Comments on: You’re The WORST Affiliate Marketer Ever!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:23:33 +0000

There is a saying goes something like "better copied right than badly invented". Those who copy something really well (just the concept, not the content since that would be illegal) don't have to risk the entire project to fail.

However, they will always be in the shadow of the one who started it first and make only a small percentage of what the market leaders do.

I'm not a big fan of copies, but we must admit that is has worked in the past for some people.

By: Shock Marketer

Shock Marketer — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:31:46 +0000

Wow, these are actually really close to the four I came up with before: Knowledge, passion, creativity, and focus

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:43:44 +0000

Grinding means hard work right? Then that is part of the 50% attitude.

By: andrew wee

andrew wee — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:12:26 +0000

"Affiliate marketing is 50% knowledge 50% attitude. "

What % is grinding?

It's def up there for me.

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:50:36 +0000

Cost of first mover can be very high. But it also can have the highest gains too.

Sure you need to know when to cut your loses. But my point was, if you want to test something, test it thoroughly. Don't just try one small test that could of been invalid for a million and one reasons. You don't learn anything from that.

I was pointing people that just copy 100% and don't do anything all to innovate. No one is ever 100% original. Everyone gets an idea for somewhere else. But if you depend on ripping a entire campaigns e.g landing pages, creatives and traffic source, your not going to get big anytime soon.

BTW Alex #$%^ rolling my awesome readers!

By: GoogleSearchSux

GoogleSearchSux — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:36:17 +0000

Disagree on a few points.

Cost of being first mover can be VERY high. I can't think of how many times I would wake up in the middle of the night thinking I had a brilliant idea for a new way to market just to see it burn.

Also, some things you just can't make work and its better to cut losses while your ahead.

Copying campaigns is the easiest way to make money. The key is to copy while its trending up, NOT down. Once profitable try and innovate. Why try to build a house from scratch when someone else has laid out the blueprint for you.

By: Cham

Cham — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:30:14 +0000

damnit…. #2 is a killer of mine. I've done really well at times but I think #2 is something I really gotta work on. I half assed diversify too much it seems.

By: Josh Todd

Josh Todd — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:24:28 +0000

Wankers get what is coming to them, just give them long enough. Google ain't the only G that wants to slam them…

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:45:41 +0000

#3 and #1 are related but there are a minor differences, I wanted to hammer the point home.

Well you can be a "wanker" and be a successful affiliate. Gotta grow a pair or you ain't going anywhere.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:01:18 +0000

Good points – many new guys read about diversifying, but don't take into context they need to have some success in an area for losing a campaign to be a major concern.