{"id":20,"date":"2026-02-07T20:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myhomebusinessblog.com\/?p=20"},"modified":"2026-02-07T20:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:42:06","slug":"youre-doing-affiliate-marketing-all-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myhomebusinessblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/youre-doing-affiliate-marketing-all-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019re Doing Affiliate Marketing All Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the easiest way to make money online, without having to create a product or a sales page? Affiliate marketing, of course.<\/u><\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So, why is it that most affiliate marketers never make nearly what they could make? Anyone has the potential to make HUGE money in affiliate marketing, yet 90% or more of affiliates make a pittance (I\u2019ll wager the number is closer to 98%, in fact.)<\/p>\n

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Think about this: If you earn an average of $50 on each sale in a sales funnel you promote, and you make 6 sales, you\u2019ve made $300. Sounds good, right?<\/p>\n

But guaranteed, there is someone else who made 600 sales and walked away with $30,000.<\/p>\n

Why did they make 600 sales when you made just 6?<\/p>\n

There are reasons why a handful of affiliate marketers do amazingly well, and everyone else barely makes a profit.<\/p>\n

And marketers who understand this will always have a tremendous advantage over marketers who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

1: Build a Relationship<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know you\u2019ve heard it before, but are you doing it? People buy people, not products.<\/p>\n

If you want them to open your email and click your link, or visit your Facebook Group and click a link, you\u2019ve got to have a RELATIONSHIP with your people.<\/p>\n

This is so simple to do, yet few marketers take the time.<\/p>\n

Start with a blog post that is all about you, and then send new opt-ins to the post so they can get to know you. Make the post silly, funny and most of all REAL. Talk about the stupid stuff you\u2019ve done, the mistakes you\u2019ve made, where you live and so forth.<\/p>\n

Do you have a strange hobby or unusual taste in food? Include that. Do you have 17 pets? Talk about them. Do you work until 3 in the morning and sleep until noon? Mention that.<\/p>\n

Reveal the real you. Not the details people don\u2019t want, but the ones that amuse and interest. You\u2019re looking to make a real connection, not give a resume.<\/p>\n

And above all else, don\u2019t make your life seem like a series of magnificent accomplishments. No one is going to relate to someone who turns everything they touch into gold.<\/p>\n

But they are going to relate to the time you bought Bitcoin when it was worthless and sold it just before it took off, or the time you thought you could fly and jumped off your uncle\u2019s barn into the manure pile.<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t stop with your \u2018about me\u2019 page, either. Use this relationship building in your lead magnet, your emails, your other blog posts and so forth.<\/p>\n

Always inject a little bit about yourself. Not so much that you bore people, of course, or make everything seem about you. But just enough to keep it real.<\/p>\n

Think about relating an event to a friend. Aren\u2019t you going to give your own perceptions of what happened, as well as tell about how you got out of your car and stepped in the mud puddle just before your big presentation?<\/p>\n

Use this same method of personal, one-on-one friend communication with your readers as well.<\/p>\n

Post on your blog as often as possible, and we\u2019re talking every day or two. Encourage your list to subscribe to Feedburner or the equivalent so they know when you add a new post.<\/p>\n

Your readers will realize you\u2019re a real person who isn\u2019t out to pitch them a new product every 5 minutes. And they\u2019ll gladly read your sales emails much more readily when they know there is a real live human being who is sending them these messages.<\/p>\n

2: Use Your Own Voice<\/strong><\/p>\n

How many emails do you receive that say something along the lines of, \u201cBuy this product – this product is the greatest product ever – you will be sorry if you miss this – so rush right over and buy it now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yeah. Same old stuff, over and over again.<\/p>\n

There is a marketer (or maybe several, but I\u2019m thinking of one in particular) who sells MASSIVE quantities of this exact type of emails as a swipe file to new marketers.<\/p>\n

Like a brand-new marketer couldn\u2019t write their own 25 word email that basically says, \u201cGO BUY THIS NOW!\u201d<\/p>\n

People are TIRED of getting these emails. You\u2019re tired of getting these emails. I\u2019m tired of getting these emails.<\/p>\n

Same phrases, same message, same B.S.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not going to stand apart from the crowd, then you\u2019re going to have to share the same crumbs they\u2019re getting.<\/p>\n

