Diary of an Affiliate Marketer
The biggest problem for affiliate marketing newbies like my friend Gavin is understanding where to start. This concern applies to most new starters and can be overwhelming at first.
For instance I know of one person who has now purchased a training package off three different people and I know these people. Each one is excellent and any one of these internet training packages would have helped this person succeed if they just knew how to apply all this information.
I know because I was in this position some years ago and my brain was working overtime. You see, as affiliate marketing newbies we all think you have to get it right first time. Right on the money, and away you go!
It doesn’t work like that and there is no magic button or secret recipe, but what is true is that if you know what the system is and why The System works then you can apply your new knowledge to any good quality training package.
Sometimes people have good fortune and I certainly consider it good fortune that I came across Ken McCarthy after being introduced by Perry Marshall. Ken was running the world famous internet marketing seminar The System Seminar and one of the introductory offers was a free copy of his book System Secrets.
What an eye opener and damn frustrating when you realize you have been running around like a headless chicken and here was a book for $20 that put everything into perspective and all of a sudden it all made sense.
How frustrating is that!
When you understand how marketing on the internet works the rest becomes so much clearer and listening to his guest speakers was exciting because I could see how I could apply all these techniques and marketing skills to my website and future websites.
It was at that time I knew I wanted to fully commit to affiliate marketing and not wonder off in various directions because if there is one thing that System Secrets and Ken shows you is that there are so many ways to make money on the internet that it is limited only by your imagination.
The System Intensive Seminar London 2009
Affiliate marketing is where I wanted to be and I’m so grateful that I was introduced to Ken McCarthy. One of his key speakers was a real gentleman called James Martell who has been affiliate marketing since the beginning.
An online veteran, James takes affiliate marketing newbies and shows you step by step how to achieve your dreams. Don’t get me wrong it’s hard work but easy to follow and if you commit to following his advice you cannot fail.
James was having major success and of course everyone wanted to know how he continued to make the levels of income he was achieving every year. He finally succumbed to the pressure and started training locally and when he realized this was a massive drain on his time he realized that he could reach more people in less time if he wrote it all down.
So, using one of his coaching seminars he wrote everything he was teaching these people, who by the way were paying $3000 for the face to face training, and released his first book Affiliate Marketing Handbook which is now in its fourth edition.
Whenever I am approached by affiliate marketing newbies for advice I immediately tell them to buy two books, System Secrets by ken McCarthy and Affiliate Marketing Handbook by James Martell. Armed with these two books for less than $70 you have all the information you need to get you started on the right path and I guarantee you will make money and invest in further training from these two guys again and again.
If you know of any other business you can start up for less than $70 let me know!
