Up On Main Street

Many beginners get into the affiliate business and believe this is a get-rich-quick method since they have seen in posts and forums how many people are making good money and quitting their full time jobs to do it. First of all it takes a lot of hard work and determination to become a super affiliate (the ones making a six figure income online) and Second, many of these people have been doing affiliate marketing for years.

I am sure the super affiliates did not get there overnight. They put alot of time and energy into what they were doing. Don’t get me wrong, Yes, you can earn money being an affiliate for merchants and some pay better than others but it still takes time to see what works and what doesn’t.

I saw an e-book (free) the other day that said this person made TONS of money as an affiliate and they will give you a free report on how to do it. OK, Ok, I had to see this report. As I read through the information, I understood very quickly how they were making all this money…….using underhanded and all ways that went against the rules of the merchant they were using to make all this money. They even said that it is breaking the rules, but HEY! they are making all this money……who cares!

This may be true, but if you would do these ways, how long before you get caught, get thrown out of that merchant’s program and then have to start over? I guess (to me) it is not worth using these tricks…I would rather treat my affiliate programs as a business and build it up over time to make sure that in years to come I will have money coming in and not have to worry about if I would get thrown out of the program because of being against their TOS (terms of service). If you build up your business right the first time, you could enjoy monthly income for years to come.

I am not saying people that are doing the underhanded, spammy things are bad…..that is their choice and for all things that make the world go around….But I would rather do it right the first time instead of having to try and keep one step ahead of my merchant’s eyes or the search engines.