This one will not be the usual pep rally speech as you are used to! Actually this is a blog for when you have to cut and run on the hype machines and decide ultimately for yourself if you need to take a plan of action.
Being in the Clickbank arena for a few months, I have done so-so, and maybe now able to pay some bills and actually survive off of the income Clickbank could provide me. The problem is, that no campaign is perfect, and sometimes, despite your best of efforts, there could be more competition, there could also be Google throwing your ass in the Sandbox, rendering you clueless why you are not making sales, and also it could be some other issues aside from it all.
Is it easy what us internet marketers do? Yes and No. Easy for those who know what the heck they are doing. But that is never the case for anybody, despite how much experience any Internet Marketer has. Google always changes their algorithms for search, new rules for PPC, and habits of each internet user and regulations passed down from other countries are always having us changing up the methods and techniques that we use on a daily basis.
For the folks at the very top, they have done quite a huge amount of trial and error and know what the heck is going on most of the time. They have been able in their core groups to chameleon themselves into newer formats and plans of action and go to the next best thing.
For you, the sole internet marketer that is hearing a ton of hype from someone, who perhaps is pulling their hair out when their campaigns go south. You have to ask yourself, when can you accept defeat and change your strategy? The problem, is that either you are not putting enough effort, or maybe hitting the wrong keywords or niches, and maybe the affiliate network is not working out for you. With affiliate networks, there is no one trick pony out here, and I strongly advocate that to anyone. There is no demigod network out there, not one network is the highest of the high and the next tier down.
You can be an affiliate of some shithole CPA network, and make your living where rather you wouldn’t make shit on some major CPA network. It depends on your comfort level and how well you can sell their product.
If you feel the need to go try out a new offer, do not limit yourself or stick on a product if it is not converting for you. Some products just don’t convert for everybody! Come to think about it, if everybody was able to convert everything and work off of every CPA network, then everybody would try to make money off of the internet, and that is just not possible.
There is my two cents! Talk to you next week!
Tom Howell
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