The other day I was talking to one of our top affiliates, and they said that they are struggling to reach their sales goals. This affiliate has created squeeze pages, he doing all the web 2.0 stuff and still isn’t seeing the success that he hoped for. After our conversation ended, I began to think about the rest of you. How many of you are in this exact same situation? You are following the steps, yet are not seeing the results.
First off, if you don’t have goals, then you need to set some. You need something to work towards. I advised this affiliate to set smaller specific goals. Have you ever heard of S.M.A.R.T Goals? Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. Put your own goals to the test. If you are only selling 1 or 2 of our products a week, don’t set a goal of selling 1000 products a week. Maybe increase your goal to 100. With that increase, you need to identify the steps that are necessary in achieving that goal. Are you squandering your time online?
Heck even as a am writing this post, I am reflecting on my own goals. I have been falling short in certain areas, so I need to make some adjustments…
Here are some goals you should consider:
How many clicks?
How many sales?
How often are you emailing?
Look at your account in our affiliate center (www.thesecondtier.com). You will see an asension model. Do you want to be a Super Affiliate? If you are a new affiliate, maybe you set your initial goal to sell $500 of our products so that you can become a “novice affiliate”. Immediately setting your goal to be a Super Affiliate if you are new, and have a small email list might be pushing it. 
Even though I would love to see as many of you get there as possible!!!
I know that having proper goals, will help you attain the next level in your business.
Good Luck,
Brent Coppieters
5 comments ↓
Thank you for encouraging me to set some goals as a newbie in affiliate marketing. Before now I had not set any specific and realistic goals.
I have always wanted to start learning marketing.I had no place really to gain enough knowledge so I could start making a little money in the process of learning.I think I have found the answer here on this website.I am excited and really eager to learn about marketing in all aspects of the game.
Thank you for the encouragement. I am just now getting to the point of promoting your products on my site. My site is new and I am new to it as well but I took your advice and took the plunge in getting a website. Goals is exactly why I did the website. Take a look at my latest blog if you please. Thanks for such a good company that I can right now to be a part of.
Hi Brent
My conversion right now is only 1%.
So obviously my goal is to increase that, if I can increase the conversion each week then it will obviously make a massive difference to my commissions.
Can you share any juicy nuggets from your own experiences online regarding how to increase conversion rates.
Thanks Sally
hi, I have 2 goals at the mo, 1 get website finished
2. make my 1st cash on the net
definitely be focused chaps and you will achieve you goals. cool book 2 read is the naked leader experience by david taylor it gives you more info on this type of thing,
cheers
dodmiester
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