You've just signed up for this fantastic new affiliate program.

They have great products, free referral websites, training,

pre-made ads for you to copy and the best compensation plan on

the internet. This is the best affiliate program on the internet!

Put a few ads out there and you're on your way to becoming the

next internet millionaire. Right?

Before you break ground on that big mansion on the hill, here

are a few mistakes many new affiliate marketers make that you'll

want to avoid.

5. Believing the hype

And yes, I do mean the hype promoted by your own program. Those

income projections that every program makes are just that,

projections. You can make that much. Will you within your first

few months of the program? Probably not. Look at this as a long

term investment in your future, not a way to get rich quick.

Believe in yourself and your ability to make your dreams come true.

But don't believe the hype.

4. Expecting instant results with little effort

Expect to work your business. And expect to work it daily. If you

opened your own neighborhood store, you'd expect to have to go in

to work daily, wouldn't you? You'd expect to have to advertise and

get people to come to your store. Well, you just opened your own

brand new internet store, what are you going to do to make it work?

How are you going to get people to come look at your product?

3. Lack of a plan and specific goals

You've probably heard the saying, plan your work and work your

plan. You need to have a specific plan and clear, measurable goals.

Many people join affiliate programs with the vague goal of wanting

to make a lot of money. How much money? How quickly do you want it?

(Try to be realistic here, making a million dollars in one month is

not realistic.) Okay, you have your clear, specific goal. Now how

are you going to get there. Again, think clear, specific steps here.

2. Advertising your affiliate link

Wait a minute, if you don't advertise your affiliate link, how are

you supposed to get sales and downline members? Create your own

website that has a link to your affiliate program. Every affiliate

for your program gets the same website that you do. You have to be

able to make yourself different from everyone else. The way you do

that is with your own website.

1. Quitting

You've been working your affiliate program for 2, 3, maybe even 4

months now with very little to show for it. You're getting discouraged

and beginning to wonder if this is worth it after all. Pick yourself

up, dust yourself off and figure out what it is you need to be doing.

Learn more. Bug your sponsor and your upline members until they help

you out. Don't quit. No one ever achieved success by quitting. Neither

will you.