If someone had told me back in 2012 that I would still be learning, adapting, and rebuilding my online business fourteen years later, I probably would have laughed. Like many people who discover affiliate marketing, I thought success was just around the corner. Learn the right system, follow the steps, Read more
If you’ve been building an email list for any length of time, you’ve probably experienced it. You send an email you spent an hour writing. You hit send, wait for the responses to roll in, and… nothing. No replies. No questions. No conversations. It feels like you’re talking into an Read more
If you spend any time in the online business world, you’ll hear people talking about creating more content. Publish more blog posts. Upload more videos. Send more emails. Post more often on social media. Content is important. There’s no question about that. But there is a big difference between simply Read more
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
Have you ever opened an email and thought, “This person gets exactly what I’m going through”? Then you’ve probably opened another one five minutes later that started with “Dear valued subscriber” and deleted it before you reached the second sentence. The difference is rarely better grammar or fancier copywriting. The Read more
If you’ve spent any time in the online business world, you’ve probably experienced this cycle. You discover a new course that promises faster results. A YouTube video tells you blogging is dead and that short-form video is the future. A Facebook post says affiliate marketing no longer works unless you 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
Affiliate marketing has a reputation for being simple. Sign up for a program, get a link, share it online, and collect commissions. At least, that is how it often looks from the outside. The reality is very different. Most people who start affiliate marketing never make it past the first Read more