You read about all this affiliate marketing stuff and article marketing strategy, and you figured you would give it a shot.
Your next step was to start a blog on some free blog site and maybe create a lens.
Then you slapped some ads on your internet real estate, and waited for the money to start rolling in.
But it didn't, did it? So, you did a little research and found out that you need to promote your blog or lens.
But you had no money so it had to be cheap, as in no cost.
It had to be article marketing.
You did a little research and decided on the topic of your article.
Then, You wrote one article, maybe two and submitted them to an article directory.
Now the money will start flowing.
But it didn't, did it? You checked your stats and saw you had a few people stop by to read your article, but only a couple of them clicked your promotion link and none of them bought anything.
You thought, "This affiliate marketing stuff must be a scam.
" After all, you did everything you were supposed to but nothing happened.
Actually you left out a very important detail.
Article marketing is a numbers game.
You have to keep promoting.
If you got a few article views, that's great.
Now keep writing similar articles.
And you actually got a few clicks? Even better.
Keep doing whatever it was that brought those few people to your site.
Sure, you still have to get people to click on the money links.
But that's just a matter of working the numbers.
Just remember the one number you need to stay away from.
One.
One lonely article will not do you much good.
It needs a lot of friends.
Keep it happy.
Keep writing.