The Super Affiliate Journal

Does this sound familiar?

“I have been planning and working on these damn sites for what seems like years, but it is just so hard to maintain them.“

This has been the story of my life for the past two years! Well, this weekend marked the beginning of simplicity and the end of complexity in my affiliate marketing business. I want to share my vision with you, so you can find an easier way to do affiliate marketing.

What has changed…you ask? Well, a couple of weeks ago, I made a mental jump and finally understood that it is much easier to blog from the heart, than design and assemble complex content articles. This has proven to be a huge shift towards natural simplicity and away from unwanted complexity.

Be Careful What You Scoff At…You May Embrace It Eventually

I used to scoff at blogs…saying is was just junk content and not very useful (or profitable). Well, I have “come to Jesus”…so to speak, and have found blogging to be pure delight in comparison to dry article writing. To top that, my posts are much more interesting and the search engines seem to love the Wordpress sites that I have put up.

In an industry where content is king, blogging about our areas of interest (for profit, of course) is the new and improved method of creating value and equity in our sites for the long haul. I still plan to submit free articles based on composites of my blog posts, but I have found my readers like the easily readable blog posts hands-down over stuffy factual articles.

Blogging Software is Easier to Maintain and Run

The other great fact that I have come to realize is that blogging softwares (like Wordpress) is much easier to use and maintain than content management software (like Joomla). Nothing against Joomla…it is a great product (I use it still for other sites) and I love it. The problem is that it can be a bit overkill for a basic site.

Having just migrated most of my sites off of Joomla to Wordpress Blogs, I can say that it is a relief to move to a simpler model. By the way, as usual, I want to plug Site5 Hosting, as they are the BEST! They have been of great help in moving all of my sites to the new server. For $5/month, the service is unbeatable.

The moral of the story is Keep it Simple and focus on building content equity in your sites with blogging. I think you will find it very enjoyable, which means it will be more profitable in the long run. See you out there!

In the last couple of weeks, I have spent a lot of time listening to audio MP3’s of super affiliate secrets from various authors. Where did I get this precious information? Well, we will get to that in another post. (By the way, they were either free or VERY cheap – Don’t go out and spend the big bucks for affiliate marketing packages yet!).

My journey into studying the affiliate marketing masters’ wisdom started when I ran into roadblocks during the initial phases of starting my own affiliate business. What better time to take in new affiliate marketing ideas and learn from the pros.

Professional Affiliate Marketers are Always Studying Other’s Materials

In almost every video or audio that I have watched or listened to, the very successful affiliate marketers are constantly reading and studying the materials of other successful marketers to learn new techniques and to keep abreast of the latest tools and techniques.

Many of them like to brag and show you the huge bookshelf stuffed with courses, manuals and secret reports. You may think this is a little corny, but they are the people making the big bucks, so it might be a good idea to learn from their successes and most importantly – their FAILURES!

The Great Affiliate Marketers Have Failed Many Times Before Succeeding

I absolutely love hearing about the failures of the great marketers. Why? Because it gives me hope that I am allowed to make mistakes, try new things, and hopefully avoid many years of mistakes by learning from their experiences.

Unless you are a masochist (some of you might be…so apologies), you would be crazy not to pay attention and avoid the potholes on the road to success. The way to do this is to make it a life-long practice to study the greats and to implement their good ideas and avoid their bad experiences.

As I learn from the affiliate marketing greats going forward, I will be writing about the secrets, techniques, and lessons-learned…so stay tuned! We can take the best of what they have to teach TO THE BANK together!