We’ve all seen posts and articles on how to succeed at affiliate marketing and some of them are good reads and some of them are a not so good. So I wanted to take a completely saturated topic and add a little bit of a spin to it by offering some simple steps to avoid when starting out in affiliate marketing.

Are you ready to learn how to fail at affiliate marketing? Excellent, then let’s begin.

Purchase Every Make Money Online Guide You Come Across

Reading guide after guide and not taking action is a great way to fail as you will become so absorbed with information, you won’t know where or how to get started. Each of these guru guides have their own secret method that are revealed on how they (the guru author) make millions in the industry and you can to – because they have discovered the autopilot secret to doing nothing while making money online.

And if the guide has an up-sell to a monthly membership, definitely purchase the membership as the guru author will be inside the members area every day waiting for your questions.

THE TRUTH: There are no ‘secrets to internet marketing’, all the guru guides out there are simply the same thing but have a different angle.  Don’t become a serial buyer and never take action.  Check out my Affiliate Walkthrough guide, it’s a simple step-by-step free guide on how article marketing works.

Select a Saturated Niche to Promote Like ‘Make Money Online’

When you are starting out with affiliate marketing, it’s a good idea to begin promoting the make money online niche because you have a general idea about the niche and it’s easy to become an expert in the field.

Simply promote all the make money online guides you have purchased because there isn’t really anyone else promoting them and you will make a plethora of income by emailing all your friends about your newfound wealth.

THE TRUTH: The make money online niche is the last place you want to start out in as you have no reputation in the industry and no proof elements yet to use in your promotions. Hobby niches are an excellent way to get started.

Don’t Bother with Keyword Research – It Doesn’t Work

Keyword research isn’t really necessary as there are plenty of popular keywords available such as ‘make money online’ and ‘home business opportunities’.  Simply create a single website or blog focusing on these extremely popular keywords with a single page on that topic and the traffic will come swarming to your website.

THE TRUTH: Do your proper keyword research and find a keyword that has a high level of search queries and low level of competition.

As you can see, affiliate marketing is easy and you don’t really need to do much.  Simply follow the above steps and are well on your way to failing at affiliate marketing.

THE TRUTH: Affiliate marketing does take effort and dedication, you need to learn your craft, do your research AND take action.  Your biggest investment should be your time and not spending your money on wasted guru guides.

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