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Wasting Money On Advertising Is Far To Easy To Do

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Written by Stephen Meyer

Wednesday, 30 April 2008

by StephenMeyer

I joined a new Affiliate Marketing program about 5 weeks ago. The intent was and is to make money from a home based business. So far I'm very satisfied with the business plan but not so much with my achievements in this particular adventure. That's because I didn't pay close enough attention. I ended up spending a lot of money on useless advertising programs.

There are hundreds of marketing and advertising companies on the net that have no real value. They may make a promise and do exactly what they claim but the results are often none for the marketing newbie. It sounds exciting and promising to a newbie when they see an ad that tells them they can blast their promo page to millions of sites for a one time low price. Unfortunately the outcome is nearly non existent.

Some other programs that are available for newbies are mentoring programs. Some claim to make the new person rich earning thousands a month in short period of time while others are good solid programs. I hope that most newbies to marketing understand or will come to understand quickly that there is no such thing as a get rich scheme that works. Can mentoring programs work for a new person, of course they can. They can work if you have a very tight Niche market and if you have the time and money and the willingness to work the suggested programs.

For me these were not real helpful and for most Network/Affiliate marketers they are not worth it. Neither of those are Niche markets and they definitely are not tight. So it ended up being more wasted money I didn't need to spend.

I'm a little slow to learn new things especially when I think I know it all. My In-Box has been swamped with emails for the last few weeks. All coming from advertising and marketing companies I either spent some money with or simply made an enquiry to. Unfortunately these fine people do not understand it is wasted email space. I delete them and empty the trash as quickly as I see them.

As a know it all it can be hard to learn new tricks, often to my own demise. Such is the case this time. I diligently searched for new ways to market my new program while I completely over looked the program itself. This new program had a terrific money making business plan. What I didn't see until I decided to read their material is they also had a terrific marketing plan. It's kind of like taking time to "stop to see the Roses" or "seeing the forest through the trees". I was blinded by my quest and the over whelming number of emails it produced.

Most companies who market on the internet through either Affiliate marketing or Network marketing have both a product of value and a marketing plan to help the new person grow their business. Some are of high value and offer a solid marketing plan while others offer plans that are nearly useless.

I'm not exactly new at online marketing and have known for a long time there are many traps in the online marketing business. Most will deprive you of your money for services that will prove useless in the end. Many newbies fall for the get rich schemes and the build your business overnight lies that many marketing companies claim will happen. Like what I did in this instance they will over look the plan that is in front of them.

If you have just signed up with a company as a new Affiliate your new company is the place to look for promotional ideas. New people should examine their new company from cover to cover and study their advertising suggestions. If the company you are with has been around for any length of time or has been started by experienced marketers there is a good chance their marketing program will lead you to the success you desire.

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