hi all is it better to be a seller of click bank products or a creator of the products? The way I see it is that if you make it you have an easy job then trying to market a product with no marketing skills like myself.. what do you think would be best.? I know that the product that gets made could not be a pile of rubbish or no one would sell it, write?
Seller of Clickbank and creator of products is the same thing, lol That means being a publisher. I think you are asking whether it's better to be an affiliate or a publisher. Well, I would say that everyone first start as an affiliate, then once they develop their knowledge of affiliate marketing, then create a product and become a publisher. It's a route that everyone takes.
In addition to bl4ckmaN^ comments, if someone is not able to have a minimum success as an affiliate its very unlikely that he will have any results as a publisher. Yes, being a publisher is much easy, this is a true fact since the affiliates do most of the work once the product is ready. However to be a successful publisher you need to be a successful affiliate - as simple as that....
I no what I ment lol just worded it wronge lol! so either way you have to be good at affiliate marketing "which im not" one day i will be good (I hope lol)
I'm a long time affiliate (3 years) and a first time publisher. I don't think it's "easy" being a publisher. There's a lot of work to do if you want your product to be successful - you have to keep tweaking your salesletter until it converts.. Oh yeah and you have to create your product. You have to deal with customers... Etc & so forth. But the big thing is - as a publisher you can hit it really big - For example the big selling 500+ gravity selling products? Those publishers are rich. But the OP is way off base in saying that a publisher doesn't need to worry about selling... It's all for nothing if the salesletter doesn't convert.
Oh well, while you are 100% right. The first product is always the most difficult (like anything for the first time after all). However, it dosent involve too much work if you outsource the bulk of your product creation. So if you are smart enough and you have some cash you can just tell people what to do and you will get a winning product without too much work from your end. Keep in mind that 1 person can never be an expert in everything. Thus one should just split his product creation in parts (product writing, sales letter, design, etc) , do the one he is experienced in and overlook the development process. The other parts are then outsourced to people experts in their respective field. This is the simple receipt for a winning product! Remember that its not a matter of how hard you work, but its a matter of much you use your brain to get things done at top quality
I much prefer being the owner and creator of the product than an affiliate. You can sell your own product for 100% commissions and also have other people promoting the product for you. Affiliate marketing is a good way to get started though and if marketing is your strong point then it might also be a good option.
They are indeed NOT the same monster - here is a blogpost re launching a product - http://www.norbsmoney.com/how-do-i-launch-a-clickbank-cj-or-paydotcom-digital-product/ In short - (copy/paste from the post linked above): Post Launch. You might think that as a vendor you have it made - things are easy - everyone is working for you - you just collect fat pay checks. Well ok some of that IS indeed true. However here is a part of being a vendor one often overlooks and then finds it tedious to have to render: *Customer support - IF YOUR PRODUCT goes HUGE - YOU will have a LOT of customer support to deal with. That’s a ‘good’ thing though. I would rather deal with small little problems all day due to payments and order instead of chasing them to begin with - If I can make a million by dealing with peoples download problems or other delivery problems - my only answer is “pass me the phone I’ll start right nowâ€. *Affiliate recruitment - You’re always going to be recruiting into your army - ALWAYS - you’re like a gang leader, and must preach to your crew that they need to recruit too - however they will refuse because they want a small team - not a saturated one. You will always be recruiting don’t forget that. *Affiliate support - Often uderestimated. Affiliates have their own set of needs, and you must tend to them. You must help them shape their campaigns, offer them advice, give them what they need in order to make YOU money. *Maintenance/updates - You will need to make new creatives once in a while, new articles, new videos, new ’stuff’ in order to keep you and your affiliates campaigns fresh. *Competitive Intel - You will need to watch those close to your circle, and see if they are doing anything sparatic that can potentially harm your positioning. Always know what your competitors are doing. *Management - Day to day you will have various little things you’ll need to do. You’ll notice a few of your affiliates might be bad apples, you’ll notice your site slow down or error or get hacked, you’ll notice you’re NOT converting NOR is anyone for a while, you’ll have to keep your ship running smoothly and with a smile yet firm and confident nature. Don’t forget - you are the owner of a big operation now - and you have a huge sales team to look after - a huge monetization closed loop that you must keep squeeky clean in order for it all to equate to that elusive first thought and end goal - MONEY. If you do all of this, and you succeed - what do you do? Launch another product, and another - soon you will have an array of revenue streams, some will outdo others, some will fail miserably, overall though - THAT is leverage. Before you come to market, do some great research on both your idea and what’s already out there. chances are whatever you are thinking of launching - has already been done over and over - however don’t let that stop you, just DO IT BETTER and you WILL succeed! Yours In Success, Norb.
If you have the ability to get any keyword into the top 10 would you be using adsense or clickbank products and which would make you more money?