Learn Affiliate Marketing the Easy Way

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

As an affiliate marketer, I am always looking for great ways to improve my business. So several weeks ago, I joined Jimmy D. Brown’s Affiliatenaire. You’re probably familiar with Jimmy D. Brown, a highly successful online marketer – and fantastic mentor.

Well, he has put together a course to teach the ins and outs of affiliate marketing. From the greenest of greenhorns to the savviest of marketers, there is something for everyone in the course. AND he was kind enough to share an excerpt from one of the lessons. Keep reading to see his teaching style. I think you’ll like it.

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Excerpt from Affiliatenaire
by Jimmy D. Brown

Welcome – welcome – welcome!

We are entering into some exciting times now. Today’s lesson and next week’s lesson mark the final “setup” activities.

Today we’re going to “populate” your blog with content and next week we’re going to publish the first issue of your newsletter.

Then, it’s time to…

Promote, promote, promote!

Woohoo!

So, we’re closing in on those first sales. Keep going. You’re almost ready to begin seeing some results from your efforts.

I’ve heard from quite a few members who have told me they are “finally getting somewhere” due to the step-by-step, drip-feed format we’ve been using. Trust me when I say, it’s only going to get better.

But, it does illustrate a good point: the hardest part of success in internet marketing for most people is getting out of the gate.

It’s been my experience that those who get things setup end up making money. The staggering failure rate that is reported as the “norm” primarily is a result of the lack of getting the foundational things in place.

If you quit and turn back, you’ll be stuck in the starting position once again. And off to find another “option”. One more stat in the staggering failure rate.

If – you – stick – with – this – and – follow – instructions – you – won’t – fail!

Introduction

The ultimate way to get buyers is to strategically use presell content to convert browsers into buyers. It’s time to start blogging!

Your first step is to populate your blog by posting at least five or six messages initially. That way, anyone who visits your blog in the near future will see a busy blog, which makes them more likely to return. If they visit and see just an article or two, they may assume the blog is abandoned (which means they won’t bookmark it, subscribe to the RSS feed, or visit it again).

After you’ve populated your blog, you then need to commit to a regular posting schedule. Obviously, the more you post the better. So if you can post a short article each day, that’s great. But if not, then commit to posting at least three or four times per week.

SIDEBAR: We’ll talk more about “regular” weekly blogging later. In fact, I’ll give you so many ideas for getting ready-made content and creating fresh content that you’ll have plenty of options for years to come. For now, we’re just gonna focus on populating your blog with initial content so it has some “meat” to it when people visit.

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I’m in week 8 of the course and am astounded at how much information I get each week. As a matter of fact, I just glanced back at the first week’s Introduction and saw a hot tip about lists that I forgot to implement.

While I go take care that, you can check out Affiliatenaire. You’ll be very glad you did!

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