Pause the Cat Videos

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to make millions of dollars as an affiliate but you’ve not had thousands of dollars available to spend on coaching to find out, then listen up. Set that cell phone to silent, turn off the TV, close Facebook and YouTube (don’t worry, you can still catch the cat videos later when you have your affiliate program bringing home the bacon on automatic pilot).

You Can’t Come in Here Dressed Like That

This sounds a bit weird but have you ever tried to get into a nightclub and the bouncer turns you away because you’re wearing sneakers and not shoes? This happened to me once and just as I was walking away feeling dejected, rejected and ejected, I bumped into an old school friend.

Won’t We Get into Trouble?

My friend asked me where I was going and I pointed to my scruffy Converses. “Come with me”, he said, “I’ll get you in the side door”. “But, won’t we get into trouble?” I asked. “There’s no-one to get into trouble with,” he replied. “I’m the manager.”

You Can’t Promote This

Affiliate marketing can be a lot like this sometimes. You see a really cool product on JVZoo which everyone else is promoting and making a ton of money with. You go and try to promote it and submit your application, but you get refused.

I’m a Sensitive Soul

Slam. You get turned away at the door by the big bad bouncer. And it hurts. As Pumbaa said in The Lion King (you’ve watched this with your kids, right?) “I’m a sensitive soul, though I seem thick-skinned..” If only you knew the manager!

I Know the Manager

Well here’s the good news and the bad news. In affiliate marketing you do know the manager. You’re the manager. Now sure, there are some multi-nationals who have layers of managers to wage through before you eventually get to the affiliate program manager, but in internet marketing you can cut right through the bureaucracy and manage your own affiliate program.

No Middle Men

The benefits are you have no middle men to pay. You don’t have to worry about employees turning up late for work (you are your own employee). The downside is you have no-one to blame. You have to keep hustling, keep networking, keep applying to promote programs, keep sending traffic and slowly, the cogs will start to turn. Then, when you have banked your millions, you can fire that over-zealous bouncer and buy the nightclub yourself.