Comments on: 8 Reasons Why Your “Hard Work” Isn’t Paying Off in Affiliate Marketing

By: Liam

Liam — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:13:06 +0000

Having the tenacity to continue with something and not getting distracted is key to making it work. It’s true there are many lessons to learn from those who have gone before but at some stage you have to take a leap of faith and strike out on your own. It doesn’t matter if you fail at first, in fact it’s probably better if you do.
I would add one more thing to your list: you won’t succeed by joining endless programs. Choose one and stick to it or even better, create your own! Good post, I’ll be following your RSS

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:43:48 +0000

Excellent post Kirsty. This is true regardless of the industry or job classification.

You only get out what you put in. Another quote I like is…”if you continue to do the same thing, you will continue to get the same results”.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:39:16 +0000

Hmm. Occasionally guilty of 5, 6 and 7. Definately 8 (but then that’s other people, not me). Presumably reading this and commenting qualify me for 2, 3 and 4 combined. That just leaves 1 so excuse me while I retreet this and please immediately DM me everything I need to know about dominating the affiliate world in 140 characters or less.

Thanks.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:11:31 +0000

Guilty of all of the above! Today for example I’ve spent most of the day reading about a ‘super-affiliate’ I have a tenuous link with in real life. Lazy days…

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:55:04 +0000

All very true! I spent the past two years trying a number of strategies for making money with internet marketing. I did pretty well, too! Added a lot to my bottom line, and more importantly learned a lot of skills. But had I stuck with one thing, I would have done much better. I’m sticking with one thing now, building large, affiliate sites with plenty of truly good content. This more patient approach is already paying dividends, and I’m sure in the long haul will turn out to work very well. Thanks for the great post!

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:27:18 +0000

If I may respond to Michael…know all about the computer geek title. I spent days on a computer problem for a new neighbour. He thought I was a ‘computer geek’ ‘cos I work from home and I wanted to make a good neighbourly gesture.

The solution to this one…reminds me of a technique I used as a young, dating man. If a girlfriend wanted me to help washing up after she cooked me dinner, I would drop a plate (well nearly if they looked expensive). They never wanted me near the washing up afterwards.

So I guess crashing your friends’ computers when they ask you to help might work…hehe

Seriously, you might try telling them you are a writer rather than ‘computer anything…’.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:17:31 +0000

I absolutely love this post, being a UK affiliate marketer of some six months’ standing now, full-time. Point eight is the one that resonates for me – I am seen to be “at home all the time” so I “won’t be busy”.

Also, I cannot begin to explain to the technophobe family and friends around me what exactly it is that I do. They think I “work in computing” and that’s it. Laptop won’t connect – ring Michael. Got a virus on the PC? Ring Michael. The fact that I hate computer hardware is somehow lost on them.

Kirsty, I absolutely love what you do. Thank you.

Michael

By: Finch

Finch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:37:08 +0000

9. Too much time spent blogging about methods and not enough time actually implementing them.

I wonder how many other bloggers fall in to that category =p

Good points all in all. I use a Firefox extension called Leechblock to control my bad browsing habits. It’s worth checking out.

By: Andy Symonds

Andy Symonds — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:27:16 +0000

Great post Kirsty.

First timer here but am stepping up my game as they say as I can identify with a fair few of those, but that was in the past!

By: Al Fox

Al Fox — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:16 +0000

Re “You’re not an affiliate marketer, you’re Walter Mitty”.

LOL excellent. Really good blog post and food for thought. Love Walter