The Affiliate Journey

One thing that I’ve really come to realize in the last 12 months is that we always have to be learning.

We need to be learning new skills, trying new things, challenging ourselves more and more.

I came to this conclusion both in my affiliate marketing business, as well as in my personal life at home.

Why am I writing about learning and trying new things?

I feel that this is a key trait/skill for affiliate and online marketers in general to have.

You see if you get comfortable with an exact system, set of steps, or tasks in the online world then you can quickly be left behind.

Also, it’s key to have a firm grasp on how particular tasks are done, even those which you outsource to others.

Why?

To avoid having the wool pulled over your eyes by a contract worker, and to ensure you’re paying for quality.

EXAMPLE:

I have two graphic designers I use on a regular basis, but sometimes my drive to launch a new test site dwindles while I wait for my designer to get my template back to me for the site.

This morning I decided, “Hey I can probably whip up some of my own landing page templates for my new PPC testing I’m starting” (see my post from earlier this week if you’re wondering about my new PPC test).

So I set out to find some worth while Photoshop tutorials to see what I could learn.

Guess what, a couple of hours later I had created a sample layout by follow a couple of tutorials and I feel pretty confident that with a bit of practice over my next couple of sites I could start creating my own landing pages.

Pretty slick!

Now, I’m not suggesting that I will always do this, and realistically it’s not the best use of my time, but I have to say I feel some what empowered this morning after learning this new skill that I could come up with an idea, research the niche, create a simple landing page design and have it going by the afternoon if I really wanted to now.

The Bottom Line

Never rest on your laurels in this business.

If you want to keep growing your business, then you have to keep growing yourself. Both with new skills, mental and emotional capacity etc.

Always be reading something challenging, always be challenging yourself to learn a new skill. You might not see the results right away, but trust me you’ll begin to build more and more self confidence in yourself that will spill into other areas of your life and business.