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<blockquote data-quote="GT777733" data-source="post: 1206604" data-attributes="member: 13957">You are half right and half wrong about affiliate marketing.Google is only one way to drive traffic - and it can sometimes be a very effective way.The people that I see that get screwed over by Google updates are the ones who go black hat and are in it for quick money. They don't respect the process and end up getting burnt. Some people can recover from updates and some people can't.You are absolutely right about being at the mercy of the program or programs you are with. I've had half my income wiped away overnight by a commission rate change a few years ago, and in the first 2-3 years, I basically woke up every morning to check my email to see if one innocent mistake in violating affiliate terms and conditions could have led to me being banned from a program (some programs have huge lists of terms and conditions and you can try your best to abide but you might get one customer service person who checks what you're doing and decides to ban you). Although quite rare, it is a possibility, and sometimes you can't get re-instated.RE your own product - unless you are doing an info product or an e-book, I just don't think the average person with little help or no help can manage to put together their own product. There's just too much to consider to move it at any level which scalable and worth it. I've seen some people do it - but very few.It's just much easier and less risk overall to pick products and services you believe in and start by marketing them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GT777733, post: 1206604, member: 13957"] You are half right and half wrong about affiliate marketing. Google is only one way to drive traffic - and it can sometimes be a very effective way. The people that I see that get screwed over by Google updates are the ones who go black hat and are in it for quick money. They don't respect the process and end up getting burnt. Some people can recover from updates and some people can't. You are absolutely right about being at the mercy of the program or programs you are with. I've had half my income wiped away overnight by a commission rate change a few years ago, and in the first 2-3 years, I basically woke up every morning to check my email to see if one innocent mistake in violating affiliate terms and conditions could have led to me being banned from a program (some programs have huge lists of terms and conditions and you can try your best to abide but you might get one customer service person who checks what you're doing and decides to ban you). Although quite rare, it is a possibility, and sometimes you can't get re-instated. RE your own product - unless you are doing an info product or an e-book, I just don't think the average person with little help or no help can manage to put together their own product. There's just too much to consider to move it at any level which scalable and worth it. I've seen some people do it - but very few. It's just much easier and less risk overall to pick products and services you believe in and start by marketing them. [/QUOTE]

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