Affiliate Odyssey

So, this morning I’ve been watching and digesting Jeremy Palmer’s first webinar in The Black Ink Project.

What a beauty.

This is just about as valuable a resource as you’re ever going to find and incredibly, it’s free!

Here are some nuggets I took away from the 79 minutes:

1. No niche is too competitive.
2. Look for niches where you have knowledge or experience or passion and preferably all three - this is more important than what the niche is. Zac Johnson has a post today which pretty much reiterates what Jeremy is saying.
3. Look to take a small part of a large pie or a large part of a small pie.
4. Where niche magazines are on newsagents’ shelves, there’s gold to be mined.
5. Stop chasing markets and market conditions - stick to what you know as per number 2.
6. Direct linking is still a great way to test a merchant’s viability in terms of conversion.
7. If you’re running an affiliate campaign at under 1% conversion, it’s time for a rethink.

Jeremy’s mantra for affiliates is “Do One Thing. Do It Really Well”.

It’s time to choose.

It’s time to win.