How to be a Dead Broke Affiliate in 10 Easy Steps

[frugalwench]

I must admit, I've been sitting on my butt lately too. I've gone through a lot lately, but I had all this time at home after my surgery, and promised myself that I would do something every day on my site, especially marketing, but I didn't. I'm just sort of stuck. I'm getting depressed about money, and angry because I know that if I had done what I was supposed to, I wouldn't have to be depressed.

I think I've picked the wrong niche, though. Frugal people don't shop online, and they don't click ads. Maybe I'll keep that site, and make another one just about gardening. I think I could sell some products there, because I know the products to talk about that would sell.

[Niche]

Shame really because the post has a lot of very good points. But the message is a little sullied by the angery tone that underlies it.

Perhaps the mild attack is just a publicity stunt, don't know but you come away from reading that post with a bad taste in your mouth.

The use of the 'B' word was totally distasteful

[frugalwench]

Originally Posted by Rob_TID

Amit really lost me as a reader with this post. Sure, some of them are pretty self explanatory, but insulting an entire forum of people (many of whom make plenty as affiliates) and then instigating a flame war with them is highly unprofessional for someone who wants to be a leader in the industry and who wants to develop a public profile.

You know, I can understand his point to a degree. There are people who spend all their time on the forums then complain they aren't making any money, when that time could be better spent optimizing their site.

And you know what, sometimes people ARE stealing your affiliate links, but I wouldn't go on a forum and complain, I'd do what most good affiliates have done and warn people about how to mask your links.

He obviously has a gripe with somebody somewhere, but tough love isn't such a bad thing.

I come here to complain sometimes, but I always admit my laziness, mistakes, etc. and it motivates me to get encouragement here that others have done the same, and still turned out to be successful affiliate marketers.

Forums are a great resource, but some people are addicted to them, when they need to be out working their site.

[Linda Buquet]

No there's a huge back story. Some really nasty stuff happened that built up to the boiling point.
He should have just ignored it though and not tried to sling mud back.

[fitnfree]

Actually, I think he hit the proverbial nail on the head here - great post. But if you've made some of these mistakes, don't beat yourself up - bet we've all got a few of those we can relate to. Just learn from them, that's the main thing.

I didn't know some people actually went around forums to complain about affililate programs, though. WOW talk about time you could put to far better use - like ways to keep getting hits, converting sales, etc.

Very interesting, thanks so much for the heads up on this.

[tiger325]

That was a great post. Sounds like someone needs to write an ebook.