February 9, 2012

Affiliate programs Dead?

Will Affiliate programs soon be dying a slow and painful death?

It is possible if we do not take action to deter the agenda of large corporations that want to reduce or eliminate online competition in some sales areas.

If you have ever considered owning your own website selling your own product then there will never be a better time to break into the business.

Are affiliate programs dead and did the FTC kill it?

Can you really make money selling other peoples products?

The good the Bad and the Ugly, it is interesting, that among all the different affiliate opportunities, out there, and all the methods of marketing to those affiliates.

There are literally hundreds of methods and sales opportunities out there yet many of these so called affiliate programs are not as good as they advertise, so how do you know if your promoting a program that will pay off and how do you know that you can trust the vendor?

The answer is you don’t and that is where most people go wrong.

You might wonder why people even bother at all, but the thing is for every one way to earn revenue, there are five ways to take that revenue away.

This begs the question, do you think that most affiliate programs are a viable source of income or are they just a great way to get free advertising from the vendors perspective it is a win win situation, from the affiliates view, you really do have to jump through hoops in order to even get a commission.

Today, I reviewed an offer for a set of review documents, the offer was related to affiliate opportunities, they claimed that you could make money by providing reviews and selling reviews of products, now the problem here is two fold, or probably three fold, lets start with one.

  1. It requires you apply for various affiliate programs.
  2. It requires that you develop a sales page.
  3. It requires traffic, from a real, organic buying source.
  4. It requires a buying public willing to buy from your affiliate link.
  5. It requires keyword research.
  6. It requires real buyers who are will to buy the product you are advertising.
  7. It requires, the ability to out perform every other person out there doing the same thing.So when you consider this information, what is the real advantage of working for someone else trying to sell their product for a buck or two commission?

When you think of it like this, you have to wonder, at the rock bottom price of 10 bucks, you might make your money back or you might not, make anything at all.

So, now that you have the most likely fact, what will you do, will you choose, to pursue a prospect that you might be able to get a sale or would you rather do something more useful.

Why Product Creation, makes more sense than trying to sell a product and collect a pittance.

Strictly speaking, selling your own product makes a lot more sense than trying to sell someone else’s product, for a number of reasons, but the most important reason is that when you are selling your own product, you are the vendor not the affiliate.

Then you can get affiliates to sell your products, make sense, we think so too, so after reviewing that offer for reviews that were frankly so restricted, (cant do this, cant do that)

I decided to pass, dont need junk and dont need garbage.

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So where are all the Jabi Millionaires?

Are they in hiding? or are they ashamed that they did not make all that was implied that they could make…

Are they so rich that they are ashamed of how much money they made using the great and mighty jabi?

Remember how Kajabi was the best thing since sliced bread?

Well where are they now, where are all the rich people who have made millions and millions using kajabi?

It seems like every other month someone comes out with some great and mighty Jakabi, type product that claims you will make so much money and you can have all your dreams come true.

Well the truth is that most of the time you end up spending more money buying into the program that you end up loosing money the reason why is simple, they are not being honest about your real chances of making any money using the stuff they try to sell you.

In many ways, it is really all about allegedly promising the moon and delivering well not much in return.

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FTC Steps Up Efforts Against Scams That Target Financially-Strapped Consumers

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a success or was it an over hyped massacre?

Ok, perhaps you have heard of the latest and greatest Guru Launch or not.

One thing is clear, it is expensive, allegedly and the setup fee, hmmm, it just seems a little much, but hey you know if you want to spend that much money a month I sure hope it works out for you.

One thing for sure allegedly it is way over priced, I think perhaps 59.00 per month would be a good price point, but they started out at 99 to 299 per month, yes you heard right, amazing I know.

Either way, I wanted to have a look at the sales process, mostly because it is of interest how these programs work to enslave the buyer, opps sorry that was a bad word, perhaps I should say, the methods they use to enhance the buyers interest.

