The Mistakes I Have Made In Affiliate Marketing

05 May 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Making mistakes and failures are some of the things that most people are afraid of especially when it comes to making money online. But you shouldn’t let them swallow you alive and totally hinder you from taking the plunge and starting your Internet marketing business.

I’m just going to share the mistakes that I’ve made in the past and unfortunately some mistakes that I’m still making. I hope that these post would help my fellow Internet marketers in the right path.

Quitting

Yup. I actually quit when I started affiliate marketing back in June 2009. I followed a marketing blueprint from another marketer but I quit after a few weeks without any sales. I even played it safe by looking for another day job. Now I realized how stupid that mistake was. Good thing my brain told me that I’m just tired of working for someone else so I decided to try affiliate marketing again and joined Wealthy Affiliate back in July 2009.

Poor Keyword Research

Choosing the wrong keywords was one of the main culprits why my first attempt failed. I just chose keywords that have high traffic volume but didn’t assess its competitiveness. The end result was I didn’t get my site to rank for the terms I wanted. Now I choose a mix of keywords that are late in the buying stage and keywords that are informational but has a decent amount of searches with little to no competition.

Over Analyzing Things

I’m afraid there’s no cure for me with this one but the good news is that I always talk myself out of this. I just think of Nike’s slogan… JUST DO IT!

Wasted Time on Reading WA Success Stories

The success stories inside Wealthy Affiliate are so addicting but most of the time I spend too much time just reading and not taking any action.

Being Impatient

I believe everyone can relate with me on this especially if you’re doing SEO and article marketing.

That’s it. I still commit many mistakes and I just love it! I welcome failures because I know it’s just a stepping stone to success.

How about you?

What mistakes have you made as an Internet marketer?

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2 Responses to “The Mistakes I Have Made In Affiliate Marketing”

Brian 4 June 2010 at 2:06 am Permalink

Man Ray you sound just like me, i am one of your customers too i ordered the 4dmmb from this site thanks for the good referral…Hay its good to hear that your Filipino like my wife, been there many times and love it am hoping this business will be able to let me spend way more time over there (hehe)…

Thanks again Ray,

Cheers Brian C.

P.S. I have a Squidoo lens but when i wrote this comment i didnt have it on me and i am using my work computer (shhhh)…

Take care and God bless…

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- Raymond Selda 4 June 2010 at 5:09 pm Permalink
  
  Hi Brian,
  
  Did you get your 4DMMB bonuses? I’m glad you enjoyed my product recommendation. Just keep working on your online business and it will serve you for the rest of your life.
  
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