Comments on: Affiliate X Factor – The Sure Fire Secret of Success

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:45:01 +0000

I would not call it Affiliate Factor X, but I certainly agree that the really successful affiliates have something special. It can’t be hard work alone because I know enough people (including myself) who put in hour after hour and still get stuck with their business at a certain level.

By: Chris Young

Chris Young — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:02:25 +0000

Kirsty – you are spot on with this post.

Sure there are some affiliates who get lucky with a particular website but the really successful (and I mean REALLY successful) affiliates that I have ever met do indeed have all the attributes that you mention.

I do think you need to add “waking up at 4 in the morning with your head so full of ideas that you can’t get back to sleep so have to start work right there and then” to the list!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:09:43 +0000

I definitely don’t have high levels of charisma so I don’t think anyone will think “Oh yeah baby! You are definitely a rising star in the making.” after meeting me.

Also I am not that creative, although that can be learnt if one has the inclination.

I am determined and believe I am putting in a fair amount of work to make this happen. Do I have the x factor? I’d like to think I have it for something so fingers crossed it is affiliate marketing!

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:19:17 +0000

Good (Australian) evening Matt. I getcha! I was a bit worried about people thinking I was slagging other people off in the post so I guess I was a bit over sensitive there, lol.

I think entrepreneurs aren’t ever really happy with what they achieve. I’m particularly bad at thinking I’m doing well even when I take a step back and look at the level I’ve already gotten to. It’s just never good enough!

By: matt

matt — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:15:50 +0000

Good (european) Morning Kirsty – no of course not. It didn’t occur to me for a moment you were self-promoting or trying to put anyone down. & congrats on your award you deserve it. Thanks for a good blog (except for the spiders).

As for the defintion of ’successful’ – that’s a tricky one. I’d say anyone that runs their own show and earns their own living is ’successful’. But then I have done that for several years myself (AM is just a small part of that), and I don’t count myself.

Haha go figure.

Let’s all give ourselves credit where it’s due & feel good about it, me and you too.

- M

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:58:13 +0000

Matt, This post isn’t about me its about other people. For the record I don’t count myself as a truly successful affiliate. This post comes from my own frustrations at my lack of ability to take my business past a certain point whilst others around me can. So why are they able and not I?

I’m calling it “X Factor” because I’m not really sure what it is – and I’m certainly not slagging anyone off other than myself in this post. Not my style.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:23:14 +0000

I don’t know if I buy this … successful affiliates have ‘ingredient X’ … that’s a self referential definition: as a virtue of being successful, one must have it eh?

Don’t underestimate the effect of persistence and determination.

For anyone out there thinking they don’t have ‘ingredient X’ – you do. Keep trying.

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:41:26 +0000

Don’t talk to me about them this week!! that’s one of the reasons I’m feeling pessimistic, I’ve an Aussie site I just can’t seem to get right and don’t know what to do about it. Fortunately the lovely Smingle is having a look for me, so keep your fingers crossed or there’ll be more bitchy posts to come, LOL.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:47:53 +0000

yeah, i keep running into problems myself (as you know!) yeah good point about google ever evolving! It does take a lot of patience and is really testing when things constantly go wrong.

I agree tho some people do just have a better natural skill set for it (the x factor) like the guys behind easycontentunits. I think you’ve got the x factor for overcoming google penalty’s by the looks of it

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:29:45 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys. I was trying to find my way through a vague and nagging feeling I get sometimes in the above post as I do think a lot of people have that intangiable ability to innovate and make cash.

@Rich I’m sure there are some people making money who don’t have a clue, nothing I say is 100% right for the entire population. I’d be making a fortune off betting if it was!! However from experience I must say that I’ve found the kind of people you speak eventually come up against some kind of problem they just can’t solve i.e. Adwords QS or changing Google SEO rules.

I think I might have been trying to say you really need the passion to understand the whole process and the determination to keep on trying as well as that X Factor.

Hard to explain, but I hope I’ve done a reasonable job!!