Affiliate Marketing Is Dead?

August 5, 2009 · Filed Under Making Money · 10 Comments

Affiliate Marketing Is Dead?

I have been working with a client to optimize his new website and generate buyer traffic. The site is about six months old and was a cookie cutter site from an affiliate program. The client recently entered the world of online marketing and was disappointed that he had not realized any sales and barely any trafffic in six months. He was the victim of the syndrome I call “The Microwave Millionaire”.

The Microwave Millionaire syndrome is the Get Rich Quick scheme that’s caused by an unwavering belief in the bullcrap that tens-of-thousands of internet gurus and mavens send out each and every day in emails. The next greatest launch of a product that you just can’t afford to pass up.

He has come to realize that being successful in an internet marketing business is pretty much the same as being successful in any business. That it is hard work, long hours and diligence in applying good business acumen.

He ask me an interesting question the other day: Is affiliate marketing on the web dead?” I believe he was having second thoughts about the affiliate program he joined and perhaps a slight tinge of buyer’s remorse.

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