Affiliate Marketing Secrets

I work at home as a full-time internet marketer. I’m an affiliate, so I sell a lot of different products, but among them is a program that I absolutely love. I am not dependent on sales of this program in order to make my living, but it’s got great residual income potential, so I’ve been working on it for a while now, and I’m having trouble connecting I suppose. So I’m curious about people’s opinions.
This is not an MLM – is is for internet marketing education. You can learn almost anything – affiliate marketing, website development, keyword research,SEO, etc, but I’m having a little trouble competing with all the “Make $1,000 a day!” ads. I know the work at home niche is very competitive, but I get a lot of traffic to my sites, and I offer real information – not a scam “system.” So I would think people appreciate my honesty and candor. However I’ve been told I need to completely rewrite things before because they were considered too “negative” (which I take to mean honest – I give people the good the bad and the ugly about this industry.
So I want some real people’s opinions out there. What do you think holds people back from trying to start their own online businesses? Is it fear of failure? Is it skepticism?
And secondly, do you think people are right about having to pump up your claims in order to get sales? Personally I like a straght-forward person, but maybe I’m not the typical consumer?

I work at home as a full-time internet marketer. I’m an affiliate, so I sell a lot of different products, but among them is a program that I absolutely love. I am not dependent on sales of this program in order to make my living, but it’s got great residual income potential, so I’ve been working on it for a while now, and I’m having trouble connecting I suppose. So I’m curious about people’s opinions.
This is not an MLM – is is for internet marketing education. You can learn almost anything – affiliate marketing, website development, keyword research,SEO, etc, but I’m having a little trouble competing with all the “Make $1,000 a day!” ads. I know the work at home niche is very competitive, but I get a lot of traffic to my sites, and I offer real information – not a scam “system.” So I would think people appreciate my honesty and candor. However I’ve been told I need to completely rewrite things before because they were considered too “negative” (which I take to mean honest – I give people the good the bad and the ugly about this industry.
So I want some real people’s opinions out there. What do you think holds people back from trying to start their own online businesses? Is it fear of failure? Is it skepticism?
And secondly, do you think people are right about having to pump up your claims in order to get sales? Personally I like a straght-forward person, but maybe I’m not the typical consumer?

Nope – but I’m sure it couldn’t hurt! I personally do affiliate marketing full time, and it is completely irrelevant to what I went to school for. There was a bit of a learning curve, but all the information you need is available online if you can be diligent about learning.
I would recommend an affiliate program that has some training built in, and minimal need for technical know-how. IMO, Empower Network is the top choice for someone new to have the potential to turn a profit quickly. You can get a lot of info about them on my blog – http://RebeccaALaw.com – if that’s something you’re interested in! Good luck 🙂