Here’s just a quick word of thanks to the latest sponsors of JMMO -

Please note: This is just an acknowledgement of the support that this site has received from these advertisers, as such support help to run JMMO. This is NOT an endorsement of these services/products. You are always encouraged to do your own research before engaging in business with any of our advertisers.

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Thank You, JMMO Sponsors! {June/July 2010}

Here’s just a quick word of thanks to the latest sponsors of JMMO -

Please note: This is just an acknowledgement of the support that this site has received from these advertisers, as such support help to run JMMO. This is NOT an endorsement of these services/products. You are always encouraged to do your own research before engaging in business with any of our advertisers.

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Thank You, JMMO Sponsors! {May/June 2010}

This is a guest post submitted to JMMO by lisafolder from the site Little Money Maker. The author’s email address is: lisafolder@gmail.com .

Although anyone can start an affiliate marketing business, not everyone can achieve success. Why? Well, here are 10 affiliate mistakes that deter people from succeeding in the business of affiliate marketing. To avoid all these mistakes, you first need to study them and to understand them thoroughly.

1. Believing that visitors would only click on their affiliate links. Although the task of an affiliate is only restricted to pre-selling, it isn’t just limited to displaying the affiliate links. It also entails enticing visitors to click on them by listing out the benefits of the affiliate products, giving positive recommendations by writing reviews to encourage readers to check out the products.

2. Promoting too many affiliate programs at the same time. If an affiliate markets 8 affiliate programs at the same time, he or she will have 8 affiliate marketing campaigns to handle. Most probably, the affiliate will find difficult to manage all his campaigns and unable to concentrate on each one of his or her affiliate programs in this situation and ends up losing money.

You should begin with one affiliate program. So, choose a program that you are passionate about. Then, put your best effort to market the product. Test different marketing strategies to see which one works best. Once you are making a steady commission with the product, then maybe you can look for second affiliate product to sell.

3. Believing that using a single method of marketing technique is sufficient. There are people actually think that submitting a few articles to article websites will generate the amount of traffic they expected. But this is wrong. Focusing only one marketing technique will limit the number of potential buyers you can send to your affiliate merchant’s website

4. Failing to improve the performance of your marketing campaign. Many affiliates tend to concern on checking their daily commission only and have no interest on studying and analyzing their marketing campaigns performance. When their campaigns don’t work as expected or don’t generate sales, they will fail to make corresponding adjustments because they don’t know which aspects of their campaigns need to be improved. It is essential to learn every aspect of our marketing strategies. Which marketing techniques are attracted most visitors? How many unique and returning visitors generated? How long do they stay in our website? Where they come from? These are the questions that could help us enhance the performance of our affiliate marketing business.

5. Promoting affiliate products that are lacking of demand. Some affiliate programs offer extremely high sale commission to their affiliate. But, the products aren’t salable and thus earning nothing.

6. Failing to find an affiliate program with a proven record of consumer satisfaction. The trustworthiness of a company relies on how people view it. If the affiliate program has established good relationships with their customers, then it has established a brand which is recognizable for its excellent service. You will find easier to pre-selling such an affiliate product.

7. Failing to keep abreast with the latest developments in the industry. There will come a time when the marketing knowledge we know would become obsolete, more so in the field of internet marketing where everything transpires at a rapid pace. You have to constantly update yourself with the newest trends, techniques and news in this field to always keep your competitive edge.

8. Failing to invest on knowledge. Knowledge likewise evolves and you have to evolve with it. Buy noteworthy eBooks, special reports and the likes… those which would teach you the latest tactics to help you conquer your field.

9. Resting on your laurels once a semblance of success is achieved. Success is not eternal. You have to sustain it. If you leave your business alone once it shows the promise of success, you’re just setting it up for failure.

10. Thinking that affiliate marketing can help you to become rich fast. No, affiliate marketing isn’t a “get rich quick” scheme. You have to put in a lot of effort and time, and some capital before you can make money in affiliate marketing.

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10 Mistakes in Affiliate Marketing that Can Stop Your Success

Yesterday, I found out that Google is ending their video ad units programme by the end of April. I found it a real shame because I was getting some good returns on one video ad unit that I was running on one of my sites.

During its run on my site, I thought it was great because I found a way to share videos from YouTube that were relevant to my site. And, I found a way to monetise those videos at the same time.

But, it looks like it hasn’t been working too well for Google and its video advertisers. I guess that will always be the challenge of online video ads. In any case, even though they are ending the video ad units programme, they will still continue to foster relationships with some eligible YouTubers who can run ads on their blogs, courtesy of Google.

Writing of ads, I thought I’d write a quick welcome note to JMMO’s two new sponsors* – Envision Freedom and Scott Work From Home Story. Thank you so much for helping to keep JMMO going.

*Please note that sponsorships are not endorsements from JMMO. You are encouraged to do your own research before engaging in any business online. Thank you!

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On Video Ads and New Sponsors

This eBay auction for a Twitter profile sponsorship by Ian Schaffer recently concluded. The final bid? $1,082.01. That’s for one month sponsorship on his Twitter profile, which currently has 517 followers. Does that mean that the going rate for such sponsorships is $2.09 per follower? (Hmmm… I currently have 576- So, I could possibly make US$1,200+ a month on my profile?) But then again, maybe it’s just the novelty of it all.

In any case, it may seem like a viable option to make money online, if you’re not against selling ad space on your profile.

So, what about you? If you have the opportunity to do so, will you sell sponsorship on your Twitter Profile. Or any social media profile for that matter (Facebook, MySpace, etc)? Why or why not?

Image: Based on Microsoft Stock Photo. Edits, Shai Coggins.

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Open Mic Monday: Will You Sell Sponsorship on Your Twitter Profile?

If you haven’t taken up the Chitika | Premium challenge yet, you might want to try it now. In this challenge, Chitika is offering to match any revenue that you generate from the premium ad (up to $100), until 30th of June. However, you must install the code on your blog on or before the 6th of June 2008.

Some important notes on Chitika | Premium:
1) Ad codes must be above or just below your article titles.
2) Ads only get served to *some* U.S. readers/viewers.
3) To avoid a ‘blank space’ (and wasted revenue stream), you’re encouraged to use an alternate URL. That alternate URL may show a different ad that will be served to readers/visitors who do not get to see the Chitika | Premium ad.
4) These ads are CPC (Cost Per Click). So, you will make money from readers/visitors who see and click on these ads, even if they don’t do anything else.

* Disclosure:
1) Some affiliate links included in this post.
2) Chitika and b5media recently announced a partnership regarding the Premium Ads programme.

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Chitika | Premium Challenge