To all of the people who insist on trying to find an "average,"
and specifically in response to Brandi Jasmine's statement
BRANDI JASMINE <bj_at_brandijasmine.com> WROTE:
> My principal beef with this sector of the industry is that
> they will not tell us what the averages are for *individual*
> participants before we sign up.
I would like to say the following, and then hopefully see
this line of insanity come to an end.
1. Anyone with a clue on how the affiliate marketing
business works will tell you that averages tell you nothing.
2. Anyone who is so concerned with knowing the
"average" probably considers themself to be average,
in which case no merchant would be interested in having
you as an affiliate anyway.
3. Anyone who has done their homework knows that
CJ gives more merchant performance stats than any
other affiliate marketing entity anywhere.
4. People who can't figure out affiliate marketing need
to find better things to do than waste the time of those
who are making a full time living doing it.
5. Whining about your failures in public is very unattractive.
Saying affiliate marketing doesn't work is equivalent to
saying that advertising doesn't work. You won't win either
argument, you'll only end up looking foolish to all of the
professionals who know better.
I suggest you give serious consideration to one thought.
If affiliate programs don't work, why are they still growing?
Do you think that after years of experience anyone would
continue joining them if no one made any money? The
idea that something could grow month after month if
everyone involved was failing leaves me speechless.
Can't we all just get along and go back to work now?
Geez, this whole subject is starting to give me a
headache.
Glenn Sobel, J.D.
AffiliateAdvisor.com & DatingTech.com
Affiliate Marketing Consultant
Received on Thu Oct 11 2001 - 10:54:54 CDT
