All I Need to Know about Affiliate Marketing I Learned in Kindergarten
Get in touch with your inner child today! I love the parallels that are drawn between being a child of kindergarten age and being an affiliate marketer. So take a fresh look at your business, with the eyes of a child, and read this great post by one of our clients… ShareResults.
All I Need to Know about Affiliate Marketing I Learned in Kindergarten
Lesson #3 – Don’t take things that aren’t yours
As above, affiliate marketers who attempt to get their traffic by duping people into coming to their site most often end up bouncing a far greater amount of traffic than they convert. The rewards just aren’t there, especially when one considers the harm that this does to legitimate affiliate marketers. Trust is what motivates a sale, above all other conditions.
I can think of some other childhood lesson analogies to add, like “No Pushing”, “Do Unto Others” and “Look Both Ways Before Crossing the Street”. Maybe some day when I have time and feel creative I’ll work on a follow up post.
However if you are feeling creative or witty today and want to add your own kindergarten tips, feel free to add them in the comments below.
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#1 AffPortal wrote on March 3, 2010 :
I have one to add… Don’t eat the Elmer’s glue.
~ Corey
#2 Andrew@BloggingGuide wrote on March 4, 2010 :
All I can think of is this (much like a grownup version of don’t take things that aren’t yours): Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s traffic….