Hey everyone. Mike here from Lead Impact. I’m new here but it looks like a fantastic resource. I’ve been an affiliate for over 12 years and I’m now head of a network which helps other affiliates do what I do. It’s a relatively unknown and unsaturated area of affiliate marketing, like a lead-gen/affiliate hybrid model, but it works well and in my opinion is the most lucrative of affiliate channels compared to the work you have to put into it.

Have a read and let me know your thoughts,

Thanks,

Mike

Step 1: Take action

For me this started back in 2005 when I was laid off. I was given a month’s redundancy pay and sat at home for a month learning how to create my own websites with Dreamweaver (LOL). Had I not been laid off and ‘forced’ to take time out of my 9-5 office job, I never would have started down the affiliate marketing path. I knew it worked having spoken to other affiliates, but I would never have found the time or the motivation to get going. I’m not saying leave your job to do this, you just have to find the drive and motivation to get going and take action.

Top tip: don’t waste your time listening to & reading ‘make money online’ podcasts and blogs as it will lead to inaction and overwhelm.

Step 2: Focus on one thing

This was lead generation in my case. Not the spammy lead generation from emails, popups, surveys, co-reg, incentives etc. We are talking top quality traffic sources like Google Adwords. leads which are not the cheapest to generate (although can be if you know the tricks), but which are the highest converting for the lead buyers and will lead to long-term deals. It’s far easier to sell more to an existing lead buyer than to find a new lead buyer. If you constantly deliver sh*t leads you’ll nev ...

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