so you want to be an affiliate it looks easy enough right seems like all you have

to do is pick a product to promote find an eager group of buyers slap

up a banner ad and you're in business mmm not really everything I just said about affiliate marketing

is completely wrong for starters you don't pick a product first instead you start by picking a niche basically you're

going to find the money stream first and then put yourself in front of it secondly slapping

banner ads up isn't going to get you anywhere yeah you might get a few clicks here and there

but as the saying goes even a broken clock is right twice a day so listen I want

you to scrub your brain of everything you've heard about affiliate marketing because if you've started dabbling

with it and you're not making money then someone probably fed you bad information that's not your fault

but we need to get rid of the misinformation I kind of wish I had one of those men

in black doohickeys that would just eat just about affiliate marketing info that's lurking in your

brain unfortunately I don't have one so I need to ask you to watch this video with an open mind

okay the first thing I want you to know is that an affiliate marketer wears a whole lot of

hats I'm not talking about fedoras cowboy hats are those silly crocheted beer can hats I'm talking about

business hats okay let me explain first off you're a marketer that means you'll quickly become Adept at

Social Media Marketing joint ventures search engine optimization media buys guest blogging and all sorts

of other ways to drive targeted traffic you'll also wear a filtering hat this means you sort through potential affiliate

products to find the best solutions for your audience you're also going to wear a bit of

a mind-reading hat okay you won't actually be mind reading but you will do some market

research to get inside of your prospects heads once you do this then you can

pick products they're anxious to buy and write sales copy that gets them pulling out their wallets speaking of

sales copy you're also going to need to Don your writing hat and that's because you'll be

writing sales copy newsletters blog posts and other types of contents sometimes you're just going to wear a bit of

a tech hat sure you can Outsource your tech jobs like maintaining your website but a lot of Affiliates prefer

to just learn how to do it themselves and really with tools like WordPress it's not that hard the next

half the aware is one as a relationship expert and that brings us to the next important

point that you need to know a lot of affiliate marketers think the key to

making sales is to add value to an offer we meaning you offer a special bonus to those

who buy through your affiliate link and sure that is part of a good strategy but here's the

number one secret that super Affiliates know which gets people lining up around the block to buy from them

people buy from those they know like and Trust if you think about your own purchases for just a second

you'll know it's true if you've spent a little more money for a product because you prefer to

buy from someone you know like and Trust then you know exactly what I'm talking about maybe

you bought the name-brand headache medicine because you don't trust the generic same ingredients same

effect and even though the name brand cost a little bit more you still bought it I bought a

lot of audio equipment and musical instruments over the years because that's just something I'm into and you know

what there is one company that I buy most of my stuff from that really their prices

aren't the best I pay a little bit more buying from them and that's because I like to do business

with them their service is great they're nice people I know I can trust their recommendations and whenever someone buys

from them they always send a little bit of candy in the box when they ship it I

know it's just a silly little thing but I like it and I'll pay a little bit more

because of it the same thing goes for shoes clothing food laundry detergent cars smartphones books or anything else

you're going to buy I'm sure there are plenty of times you've spent a little bit more because you

wanted to buy from a company or individual that you knew liked and trusted and listen your prospects are the

same way they don't necessarily buy something from you because you dangle an enticing bonus in their face they buy

because they know like and trust you you've engaged them and you've built a relationship

with them so now you see why we need to wear a relationship hat while it's possible

to approach cold prospects and sell a few of your who z w sits here and

there you're going to do much better if you build a list engage that list build a relationship with the

cybers and then promote solutions that you know will really help these folks and that brings us to

the final Point what sort of knees should you be targeting here's a key find a niche of rabid

buyers who are likely to buy several products from you find people who are super passionate about some

topic or hobby take the example of bodybuilders Syria's bodybuilders buy a ton of stuff

they purchase books and instructional videos on how to do their Sport and how to compete

they purchase bodybuilding supplements they buy all sorts of Weights benches and machines they by lifting gloves lifting Hooks and

back supports they by heating pads to soothe sore muscles and they buy a ton of healthy

food you know I could go on and on the point is the serious bodybuilders

are a wildly rabid Market who buy a lot of information and they purchase a wide range of expensive products

mid-range products and consumable products here's another example of a burgeoning market The Vaping or e cigarette

Market vaping isn't something people just do it practically becomes a lifestyle for the rabbit

folks so they purchase multiple devices dozens of e-cigarette liquids t-shirts spare parts and guides and then

these Vapors also go to meetups conferences and expose their are rabid audience because they're engaged they have money and

they're snapping up every new thing that hits the market so you see what I'm

saying this is the sort of cat you want to go after so take a few minutes

and think about what sorts of rabid passionate markets are all around you because one of them could be your

ticket to affiliate success all right next we're going to look at how to uncover the very hottest

markets around and I'll see you there in the next video