Today I am going to give you one of the biggest mistakes in affiliate marketing. The 4th affiliate marketing mistake is:

You Are Selling Instead Of Helping.

Let me ask you a question. Why do you promote different affiliate products?

What is your main reason that you are advertising affiliate products and services?

“To make money of course!”

Well not exactly…

If this is the only reason that you promote affiliate products then you will not succeed with affiliate marketing. You will FAIL!

The main purpose of promoting an affiliate product or service is to help people.

Yes to help people. If you help people solve a specific problem then you will become a successful affiliate marketer. An affiliate marketer that his main purpose is to help people instead of making the most money is the one that will make the most money with affiliate marketing in the end.

There are affiliate marketers that do not care about their visitors or subscribers.

Many newbies all they do is selling, selling and selling without giving any real help. Their only reason of promoting a product is to make money. If you are doing this then you will not become successful (at least in the long term).

You might make a few thousand affiliate sales now but what about next month or next year? Will people trust again your recommendations? Will they listen to you?

Most of them will not. You have to help your visitors and buyers so that you can build trust and credibility. Help people learn how they can solve a specific problem. Give them some tips and other free information.

For example if your niche is “golf swing” you can help the golfers by giving them a free ebook about golf swing. Give them some tips on how to better their golf swing on your blog or website.

Is your website or newsletter just selling, or is it helping people learn something? If so you have to immediately fix it.

Remember to help people before selling an affiliate product or service.

Thanks for reading. As always you can leave your comments.

Andreas