10 Basic Internet Traps
Submitted By: Irena Whitfield
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The Internet has changed very much since I started but lately I notice that more and more people mostly having quality products /services leave the Net because they are not able to establish a substantial income. And this situation is very disturbing.

Whenever I find out that a great product disappeared from the Net just because its author did not make money, I feel the urge to write an article helping people overcome problems and starting difficulties and persevere until they make the money they imagine.

And that is exactly why I focus this Article on the main reasons why so many people with quality products are not able to establish the right income and talk here about standard Internet situations that present basic traps for both newbies and people who do not yet make enough money even though they have spent long time online.

1) Affiliate programs: these are the simplest and easiest way to make money with almost zero startup cost. Yet, there are not so many people who actually do make money on these. In the following I mention the not-so-obvious reasons:

- everyone says it is so easy to succeed that hardly anyone does anything at all: the advertising says that everyone can make money with affiliate programs doing nothing that people take it literally and most of them do not even bother to put up a banner.

Tip to succeed: it is not important what business you start, it always involves hard work, time and certain cost. Affiliate programs are no exception. If you want to profit from affiliate programs you have to devote time to learn and market the product you sell effectively.

- too many emails from the affi program owners: some affiliate program owners think they must be in constant contact with their affiliates so they email even several times a day, which is a nightmare.

Tip to succeed: I would say leave such an affiliate program fast.

- too little real marketing material: other program owners do not offer any material to promote.

Tip to succeed: this one is tricky: if it is the only program you want to promote (which I do not recommend), you can create your own materials based on the product. However, if you promote more or many programs, I recommend to stay with the program only if the product is exceptionally good and useful, and of course, th.commission, payments etc are right.

- affiliate owners not helping you marketing their product but sell to you only: yet other managers confuse affiliates with leads and instead of providing promotional material sell only to their affiliates and bombard them with advertising.

Tip to succeed: I do not say you should not buy the product you promote, on the contrary, but what is too much is too much. I recommend leaving such a program.

- dishonest program owners: still today there are dishonest program owners who cheat and rob their affiliates.

Tip to succeed: Again, leaving is the only way.

.commissions paid/commissions calculated: some program owners calculat.commissions the way hardly anyone can understand, try tricks showing that all the others are stupid and cannot see through the tricks - and/or also, pay after 2,3 or even 6 months and set ridiculous payment thresholds.

Tip to succeed: again I receive letters asking how to solve it, I recommend leaving.

- dead links: quite a number of program owners constantly change their sites, web pages, affiliate managers... and the result is dead affiliate links. Mostly these people do not bother to let their affiliates know.

Tip to succeed: stay only if the product is exceptionally good and th.commissions and payments are worth your efforts.

- articles=ads: another popular item is articles which are not articles but long ads, this is not only unacceptable in any proper content directory but unusable for promotion.

Tip to succeed: the same advice: stay only if the product.commissions, payments and everything else is worth your work.

Even though someone may feel that it is impossible to make any money with affiliate programs after they read all the above, I can say that if you pick up the right programs and do it the right way, you will make more than you can imagine.

I myself am an example of how little effort it takes to make great money with affiliate programs: in fact, I never promote any program specifically, the only thing I do is to create a proper webpage(s)/material devoted to a product I consider useful and announce it or publish a related article in my Pathway To Success Ezine. Of course, I watch out for dead links and obsolete information. That`s it. Everyone can do something like that.

2) Currency/Stock Trading is easy: quite a recent trap but serious. Trading is NOT easy and what more: it is NOT for everyone. I am a former profesional currency trader, very, very successful, also, I used to teach new traders, met hundreds of traders and a person saying that trading is easy and everyone can do it either doesn`t know what they`re talking about or is a liar. Nothing in between.

Yes, you can make big money trading, the biggest and fastest BUT you must be sure you are the one suitable and you will never make it overnight: successful, ie long-term profitable trading needs lots of knowledge, disciplined, responsible training and behaviour and this is not easy nor fast.

Tip to succeed: first, take this test to see whether you are the person able to succeed:

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