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Insanity Marketing – To many affiliates do this.

Posted on June 6, 2007 in Affiliate Tips, Working Online  

Instanity Marketing, this thought popped into my head and figured i would blog about it. First off lets break it down.

Defininitons:

  • Insanity – extreme folly; senselessness; foolhardiness. I heard one guy describe it this way Insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result.
  • Marketing – the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling

So what is insanity marketing…. to me it is doing the same thing over and over but yet not improving your sales or leads. The funny thing is that i get emails like this ALL the time, I was marketing just like they said on Digital Point, Shoemoney, (insert any blog or forum you regulate ) etc… but yet i am bearly making money or even losing. I can’t seem to make more but i keep applying the same marketing techniquess. 

Well Duh… change your techniques, try something different. So many people are followers and they will do just as you say. The key to really make it in online marketing is to not be an Insanity marketer but to be a Shape Shifter Marketer.  Still apply what has worked in the past but change to make more and to appeal to a new crowd or to stand out so your offer doesn’t blend in. If all you do is try the same stuff over and over you may make money but you are not going to break out and make huge money. The online world changes and adapts daily so does your online marketing.

Don’t be an Insanity Marketer.



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Comments

6 Responses to “Insanity Marketing – To many affiliates do this.”

  1. Phil on June 6th, 2007 1:50 pm

    so true. people try to do the same thing and expect a different result. this doesn’t apply to marketing it applies to everything.

  2. Brad on June 6th, 2007 6:16 pm

    OK, you caught me. I’m an insane marketer!

  3. Affuan on June 7th, 2007 12:54 am

    me too.. :) that’s why i keep subscribing other marketer’s newsletters.

  4. mattboy on June 7th, 2007 8:37 pm

    yep, i have definitely suffered from this.

    However, I think one of the problems with aff marketing is that if nothing is working, its hard to know why. Especially without any successful campaigns to compare against. So its easy to get into a cycle of doing the wrong thing over and over

  5. CPA Affiliates on June 8th, 2007 7:24 am

    mattboy I would agree thats why sometimes you have to take a break and not think about the norm and what people have already done but how you can approach something differently or put a new spin on it.

  6. Affiliate Money Maker on June 12th, 2007 1:51 pm

    Indeed, it is very important to be able to stop doing what doesn’t work the moment you discover it doesn’t work. Alas, too often we keep trying things in hopes they will eventually produce better results…

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