As an Expert in Marketing, and I do mean that, I am old school, back in the days, of trade shows, and cold calling, business customers, this was back in the 1980s yes, before all these so called marketing Gurus were still in high school picking their noses in biology class.

Yes, I am one of those Old guys, from the days of Yore.

This is a very similure product to several “shopping cart solutions” but this has at times past been marketed, with some success, at least for those that were collecting the money.

The problem with all these (high priced) marketing opportunities, is that they rely on several things that the product does not provide you the paying customer.

Traffic, Product and the actual framework for success.

Yes, the product is impressive, or at least the video is, who knows for sure, but you really do have to do more than to just build it and they will come, actually they will not come.

People are way too concerned with the need to actually feed their families, this is part of what the big time famous Gurus have forgotton, greed can no longer be counted on for a sales pitch, and that is what most Gurus have done over the last two years, is rely on greed to sell a product.

I do not recommend this alleged product, simply because it is filled with eye candy and little if any real content, yes, the video is impressive but look beyond the hype and the eye candy for a moment, look at what this actually is.

An Amalgamation, of everything a good marketer already has in stock.

Yes, it is an alleged rehash, but in a different way, yes it could be good but it is allegedly, not good, because of the price point.

Now, make no mistake, if a man will not tell you what the price is, there is only one reason, it is because allegeldy he is ashamed to tell it.

Have you ever been driving up and down the road, and see a classic car for sale, but there was no price displayed, most of the time you just do not stop because you know that the price is going to be so high that you cannot possibly afford it.

If they wanted to really sell the car they would put a price on it.

This is true of anything, if you want to really sell a thing, you have to price it, otherwise people will not take the time to stop what they are doing and take the time to ask you what you want.

Here is a for instance, there were two cars for sale less than one mile apart on the same road, both were trucks, both the same color, one had a price tag of $900.00 the other had just a for sale sign on it,

Guess which truck sold first.

You bet the one with the price listed, because people saw it and knew it to be a great value, they stopped, and looked, that is what you need to do these days in order to get a sale, you have to get the price point right.

If you fail in this regard you could have millions of people as your affiliate but you will not be successful, simply because you have failed in one of the most important sales tenats, and that is to not waste the customers time.

The customers time is just as valuable as your time is, in some cases it is more valuable than yours is simply because they often will not give you a second chance.

So all this smoke and mirror, marketing Guru Gargabe, is not impressive to me it is a Failure, They failed, and this project will be a failure as well.

Simply because there are already too many of these “shopping cart” scripts and products, out there, remember stomper net, ( how is that working out for you guys? )

Oh, yes, they will have lots of press, in the IM world, but sadly in the end, it will be just like most of these Guru Garbage Dreams, the producer will make some money and there will be a few success stories, (fact or fiction) who knows for sure, one thing is clear, this is not for the average marketer, at all. If you have an established, Brick and Mortar store, and you have a “LOT of experience” then this may be a good option, but for say an average, of 90 percent of the “average Joe marketer” this is not that.

But if you prepared to dump thousands of dollars into an expensive and unproven product, where they are afriad to even publish the price before a certain “date” then go right ahead, as for me and my house we will save out money.

Sadly I cannot recommend this product, and I will not be providing any links to it, you can easily google it, or chances are you have at least ten or so emails in your mail box by now and already there are tons of Adsense ads out there promising all kinds of bonus, options, the best bonus in your life if you buy this alleged, over priced over alleged, hyped, product, but in reality, this is already available out there at a cheaper price, yes, you heard it right, you can get all this stuff for less money than you will pay for this Guru Garbage, what you are buying is the convenience of having it under one roof.

The Sad thing here is that they just dont seem to Get, us average Marketers, were the ones that make the IM world go round, not the few and the proud, but the average Joe marketers, these are the real customers, hopefully and eventually we will see that fact reflected in both the price and the actual sales strategies, in the future, until that time enjoy those long and boring videos that the Guru Garbage company has made for you.