Before finding an affiliate marketing mentor, my affiliate journey was a struggle. It didn’t change overnight and I still struggled, but a mentor helped me gain clarification and stop wasting so much time. Here’s some of the things I learned from getting an affiliate marketing mentor.
Affiliate Marketing Mentor
It’s easy to make a lot of mistakes as an affiliate marketer when you’re starting out. I spent a huge amount of time on all the wrong activities. Much of my focus was wasted because I didn’t understand where I should be putting the bulk of my time. I spent time making websites look good, rather than getting visitors. I spent time worrying and procrastinating because I didn’t know what to do. Time was also wasted jumping from one course to another, looking for the “easier” path, which of course didn’t really exist!
Once I found an affiliate marketing mentor, much of this distraction was gone. I knew what to do and how to do it, I just had to put in the work! This made things much simpler. Here’s a couple of the main pitfalls for affiliate marketers:
- Shiny object syndrome – jumping from one strategy to another, and not getting any traction with any because of lack of focus. I did this for years, attempting Forex marketing, eBay buying and selling, and jumping in and out of many “make money online” courses!
- Being a busy fool – Working on your own volition is difficult if you don’t have discipline. You work on things which are enjoyable rather than what is necessary. You can get distracted by so many things like social media, friends and family and phone calls. Even the work you are actually doing may not move your online business forwards!
See also 23 affiliate mistakes newbie affiliates should avoid.
Affiliate Marketing Mentor – Accountability
An affiliate marketing mentor can give you more accountability in your business. This is so important for anyone attempting something alone. On your own, you can always let yourself off the hook.
But once you are being held accountable, it’s more difficult to give up or drop out. Affiliate marketing isn’t easy and there will be times where you want to quit, or you just don’t believe in what you’re doing, or yourself. This is where it is useful to be connected to someone like an affiliate marketing coach or mentor.
On your own, you will probably not only have your own demons to fight, but likely also friends and family trying to persuade you to quit too! See why your friends and family don’t want you to succeed.
If you have been working for months as an affiliate with nothing to show for it, your belief and enthusiasm will definitely wane. But if you have others who are on the same journey, you can connect and reassure each other!
Affiliate Marketing Mentor – Belief
Belief that you can earn a living from affiliate marketing is pretty important. If you’re a newcomer to affiliate marketing, you are probably full of enthusiasm! But if you’ve been struggling this can soon die out! You need to keep reminding yourself of what a successful affiliate business can give you. Write out a list of your reasons for doing it. Here’s a short list I write out to remind myself why I’m working as an affiliate, for when I lose my enthusiasm:
- Success with affiliate marketing means I’ll never need a job again
- I’ll never have to work for a boss, again
- Or commute, ever!
- And I can live anywhere and earn an uncapped income
- Financial freedom, time freedom and geographical freedom!
Nobody can give you the belief in yourself which you will need to overcome the hurdles for success with an affiliate business. But mentors can point you in the right direction. Self help books and books on self esteem and mental clarity have helped me. You need to keep feeding your positive intentions and avoid negative influences in order to stay the course and succeed with affiliate marketing.
Shifting From Employee to Entrepreneur
Affiliate marketers are self employed entrepreneurs. It’s a different kettle of fish to working as an employee. Employees get paid for turning up, affiliates don’t! Affiliates get rewarded for sales so if they don’t make any, they don’t get paid.
As an affiliate you can’t take a back seat like you potentially can in employment. The work which makes you a good employee, doesn’t make you a good affiliate! It can be easy to misunderstand this relationship towards work and fall into patterns of behaviour which serve you in employment, but not in entrepreneurialism.
