Maybe we can change the title of this post later on, but we would like to use that for the mean time.

If you may know, some affiliates will say that you need to sell high ticket items for you to get high commissions. And other say that you only need to sell multiple low ticket products which are easier to sell. Well…

Maybe I can say that most of the time, the effort you will exert in promoting low priced products is almost the same as promoting those expensive products. So, which is better to promote???

As we all know, holiday season is a great time to promote physical products. I did…

But…

The commissions are quite low. I only earned few cents to maximum of less than $5 for every sale I made. Meaning, I need to sell multiple products in order to get hundreds of dollars in commissions.

When I compared my earnings with these low priced products to one of the expensive products I promote, I only need to have 1 sale of this expensive product in order to get the commissions I received in promoting multiple low priced products. So you decide…

Another thing I want you to check is the percentage of commissions. I realized that it’s one of the most important things an affiliate must look. Or maybe not only percentage, but also the earnings you’ll get once you made a sale.

But still, it’s up to you on what kind of products you want to promote as an affiliate.

I was reading some post in a SEO forum and someone ask “what is affiliate marketing?”. Without a doubt, many replied to this post.

Some said that you must be skilled in search engine optimization(SEO), some says you must know how to use pay per click(PPC), many says that you should start with market research or top notch keyword research.

As you can see most of these skill sets are needed when you want to start online affiliate marketing. But what does affiliate marketing really means?

Is it just creating sites that full of your own affiliate links and then driving traffic into it? Is it knowing the latest loophole or trick in search engines? I’m not saying these are not needed, but, is that how we define affiliate marketing?

If you are doing all those things, maybe you’re one of those top affiliates in your chosen niche. If not, then you may want to ask yourself, “why?”. Maybe you’re missing some of the latest tricks in driving traffic, or maybe you’re not just really doing marketing.

Don’t get me wrong, I have review sites, niche sites, and anything that you might want to think…lolz… But during those times, I’m thinking…is this affiliate marketing? am I adding real value to this products? how do I add value to these products as an affiliate?

But how do we really define it?

And of course, I want you to ask yourself…”how did the latest internet marketing guru’s product reach me?”…

Hello everyone, It’s been more than a month since I updated this blog. Well, I’m refreshing some affiliate marketing skills that I’ve learned from the past. I took a step back and discovered that there are many things that changed since I learned affiliate marketing.

Just like in Information Technology(IT), we need to update our skills in order to maintain a competitive edge among our competitors. We have to learn new things and adapt the changes, especially big with ‘G’ who keeps changing its algorithm all the time.

If you want to get some latest new within Internet Marketing, I suggest you to visit some popular forums and you’ll discover that there are literally thousands of people learning this IM thing.

But be cautious on reading some posts. There could be useful tips you can gather from them but as usual, there will be unreliable suggestions lying around.

So start updating your IM skills now.:D

If you are reading some of my previous posts, then you’ll know that I was banned from Adsense and because of that, I learned to explore making money being an affiliate.

The story today will be somewhat the same.:D

Few months back, eBay affiliate was introduced to me. At first, I was hesitant since it seems new to me. But since he was my friend, and there are so many good reviews, I signed up and earned few bucks until a big hammer launched into my account, my account was terminated.

Ok, as usual, I emailed back their support and asked why they slapped my account. Hopefully, they will respond back to my inquiry.

Because of this, I was confused because I didn’t do anything blackhat nor violation to their terms.

Does it hurt?

You’ll know if you hammered your fingernails or maybe on your first time experiencing it.

When I got my Adsense account terminated, I felt like someone poked me below my sensitive skin. But when I received a termination account from eBay Partner, I can still feel it but not like on the first time because I know it’s bubbly.

Needless to say and what other affiliates say; do not put all your sensitive eggs in one basket as someone might throw a big stone inside the basket.

By the way, I can consider that my EPN account is still lucky as it was not the first few accounts that received termination letter which seems to starts last August.

Woooops!!!

So do you want to start an affiliate business? Many affiliate marketers that are just starting out seems to be a “Jack of all trades”. You won’t be one of those jacks unless you have the money to outsource the other things in your affiliate promotion.

If you want to start affiliate marketing, I suggest you to learn 80% of what you can learn in affiliate marketing such as website creation, search engine optimization, pay per click marketing, etc.. It’s almost a must if you are in a tight budget which is the most problem of those who are just starting out. Continue Reading