Do you ever have those days when you ask yourself, “why the hell am I promoting some idiot’s products?” I’m having one right now.

After 509 views to my latest review site, no affiliate sales. Before you jump on me to keep trying, here’s what’s up:

  • Reviews of three products I am an affiliate for
  • 509 visitors from various sources (Google PPC, social bookmarking, Twitter, YouTube, and others)
  • Most, almost all of my visitors click my affiliate links – after all, they are searching for a solution to their problem. It’s very much a how to, DIY niche.
  • I checked the links and checkout process to make sure my commission wasn’t lost somewhere in a sketchy website
  • ZERO sales made according to Clickbank

Now, I know I’m new to affiliate marketing. Up until this year I have made every dollar from my own products, my own sales copy, my own crappy html sites, and affiliates on only 1 or 2 of my products. Why have I been doing things this way? Because in my 23 years of life I have only learned one hard and fast rule to live by: you can’t trust anybody to do anything.

Despite this fact, I decided to dabble in promoting other people’s products. I found a niche that paid out fairly well and had a lot of interest/not too many affiliates promoting products. Instead of wasting time creating my own product, I thought I would promote 3 of the seemingly better products available in this niche. Believe me, there isn’t any better product out there for these people.

What has all this effort earned me? $0.00 and a crappy attitude. So now I think it’s time to make my move – I’ll just create my own product, with better copy and a better salespage. No more promoting people who can’t create a single sale from nearly 500 visitors. You have to do everything yourself these days.

Anyone else have similar experiences?

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