Ready to get started? Here we go:

 

1. They don’t create a product their ideal clients actually want. This can manifest itself in several ways. Here are a few of the big ones –

 

* Your ideal clients NEED this product, never mind that they don’t actually WANT it. Case in point — how many of you say to yourself on a regular basis “I really need to exercise more.” And how many of you are rushing off to hire a personal trainer to force yourself to exercise more. Or take out spending money altogether — how many of you are simply shifting your daily schedule around so you DO start exercising more? Or how many of you say “I really need to floss regularly.” How’s that flossing going?

 

Yeah, you get the picture. Need and want are two entirely different things. We buy what they want and then we justify the purchase by saying we need it. We don’t buy what we need only what we want.

 

* You’ve created the wrong product for the wrong market. This happens more frequently than you might imagine. You have a great idea, but you’re trying to match it to a client base that has little or no interest in it. There’s a mismatch. Luckily, this one can be (relatively) easily fixed — find your right ideal clients who DO want your product, tweak your product to fit that client base and all is well.

 

* You’re writing it for you — NOT for your ideal clients. This happens mainly with authors who are writing books. Now there’s nothing really wrong with this — it’s your vision/message/brilliance you’re writing about. And sometimes this can turn into a massive success. But not always. Your ideal clients may either not be ready for it or you’re selling to the wrong ideal clients or you haven’t educated your ideal clients enough for them to realize they need it. (Or want it, as the case may be.)

 

There’s nothing wrong with crafting a book or a product that’s a labor of love. I’m a writer too. You just need to understand that labors of love don’t always translate into immediate cash or overnight success stories.

 

2. You don’t package your idea in a way your ideal clients want to purchase and consume it. This manifests itself in 2 ways:

 

* You write an ebook and your ideal clients hate to read. Or you force them to watch hours of videos and they really don’t want to watch videos, they’d rather listen to audio or read but you don’t give them that option.

 

It doesn’t matter how much your ideal clients want the information, if they aren’t comfortable with how you’re presenting they won’t buy or if they do buy, they won’t be happy.

 

* Your ideal clients are interested in the idea, but you’re going about it all wrong. For instance, you’re a sales trainer and you teach very high pressure close methods to a client base that’s uncomfortable with that technique. Or you want to teach “how to” to a group of people who really just would prefer to hire you to do it for them. If this is what’s going on with you, you may be perplexed why your sales are so sluggish when you KNOW your ideal clients are interested in what you sell. (Note, it also could be your selling methods, which we’ll talk about next week.)

 

3. You’ve taken WAY too long to complete your info-product. If you’ve been working on an info-product for longer than 6 months, this is you. You need to get it done and get it out there. The longer it takes you to complete it the more likely it is that someone else will bring your idea to market before you do. If this is you, set aside time THIS WEEKEND and map out how you’re going to finish your info-product. And besides, every day you don’t have it done is another day you can’t be selling it.

 

 

 

Michele PW (Michele Pariza Wacek) is your Ka-Ching! marketing strategist and owns Creative Concepts and Copywriting LLC, a copywriting and marketing agency. She helps entrepreneurs become more successful at attracting more clients, selling more products and services and boosting their business. To find out how she can help you take your business to the next level, visit her site at http://www.MichelePW.com. Copyright 2008 Michele Pariza Wacek.
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Affiliate marketing is something that many webmasters know how to do. They know what it is about, and what it takes to be successful. However, if you are new to the webmaster world, you may just be wondering how you can get into affiliate marketing and making an income on the side for yourself. Doing so is not that complicated, and we have created this guide to get you started.

First of all, lets cover just exactly what affiliate marketing is. Affiliate marketing is when you sell or get leads for someone else’s service or product. You are going to find that there are so many people that do this. When a company needs some help making sales, and they allow people to sign up as affiliates, they are willing to pay a commission or a flat rate per lead or sale. Depending on the company, this percentage or flat rate will vary.

Affiliate marketing can be used to make a decent income several ways. You can use a website, a blog, newsletter, email, ads etc. The list goes on and on. However, the most popular form of affiliate marketing is done with a website. When you choose the market that you want to promote, be sure that you choose one that you are some what familiar with. This way you can become an expert on the topic, and everyone will know that you are the king of that market. Once that is done, it is time for a URL. There are many places that you can get your own domain from. Once you have decided where you will purchase that from, choose a URL that has the topic you are selling in the URL for the best results. For example, if you are wanting to market cat food, you wont use a URL that has dog in it. Make sure that everything is all relevant.

Now that you have your market and your URL chosen, you will want to determine the hosting that you will use for your website. You need dependable hosting for the best results. A hosting company that has more up time than down time is best because during the down time, your website will not be accessible. So, get some recommendations from others that have tried a few and use the best that you can find. It is worth it to pay for good hosting.

Once that is done, you are ready to get your affiliate links and website set up so that you can market the most effectively. Determine the amount of money that you want to make, and set up an outline of how you are going to make it. There are so many ways that you can get  a website out there to be seen, and you will want to make the best decisions. So, finding out the best ways for you to do this is that is cost effective is a good start.

Learning SEO which is also known as search engine optimization is a great idea. Using SEO to get your site higher in the search engine rankings with keywords will pay off in the end. You can learn it yourself, or you can pay someone to do this part for you. It is up to you. However, you should know that learning and using SEO yourself is time consuming. Hiring an SEO guru might be better for you.

Write articles about the market that you are promoting from your website and submit them to all of the article directories. When you include a back link to the site that you are optimizing that will help you as well with the search engines.

Affiliate marketing is not anything that you can make money with over night. You need to be able to build up and keep adding to your website daily or weekly, and keep it going. You can do it, just don’t give up.

 

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