Affiliate Marketing vs Network Marketing, which is the right business model for you?

These two are one of the few choices when you are looking at making extra income online and both are marketed differently. Of course there are naysayers for everything and that includes affiliate marketing and network marketing too.

Network marketers, naysayers of affiliate marketing may tell you that if you are not exercising leverage, you are losing big time.

• It’s because you did your keyword research, spent time checking out which affiliate programs to promote.
• Then you generate traffic to these affiliate sites thorough classified and pay per click ads and after some time, you start to earn your affiliate commissions.
• Sale made through your affiliate site will make you that commission once, there’s no recurring income.
• In the case of an internet marketing product created by an internet marketing guru, the buyer of the that product through your affiliated link will likely be turned into an affiliate by that guru thus what you are doing is just creating more affiliates to promote for that guru and you lose more.

Is the above true? In some sense, yes! It’s all dependent on the product you are promoting and not necessary everyone out there will be turn into an affiliated marketer.

When we say “affiliate marketing” we’re actually talking about many things:

• Finding good products to promote.
• Building websites around your niche, creating and expanding to an authority site and it will be there for many years to stay.
• Earning money by displaying ads on your site
• Conducting market research
• Getting motivated, staying motivated, and avoiding potential mishaps
• And much, much, more…

Lets take a look at network marketing products? Are there good products out there that can make you a lifetime recurring income through yours and your downline network? Frankly speaking, if those product are that good, why is there a need for special marketing to be done by network marketers rather than mass marketing?

I have been told my network marketers of some product, why bother about the product or market the product when the prospect of making money is greater by recruiting more members. It doesn’t matter if you or they never make use of the product, it’s the potential amount of money that you can earn in the business that counts. After all, you are in it for the money right?

Promote the money earning opportunity not the Product! That’s what you should be selling to your prospects. 

• So what kind of marketing is this?
• You are trying to persuade a prospect into entering a business with a product that is of no use to the person or the next?
• Isn’t this wrong? I would say NO, there’s no right or wrong. Everyone has their point of view from their side.
• Remember, you are highlighting the huge money making opportunity to your prospect.
• Isn’t that what they are looking for?
• Make extra income, achieve financial freedom and retire early?
• Aren’t you leading the way?

Many have tried their hands at network marketing business before and didn’t do well. Was it because there were:

• Lack of support from upline?
• Abandoned by upline after you joined because they have other priorities or busy pursuing other opportunities?
• You didn’t put enough effort into my own marketing?

I will not rant on. My views on Affiliate Marketing vs Network Marketing are here for all to read.

The Network Marketing Business model is not for everyone but it may work for you and if you think that’s the business model for you, good luck in your endeavor. Word of caution, go in with your Eyes Wide Open!

However, if you are looking to make extra income online through affiliate marketing, this is an online course that I recommend,

Affiloblueprint 2.0 by Mark Ling. A no nonsense Blueprint to get you started on Affiliate Marketing.

AffiloBlueprint 2.0