I understand the advantages of promoting someone else's product. Especially when just starting out, like I am. Go to a place like clickbank, choose your niche, pick a product, and blog away... But where I have some questions is: Do you use their suggested articles? And if so, then they are duplicates aren't they? And even if they are spun, the article is written from the "owner" of the product, not me, so how does that make me a trusted blogger? Also, if I choose a product, should I buy it? Especially one of those "blog to make money" guides. If I want to blog my experiences using a product, then I have to pay for that product, so then the vendor just made money off of me to use a product I am not sure will work for me, but yet I am trying to sell it to other people... Am I making sense? Feel free to correct my thought process...
Hi, I am not a good Affiliate Marketer but i write something... For their suggested articles i think it's not a good idea ! Try to write your own article about that product. If you don't buy that product then you don't know what are you offering to your readers, so to be most trusted person i suggest you to buy that product then you test it and write about it...
You absolutely don't need to buy their products You might not even be the right audience for it... You just need to learn about it enough to market it...
It's all about a niche, your site/blog, and your marketing methods. You don't have to use a merchant's product, you just have to be able to sell it. As well, many merchants offer coupons to their affiliates so that your readers can save money by buying through your site!