Since I’m getting ready to leave on my trip, I thought I’d leave you with some excellent reading material from the Sugar Rae Blog.

If you’ve ever felt like you were getting in the way of your own success, chances are you’ve fallen into one of the traps below. The Reasons You Fail at Affiliate Marketing is an entertaining, but oh so true, 5 part series that covers some of most common patterns affiliates can fall into that can slow down or prevent affiliates from getting to the next level.

I work with affiliates all day long in the 5 Star forum and primarily see a lot of #3, 4 and 5 in particular.

#1 Working soft and playing hard
“If you’re in your early years, you can’t work soft and play hard. You can’t afford to be on Twitter a few hours each day. You can’t afford to be chatting on MSN all day about the latest gossip. You can’t afford to spend a few hours a day commenting on Sphinn. You can’t afford to sleep in during morning conference sessions.”

#2 Becoming too wrapped up in the fame game
“It’s pretty well known that I think running around desperately seeking “Internet marketing rockstar” status is nothing but a huge waste of time that can only be described as ego food for the soul even though some people chase it as if Google’s algorithm is exposed once you land on the Search Engine Land blogroll.”

#3 Searching for the silver bullet
I blogged my thoughts about #3 here: Affiliate Marketing is Like a Magic Diet Pill

#4 Falling Victim to Analysis Paralysis
“Before you fall victim to analysis paralysis (assuming you already aren’t), you should realize a few things. The reality of being an affiliate marketer is that you’re going to make mistakes. You’re going to buy domains at 2 a.m. that you later look at going “what the hell was I thinking?”. You’re going to sign up with affiliate programs that never make you money even with a well trafficked website.”

#5 Only Wanting the “Thrill of the Chase”
“I refer to this as “thrill of the chase” syndrome because it reminds me of the guy or girl who likes dating and wooing someone to be “theirs”, but soon gets bored of the relationship once the honeymoon phase is over and it starts requiring real effort to maintain and develop into something much more meaningful.”

Great stuff! Enjoy!

Note: I will be out of town due to a death in the family, Wednesday – Sunday.
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