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How Long Will It Take To Make About $5k A Month With Affiliate Marketing Starting With Zero Cost?

There is no doubt affiliate marketing can be one of the best alternatives to earning extra cash. But it is not just a great side income opportunity; you can even make a great living out of it.

Anybody CAN start an affiliate marketing business with zero investment and no technical skill. And how long will it take to make good amount, let say about $5K a month, is really the matter of;

1. Starting with the right mindset
2. Really understanding the whole process so you will take all the right steps.

Now, you probably are thinking why not begin with really understanding the whole process first so you can start as soon as possible and reach the ‘$5K a month’ goal much sooner.

I cannot agree more, but allow me to explain why most successful affiliate marketer does it the other way around.

Starting with the right mindset

The right mindset we are going discuss here is not about ‘how to stay motivated’ or ‘how to manage your time effectively’ kind of mindset.

All of those have their own significance, but this is far more important if you want to reach your goal much sooner.

You see, since an affiliate marketer basically is a sales representative, most people easily felt into the trap of thinking that they have to make lots of sales to be considered successful.

This way of thinking will only make them focus on one thing; how to make sure people buy.

They are having the mindset of a sales person, who will always be "pitching a product".

The truth is people just don't like the feeling of “Uh, this guy is trying to sell me something…”

Almost all the time, people go online for two major reasons;

1. Looking for solutions to a certain situation they are having.
2. Finding things to fulfil their desire or passion.

Just think about it, isn’t that the reason why you are reading this article online right now?

To sum it up, they are all having problems. People with problems usually are more careful and sceptical.

So unless they are really in an urgency to grab the product, they will look for valuable information and good recommendations first before making the final decision of buying.

So, it is far better to have the mindset of a problem solver, because people will be more attracted to someone who can provide them with the right information as a solution.

People just love the feeling of having knowledge and knowing that they are making the right decision.

Therefore, a good problem solver will always;

- build trust by always providing valuable information.
- be very empathetic and personal in explaining the solution to them.

This will develop a good relationship between you and your prospects. Once you have built trust, people are more than welcome to hear any of your recommendations.

And those recommendations will obviously have your affiliate link in it.

You don't have to worry so much about making sure they buy from you because the sales letter of the product you are affiliated to will do just that.

Almost all sales letters out there are written by professional copy writers who know better words that sell. Most companies have invested heavily for their expertise, so you can be rest assured that it has been done perfectly.

When prospects arrive at the sales letter after reading all your great content and recommendations, they already felt educated, know they are making the right decision and will be more than ready to make the purchase.

Be a good problem solver, and the ‘$5K a month’ target will happen sooner than you expected.

Really understanding the whole process

Starting an affiliate marketing business with zero investment means you are going to use all of the well-known free platform on the internet to create your promotions.

Then you are going to optimize it with good SEO to bring in lots of prospects or traffic.

You need to really understand this whole process so you can avoid wasting time and effort with any of the unnecessary.

There are thousands of books as well as home study course already written on this topic on the internet. To make it easier, you can get a good one for free through the link provided at the end of this article.

But for now, I would like to share something that is more important which highly related to the whole process.

And it got everything to do with having the right mindset which we have discussed above.

To build a successful campaign, all the process involved in setting up your promotions MUST begin with GOOD KEYWORDS!

Good keywords determine how easy people will find your articles which will contain your solutions, advice and recommendations.

The easier people find your stuff, the higher your chance of making more sales.

And to get good keywords, having a right mindset will be VERY HELPFUL.

For example, remember the two major reasons we talked earlier about why people go online searching for products?

Now, if you already have the right mindset of a problem solver, wouldn’t you be focusing more on solutions to the problem your niche is having, and will look for the right keyword that is related to it?

The best part is, “problem solving” keywords get high search count almost all the time, and most of them have low competition for you to beat!

By: Andy Ilias

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