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Affiliate Marketing: The Wheel Works Well
by David Cooper
Sometimes there is a need for improvement and overhaul. At other times,
there is simply an advantage to be gained via refinement.
Consider two aspects of the early automobile. Steam engine cars were among
the first commercially available vehicles. In time, however, the development
of the gasoline-based internal combustion engine made it obvious that a
major change made sense. The change was made and puffs exhaust began to
replace clouds of steam.
Even though the power plant was completely changed and many aspects of the
car where altered in the transition, the wheels stayed the same. There was
no compelling reason to significantly alter the wheels.
Even today, the wheel remains remarkably similar to those cars of
yesteryear. They are still round. They are still attached at the axle. The
materials and construction have been refined over time, but even a century's
worth of change to the wheel is insignificant compared to the replacement of
steam engines with gas.
You may be wondering what this has to do with affiliate marketing. The
answer is simply. There may be some things in the industry and in your
business that could benefit from a complete change. Go ahead and fix them.
The wheels work well, though, you can leave them alone.
In other words, there is no need to reinvent every aspect of the business.
That can be a bitter pill for some aggressive and tenacious internet
marketers to accept, but it is true. Does compiling a good list and selling
to that list work? Absolutely. Thus, you can think of ways to refine it but
you shouldn't consider its wholesale replacement. After all, it works.
It is incumbent upon every affiliate marketer to recognize what is working
and where problems lie. Finding and repairing problems is an essential
skill. Knowing when something is a real problem requiring a complete
makeover and when it is a simply a matter of making a small improvement is
another.
The smart affiliate marketer will learn from experience. He or she will
carefully watch and will interact with more successful veteran marketers and
will begin to develop an eye for what really works just fine the way it is
and what might require a significant adjustment.
That same affiliate marketer will understand that sometimes you do need to
rip the entire engine from the machine and start all over, but he or she
will also remember that there is no compelling reason to reinvent the wheel.
Internet marketers tend to be quick thinkers with quite a few ideas and that
can be both a virtue and a curse. Their quick wits are what drive them to
success. Those same quick wits can also become a small voice in the ear
whispering for the reinvention of the wheel. Learning when to overhaul and
when to tinker is essential to any affiliate marketer.
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