Instead, take 30 minutes and write your own promotional email in your own voice.<\/p>\n

Forget hype. Be sincere. Be honest. \u201cHey, this product isn\u2019t for everyone. I don\u2019t even know if it\u2019s for you. But if you have this problem, then maybe this is your solution. Check it out and decide if it\u2019s right for you, because I know it\u2019s worked like crazy for some people. And it\u2019s on sale right now, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve written emails where I basically tell people not to buy something unless they really really want it or need it. \u201cDon\u2019t buy this if you already know how to do xyz.\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t buy this if you\u2019re not going to be doing this type of marketing.\u201d This is only for people who want (fill in the blank.) It\u2019s like I\u2019m trying to talk them out of it, which paradoxically often results in more sales, not fewer.<\/p>\n

But the point isn\u2019t tricking them into buying; it\u2019s to be honest. Because you know what? That latest, greatest product you\u2019re promoting ISN\u2019T what everyone on your list needs. Some of them, sure. The rest of them, no.<\/p>\n

Do you have any idea how refreshing it is to open an email that says, \u201cHere\u2019s a new product, thought you might want to know, but please don\u2019t buy it if you\u2019re not going to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first time I got an email like that, I bought the product without even reading the sales letter. True story. I was just so happy that someone wasn\u2019t ramming a sale down my throat, that I jumped at the chance to buy it.<\/p>\n

Weird but true.<\/p>\n

My point is, be you. Be honest. Talk to your readers as though they are your best friends and you don\u2019t want to lose your best friends by acting like a carnival barker who is here today and pulled up stakes (vanished) tomorrow with their money.<\/p>\n

3: Email a LOT<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the one where people like to argue with me, and I understand that.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve heard over and over again that you shouldn\u2019t email too often, or you\u2019ll upset your subscribers, right?<\/p>\n

After all, every time you email, there is the potential that a subscriber will hit the unsubscribe button.<\/p>\n

Do you know what the potential is when you DON\u2019T email? Nothing. No opens, no clicks, no sales\u2026 not even any relationship building.<\/p>\n

Do you want people to open and read your emails? Then send out those emails EVERY DAY<\/u>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n

First, almost no one will see every email you send out. Let\u2019s say you\u2019ve got a sale on one of your products. Don\u2019t you think your readers might like to know about it? But if they miss the one and only email you send that lets them know, then they\u2019ve missed out on the discount and you LOST a sale.<\/p>\n

Second, send emails at different times. I opened someone\u2019s email just yesterday, decided I was VERY interested in the new membership he was selling, clicked the link and discovered it was no longer available.<\/p>\n

What happened? This particular marketer only sends out emails at 1:00 a.m. my time, so I don\u2019t even see most of his emails in the avalanche of mail I get before I wake up.<\/p>\n

Third, if you\u2019re sending email once a week or once a month, your readers are forgetting who the heck you are. And when you finally do send an email, they think it\u2019s spam.<\/p>\n

Fourth, if you mail more often, you will make more money. Don\u2019t take my word on this, just do it for one month. Send out one email per day, every day, for 30 days. Put a promotion in each one. See if you haven\u2019t made more \u2013 a LOT more \u2013 money during that time period than during the previous month.<\/p>\n

And by the way, I\u2019m not saying JUST send out a promotion in each email. Make sure you have some content in there as well, even if it\u2019s just an amusing anecdote.<\/p>\n

4: Think of affiliate marketing as a BUSINESS<\/strong><\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a hobby, nor is it an add-on for an additional income stream.<\/p>\n

Even if you go on vacation, be prepared to send out an email every day. Schedule them in advance or write them on vacation. Either way, affiliate marketing to your list is a business that you can\u2019t just jump into when you need cash and forget about the rest of the time.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have many support issues, since the product owners handle this. You don\u2019t have to worry about creating products, sales pages and so forth. You don\u2019t have to drive traffic, unless it\u2019s to build your list bigger.<\/p>\n

With so much you don\u2019t have to do, there\u2019s no reason not to focus your time and energy into building relationships with your list and promoting to them every single day.<\/p>\n

Affiliate marketing can be some of the easiest money you\u2019ve ever made, if you put in the time and effort to make it a real business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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