Ask most people what skills you need to succeed in affiliate marketing and you’ll probably hear the same answers. SEO. Email marketing. Copywriting. Social media. Paid advertising. Those are certainly useful skills, and over time you’ll probably learn all of them. But after spending years in affiliate marketing, I’ve noticed Read more
When people first get into affiliate marketing or online business, one piece of advice seems to appear everywhere. Sell more. Promote more. Mention your offer in every email. Post more links. Ask for the sale every chance you get. At first glance, it sounds reasonable. If people need to see Read more
If you’ve been creating content for a while, chances are you have dozens, maybe even hundreds, of older blog posts quietly sitting on your website. Many of them probably received a burst of attention when they were first published before slowly fading into the background. Most people respond by writing Read more
One of the biggest challenges new bloggers and affiliate marketers face is deciding what to write about next. At first, ideas seem endless. Then one day you sit down in front of your computer, open a blank document, and suddenly your mind goes completely blank. You start wondering if every Read more
If you spend any time online, it is easy to assume social media is where all the attention is. Open any platform and you will find endless streams of content competing for clicks, likes, comments, and shares. Every creator seems to be chasing followers. Every business wants more reach. Every Read more
One of the most surprising things about blogging is that not all blog posts have the same lifespan. Some articles receive a small burst of traffic when they are published and then disappear into the depths of the internet. A few weeks later, nobody is reading them anymore. Other articles Read more
When people talk about scaling an online business, they usually focus on tactics. More traffic. Better funnels. More content. More ads. More followers. Those things can certainly help, but they are rarely the real reason a business grows. And they are almost never the real reason a business stalls. After Read more
One of the biggest mistakes people make when starting an online business is creating a content plan that looks great on paper but falls apart in real life. They create ambitious schedules. One blog post every day. Three YouTube videos per week. Two podcasts. Five social media posts every day. Read more
If I could go back to 2012 and have a conversation with myself about affiliate marketing, there are quite a few things I would say. Some of them would save me money. Some would save me time. Most would save me frustration. Like many people, I started affiliate marketing with Read more
SEO can feel overwhelming when you’re just getting started. There are endless videos, blog posts, tools, and experts all telling you what you should be doing. The problem is that not all of the advice is helpful. In fact, some of the most common SEO advice actually keeps beginners stuck Read more