Are we destined to be chasing after the next big thing in Affiliate Marketing?  When I first got started ringtones were the king of the hill for the segments I was in.  I was told, though, that ringtones were dead and saturated and nobody new could make them work.  Through pure dumb luck it seems, I went on to make massive amounts of money for two plus years after ringtones were dead.

Now in the past year I have been dealing with a odd and prolonged illness.  During this time my affiliate marketing efforts were minimal.  A few things I did find out quickly, one, ringtones really are dead now, and the next big thing already, seemingly came and went.  I am talking about Acai Berry diet programs and everything associated with them.

Since I have been coming back I had a choice to make.  Chase the next “big thing” with everyone else, or try to find other areas to make money.  Some that I have used before and some new ones.  I decided to avoid the Acai Berry and Colon Cleansing bandwagon.  It is funny though, when I asked all my affiliate managers for their best offers every single one of them gave me an Acai Berry offer.

How has it worked for me?  Well I thought I knew a lot about affiliate marketing, but I have learned more in the last month than I did in the past two and a half years.  The good news is that I have maanged to make some very low sale items profitable and learned a lot of new tricks that I can successfully apply to campaigns for almost any product.  This literally means the world is my oyster.  One of my biggest issues previously was diversification.  I preached it to myself and those around me daily, but I still had a huge part of my revenue tied into ringtones.  I will not make that same mistake again.  I know there were small blips like the Blockbuster era and such, but overall most of my eggs came from the same basket. (Easter shout out, it is tomorrow.)

So as I embrace twitter, mentioned here and as I vow to make more regular and useful updates, I will say I am not chasing after the next “big thing.”  I am chasing after the 25 old little things and the 10 little just happened things, and 10 more soon to be going on things.  The future is as bright as ever, but you got to pick your spots if you want to stay around.

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