entrepreneur
Goal Setting To Get More From Life pt2
Setting goals is incredibly important in your own personal development. Think about those dreams or wishes you have always thought about. What is that you say to yourself, ‘If only I could…” When you figure out what you want, you can start brainstorming for the steps to get you there. Once you have that, and you follow through on it, you will be amazed at how this will transform your life. It’s like reaching a new level in your growth.
You will also be several steps ahead of most people, which is a bit sad when you think about it. But that is for them to figure out, or you can set a goal to help others in goal setting! This way, more people will be able to experience this along with you; a win-win situation in anyone’s book!
Goal Setting To Get More From Life pt1
It is possible for someone to achieve several things without setting any goals however, the likelihood is quite small.
Yes it is true that many people accomplish some things without goals but just imagine what they could accomplish when they actually have goals. Think of goals as a roadmap that will help to guide you to the place you want to be.
For many, goals are unreachable. However, the key to making them work is to be realistic about what you can accomplish and in the time frame you give yourself. Sometimes you may be able to get something done; you just need to give yourself more time. Other times, you could be reaching for something that is not within you to accomplish, or you simply find that you are not interested.
Try to determine what you want to accomplish as the basis for setting your goals. This is important so as not to waste any time and to keep you motivated and interested in reaching your goals.
Even More Benefits Of Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing should never be confused with referral marketing as is often the case because the two are very different.
The main motivation behind affiliate programs is financial gain as a way of driving sales while referral marketing uses personal relationships and trust to increase the amount of sales. By relying on loyal existing customers and business connections, a business can use referrals to increase revenue generation. In affiliate marketing, you only get paid commissions when you bring in customers and they actually make purchases.
This marketing program requires the affiliate or publisher to use an affiliate link anytime that they mention the advertiser or merchant on their website. When a potential customer visits the affiliate’s website and clicks on the link, he or she is taken to the merchant’s website. At the same time, a cookie gets dropped on the customer’s computer. The customer then makes a purchase from the merchant’s website. As he logs out, the merchant finds a cookie that belongs to a specific affiliate and thereafter makes a credit for the sale in accordance with the initial agreement.
For transparency purposes, the merchant avails reports showing breakdowns of the amount of traffic from the affiliate’s link and the sales made. This ensures that the publisher is paid his rightful dues without being taken advantage of by the merchant. The commission payments are usually made after certain durations, on most occasions on a monthly basis. At least that allows the merchant to receive a reasonable amount as opposed to the payments coming in small bits.
The most common compensation method is the one described above where the affiliate is only paid commissions for actual sales made. The cost per click method of compensation is not favored by many merchants because there is always the danger of the marketing program not resulting into reasonable sales numbers. An affiliate can also just sit around and earn money for actually doing nothing.
Affiliate marketing is sometimes referred to as performance marketing because of the compensation method.
Affiliate Marketing And The Benefits
Every business desires to make profits by getting as many customers as possible and in the process increasing sales. There are many ways to drive sales, and one of them that is very convenient and preferable to many entrepreneurs is affiliate marketing. Some people are familiar with the term because they’ve probably heard it thrown around from different quarters. So what really is this type of marketing and what does it entail?
In simple terms, it is a form of internet marketing where the affiliate (person referring customers), signs up for a merchant’s affiliate marketing program. The affiliate then recommends the merchant’s products to customers and earns a commission on every sale made.
It’s similar to what used to exist before internet marketing became mainstream; where sales representatives would go out and get customers and then be paid a commission for every sale made. To some extent, this type of marketing also intertwines with some internet marketing methods because affiliates use conventional advertising methods to create product awareness.
Some of these methods include making use of search engine optimization tools, email marketing and pay per click.
Of course, the major benefit of this type of marketing is that you don’t need to create your own products before making money as you can just promote other people’s products 🙂
Give Value And Wealth Will Follow
The way to become successful is to NOT worry about the money you can make but rather on what you can do to help others to reach their own goals.
By being a person who gives value, you will find that the money will follow. For money is proportional to the value you give to the world. In other words; give more value and the cash will follow.
It is an easy mistake to make; thinking about how much money you can make and I bet many new marketers make it even if they don’t admit it. But the sooner you move your focus away from YOU and on to your customers/prospects, the sooner you will become successful.
What can you do today that will give value to your subscribers? Try it for a few weeks and you should be pleasantly surprised with the results.
What do you think about this; are you a value giver and has it worked for you?