Looking back you’d think I’d been at this attempt at affiliate marketing for a while now. From the date of my first post, I’d think so too.
When you look back and see that I had some major technical glitches, followed by a frustration induced break, while performing the duties of my busy day job, you’ll understand that the actual hours spent on this project aren’t actually all that much.
Here are a few things I’ve learned along the way.
Be diligent. It seems like it takes a good 40 hours to put up a good site. So a couple hours per day for a couple weeks could do it. If you’re good with making websites in general with Wordpress, or some other CMS, or what have you, the framework will be up in no time. The rest of the time is creating original content and using content from others (with permission).
Be patient. Everyone I’ve talked to about affiliate marketing says just that. It can take a few months after you have great content on your site to start seeing results. And it’s purely a numbers game. Only a small percentage of visitors to your site will click through, and then only a small percentage will buy anything. The better your site, the more visitors you will get.
Be creative. Consider submitting articles to sites like EzineArticles.com, posting to relevant forums and overall getting the word out. Make all of your contributions high quality, and make it easy for people to find your sites and contact you.
(Update: I created Trend Mashup. Check it out and let me know your thoughts. As ALWAYS it’s a work-in-progress, like every website should be. It’s new, but coming along well.)
