Just what is the super affiliate mindset? How do super affiliates become super affiliates and what sets them apart from the underachieving masses? For starters super affiliates think differently to low achieving affiliates. Most affiliates will rush in with a “get rich quick” mentality, hoping for an easy win. When things don’t go according to plan, (which most likely they won’t), many just quit. But super affiliates look at failure differently. They look at failure as an opportunity to learn and get better.
Super Affiliate Mindset – What Super Affiliates Do Differently
Super affiliates have figured out how to make sales in huge numbers. They can do this in various ways but do nothing much differently to normal affiliates. Super Affiliates simply think bigger and take it more seriously than most affiliates. They have the same struggles and problems which other affiliates have. The difference is in they approach their affiliate business with a different mindset. They have an attitude of “whatever it takes”, rather than one of “I’ll see how it goes”.
Many come into affiliate marketing with the approach: “I’ll give it 6 months, or a year – If I’m not profitable by then, I’ll quit”.
But the super affiliate mindset doesn’t entertain such thoughts. Instead, they have already succeeded (in their mind) and seen the outcome. So their sole driving purpose is to overcome the barriers and problems inherent in their affiliate journey, no matter what. Failure isn’t an option for a super affiliate. But they start exactly where every affiliate starts. The main difference being the super affiliate mindset.
Super Affiliate Mindset – Get Support
Super affiliates don’t succeed in a vacuum. They get help and support from others who are far ahead of them. They surround themselves with people who have already achieved what they are setting out to achieve, and with others on. the same path.
I’ve met several super affiliates who at one time or another were doubtful and frustrated. But through support and help were able to push through beyond their mental hurdles.
Without this, it can be easy to get drawn back into doubt and hesitancy. Without belief, it’s easy to stop or hesitate due to self doubt. Get help and support of an online business community. Access a free video series to learn more.
Super Affiliate Mindset – Scalable Strategies
There’s many ways to do affiliate marketing. You can use paid and free marketing strategies. Super affiliates follow those who are achieving, and do what they do! They model success.
Not all super affiliates use the same strategies, but in order to sell a high number of products, you need to have a strategy which works and which is scalable. It helps too to have a business model which offers a scalable and recurring income. Using the right kind of products helps massively too. With low value products, it’s more difficult to scale up with paid marketing, for example. But with high ticket affiliate products and recurring commission affiliate products, it’s easier to use paid marketing and come out with a profit.
On a $1000 commission item, for example, you can spend up to $1000 just learning marketing strategies to sell your product, before losing money. With a $40 commission through, this can be much more difficult. See affiliate marketing commission rates. With $1000 marketing budget, you can test a number of adverts to see what works best. Once you are in a positive return position, you can scale up very quickly.
With a good business model, scalable paid strategies are much more within the reach of an affiliate. With low value product which pay low commission rates, it can be more difficult.
Super Affiliate Mindset – Analytical
Super affiliates are able to analyse their own strategies and behaviour and look at data to determine the best campaign they are running. Those with a get rich quick mentality will throw up a single advert and hope for the best. Super affiliates run multiple adverts, and test and measure. They know they are likely to fail many times before they get it right. But they are full of belief and certainty of their outcome.
Many affiliates, (including myself), can come up against a problem and let it destroy their belief. They get demoralised and disillusioned by their perceived failure of not making a sale, and/or of losing money through running advertising. But super affiliates see the bigger picture and always pick themselves up again. They realise that when they get a winning advert, their journey won’t matter, so long as they get there eventually. The money they spend on advertising won’t matter either, because they will win eventually when they get an advert which gives them a good profit consistently.
Super affiliates don’t get lucky and rest on their laurels! They test and measure advertising; they cross test different messaging and follow ups. Super affiliates commit to the learning involved in their skill set.
This stage of affiliate marketing can be particularly difficult. If you’re uncertain, or doubtful already, and you run a number of campaigns only to lose money, it’s difficult to keep going. With a super affiliate mindset, your belief outweighs these difficulties and you keep going. If you’re doubtful and hesitant, small set backs can destroy your belief and faith in what you’re doing.
What’s Your “Why”?
Many affiliates go into affiliate marketing with the wrong attitude. They’re looking for a “get rich quick” scheme, and don’t really want to put in the effort required to make a long term viable business from affiliate marketing. I was the same when I started. I was broke and looking for a way to escape the rat race and work from home for myself.
But my fear drove me rather than my passion for building something of value. As such, I was always looking for the quick route. Because of this, I jumped from course to course, always on the lookout for something faster and easier. You can read about the courses I took in my article digital profit course review.
Super affiliates align themselves with products they truly believe in. It’s so much more difficult to sell products you don’t know about or care about. But when you are aligned with a product or service you promote online, you go the extra mile in terms of what value you can add as an affiliate.
Super affiliates go the extra mile. They don’t look only to the sale. They foster an attitude of trust because they truly believe in what they are promoting. Have you ever noticed how when someone doesn’t really believe in what they are telling you, you don’t believe it either! This is a huge problem for new affiliates who are trying to promote things they don’t know or care about.
The Glass Ceiling Of An Affiliate
There’s an unconscious “glass ceiling” which stands in the way of many achievements. It is no different with affiliate marketing. The super affiliate understands that it’s their mindset which is their biggest asset or liability. If they don’t believe they can achieve something, they won’t even try. If they doubt it, they’ll waver.
As you come up against challenges your mindset will be tested. If you default back to doubt when under pressure, you’re more likely to quit. Or, you can simply lose your drive and become more jaded. The super affiliate mindset continuously stokes the fire of their belief and desire through self development and improvement. They surround themselves with other people on a similar wavelength so as not to become demoralised.
The glass ceiling of a business owner can also appear through their self image. If you doubt yourself, or hold certain self-denigrating thoughts, this can massively hamper your potential. It may not be obvious how you are sabotaging yourself, but it’s the subtle workings of the mind, and your poor self image, which can slowly but surely undermine your efforts on the “outside”, while your mind works against you on the “inside”.
Super Affiliate Mindset – Summary
There’s many things which set super affiliates apart from most affiliate marketers. One of the main ones to consider is the way they think about their online business. They treat their affiliate business as a career and do what’s required. They have a long term plan and not a get rich quick mentality. Super affiliates have a “whatever it takes” mentality, rather than a “I’ll give it a try” mentality!
If you’re serious about taking your affiliate business to the next level, or starting from scratch with other mentors and super affiliates to support you, sign up for a free video series and join an online community for help and support.
