How NOT to make money with your blog

I have received the following email from several different bloggers (including some big name bloggers) during the last 24 hours. It is not spam as I have subscribed to these blogs but the thing is they all just use a copy / paste of the generic affiliate salespitch that any affiliate is allowed to use.

I received the same generic email from each of these bloggers. The affiliate link and the signature are different. Another difference is that some chose to start with “hi” some with “hey” and some do not even bother to include the “name” field to greet the recipient with the name.

“Personal recommendation” generic email

Hi Marko,

This will be short and sweet…

There are now less than 17 hrs left before the doors to Become A Blogger Premium are closing for any new members.

See here:

affiliate link here

After the doors close, you won’t be able to get in for months again. And apparently, the price may have increased by then as well.

The price has already increased once, so why miss out again and pay more later?

These guys are for real. Prove it to yourself by doing a simple Google Search of their course, and you’ll see what other people are saying.

To me, it’s a no-brainer.

The best part is that you can try out the course for 60 days, and if you don’t like it, just ask for a refund and they’ll arrange for it on the spot.

It doesn’t get much sweeter than this…

Here are the details again:

affiliate link here

Best Regards,

Signature here

PS: Oh, and don’t forget to check out their amazing bonuses. These will be gone in less than 24 hrs too. Here they are:

affiliate link here

Where is the reader credibility and trust?

I know it is very simple, fast and convenient to just copy / paste a generic salespitch from the affiliate program and publish it on your blog as a post or send it to all your email newsletter subscribers.

But what are you trying to accomplish? To sell some products and earning some commission but to lose your readership and credibility? Personally recommending a product with a generic message that the product seller wrote for all affiliates to use is not really a long-term thinking strategy.

• Do you think your readers / subscribers are stupid?
• You think they cannot see that your “personal recommendation” is just a copy / paste of a generic affiliate salespitch?
• Do you want to lose trust of your readers?
• Do you want to lose your credibility?

Conclusion

Trying out a product first, writing your own personal review, writing about your experience with the program, and telling your readers why you think it will be useful for them to join, is a much better way to sell something and earn affiliate commission.

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