Late to the Party

Well, I lied.  Not really, I was mistaken.  It's still to soon to determine or announce whether my latest hairbrained make-money-online scheme will be successful or not (sometimes I feel like Lucy of I Love Lucy with one failed scheme after another for fame and fortune).  So if I'm not going to talk about that in this post, what then.  I just wanted to report on a conversation I had over on forums.digitalpoint.com, which if you haven't been there, it is DEFINITELY a great place to get information on this topic and share experiences. 

I had read a thread which asked whether anyone was making $1000 in commission every day.  No one claimed that number but several said they made $100+ a day.  So I posted:

I find it just amazing that people really do make hundreds a day at this and say "it really isn't so hard." I mean can I be that dumb? I've read the tips and followed them, but so far while I see income, I don't see profit. Every time I see a great product to promote that I'm sure will be profitable, it seems that someone else is already promoting it.

To those folks who are making more than $100 a day, did it take you a while to find the right formula? And did you learn from someone else -- via ebook, friendship, etc -- or just figure it out yourself.

I got a reply which told me that the key was the sentence: "Every time I see a great product to promote that I'm sure will be profitable, it seems that someone else is already promoting it."  The poster continued:

You need to get in on a new way to cash in early before everyone is trying it. If you come late to the party, you have to be a lot better than everyone else. Which is unlikely, since they probably got their first because they know what they are doing and they know the trends.

This makes sense, the idea that if you come "late to the party" that the pickings are going to be lean or the goods may be all cleaned out. That sort of jives with what someone said on another blog (can't remember whose) about the internet marketing guru who is letting you know his secrets is really explaining his old bag of tricks. That he's like a magician who isn't going to teach you the trick that is his current bread-and-butter, but instead MIGHT explain something he first happened upon and used a while back.   (I wish I could remember who wrote that to give them credit)

I think what is frustrating is it's easy to feel like "Hey, it worked for person A, what's wrong with me?"

So really a new opportunity -- whether it be a new marketing venue or a new product for an existing marketing option is where the $$$'s are.

Sometimes I do think I'm getting closer. I am learning strategies and also about different promotional options. Today I made a free sale from an article that I had originally had as a landing page on a failed PPC campaign. So I guess I'm starting to build up my skills and my own bag of tricks. And I thought of another similar article (I keep the recommended product links on a page that is in the bio, so it's legit).

So maybe this whole make money online deal isn't a total scam.  But what is perhaps a hoax is the idea that you can just read an ebook or two and suddenly see $$$$ every time you logon.

Comments

[Ryan Cole]

That's the main thing about affiliate marketing. You can't just copy what someone else is doing, because that person is already doing it and probably doing it better than you would. So every time a new e-course comes out, there are hundreds of newbie affiliates running the exact same promotions (usually on the same types of products), and you can bet practically none of them are going to see a profit. That's why I don't like so-called "blueprint" books, the ones that claim to give you step-by-step instructions on how to make money. Step-by-step instructions will only work in affiliate marketing if you're the ONLY person following them. That's why, when I read an e-book or get advice from some other marketer, I don't immediately set out to do exactly what I'm told. I try to figure out WHY these steps, WHY this and that, etc., and then work them into my own strategies. I've been able to glean at least one or two new strategies or modifications to old strategies from practically every e-book I've read/purchased/illegally downloaded, and I can usually see a profit within a few days to two weeks or so. (Damn learning curve.)

[ScamHunter]

So you ARE seeing a profit. I'm impressed. Even the approach that I thought would work did not, at least I don't think so. I'll post more on it in next day or two.

So what do you do? Come on... your secret is safe here. Hardly anyone is reading it. If it works for one, it can work for two....

[Puma Shoes]

great post, very informative. I wonder why the other experts of this sector don’t notice this. You should continue your writing. I’m sure, you have a great readers’ base already!