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Affiliate Marketing For Dummies
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Affiliate Marketing For Dummies

by Ted Sudol, Paul Mladjenovic
December 2019
Beginner to intermediate
352 pages
8h 59m
English
For Dummies
Audiobook available
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Chapter 4

Steps to Take Before Becoming an Affiliate

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Establishing your business goals

Bullet Looking at the skills you have and need

Bullet Improving your ability to concentrate

For most of our lives, we live with other people determining what we do and when we do it. Our schedules each day are determined for us. Your parents are your first bosses. Then they pass you off to your teachers, who determine not only a large part of your day but want to help determine the rest of your life.

One of the advantages of being an affiliate marketer is you have the freedom to plan your own business. You can schedule your time so that you work each day to achieve your affiliate marketing goals. Or you can slack off, waste time on unproductive activities, chase the next shiny object, and fool yourself into believing you’re working — and never reach the affiliate marketing success you deserve. The choice is yours. Your whole path is before you like a blank slate. But you need a little help getting started.

The freedom affiliate marketing allows is also your burden since your success is in your hands. It’s all up to you! In this chapter, you find out how to set goals for your business, assess ...

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