Promote More than One Affiliate Program - Lesson Learned
Ever hear the phrase “don’t put all your eggs in one basket?” Well, I should have listened to that because that’s exactly what I did… and now my affiliate income has completely dried up. For about two weeks now, I noticed that I am no longer making money at Commission Junction.
And the embarrassing thing? I didn’t even notice until I tried to put a button ad for my favorite affiliate program on this blog, and the program wasn’t on the system anymore. Hmm… I wasn’t making that much - anywhere from $40-$80 per month. But it was a nice self esteem boost. Even as I learned how to market, I could sell something.
But that’s no longer the case. Lesson learned. I’ll sit and think about other little lessons I’ve learned from this so I can apply it to my marketing.
Apr 15th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Good point. Sometimes too much focus can be a bad thing. But kudos for what you were making! I haven’t consistently cracked the code for CJ vendors yet.
Apr 15th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Hi Art,
Ya, it was a lead based affiliate program and a lot of writers were signing up for it. I felt like I had it made!
That’s the only CJ vendor I’ve cracked the code for.
Thanks for the Kudos.
I’m going to apply what I’ve learned from the experience to other programs.
Katherine
Apr 15th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
If it was a certain auction site- they’ve moved the affiliate program in house. If it’s something else, you may want to look up the company’s website- they may have moved theirs in house as well, or changed brokers.
Apr 15th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Hey wordvixen - it was actually Helium. I use the site and make money there so it was a natural one for me to promote! Strangely, I was on CJ today and the “certain auction site” is still listed in the system.