous post on the pros and cons of Affiliate Marketing.
 

Lekhraj19

Verified member
I am very well agreed with your lines. There are a lot of claims on the Internet and many content creators say that you can earn a lot money doing it. I have also heard a lot about Click Bank Affiliate Marketing too, but at the same time to make money out of it you need traffic at first, and that is the place where we generally don't get success. The other part is that people who view it are interested in it, or are they going to purchase it? These are the factors that come, and when you impress your customer regarding the product but still if one reason is there to not purchase the product or buy the service, they will not do and you will not make commissions.
 

Moni2402

Active member
The problem with affiliate marketing, like many other home business options, are the so-called gurus and get-rich-quick programs that suggest affiliate marketing can be done fast and with little effort. Odds are you've read claims of affiliate marketing programs that say you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars a month doing almost nothing. Or, they suggest you can set up your affiliate site, and then forget it, except to check your bank deposits.

The reality in affiliate marketing is that it's like most other work-at-home ventures; there are a few who are filthy rich, a good number who are successful enough to meet their goals, and a ton who aren't making anything.
The question isn't really whether or not affiliate marketing is a viable income option (it is), but whether or not you can make affiliate marketing work for you. Only you can decide that, but to help you decide, you can check our previous post on the pros and cons of Affiliate Marketing.
Affiliate marketing works well when there is trust between the affiliate and the visitor. If you are respected in your niche and considered an authority or a voice of experience, you will do much better as an affiliate.
However, it is not as easy as it seems, since you have to have knowledge in the field.
There are many people who are really making a lot of money from this, but there are others who are just wasting their time.
Normally those who do know how everything is done "the influencers", make videos where they promise many things, but there are very few who really share the complete information so that people can really make money with this method.
 

btaliat

VIP Contributor
To be frank, I don't see affiliating marketing as an easy job. You deal with humans, the hardest being on earth to control, to get the matter worst, it is done online. That is, the person will only deal with you with trust. So that's all what make the business the hardest. My comment is based solely on my personal experience and not general view. There may have been some people that see affiliate marketing as an easy task and will even love to do it more often than not. To them, convincing people is the easiest thing to do.
 

Setho

VIP Contributor
Thank you very much for really trying to clarify this notion that has been in the head of people for a very long time now. Affiliate marketing is not hot easy as people always hype it to be if you will want to be a successful affiliate marketer then you must have to have a large audience.
 
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