Help me to understand this

Hi Folks,

Dave said:

> Do you think it's possible to make a site work if it's content-rich and
> 100% based on affiliate products? Before you answer, consider that there
> is one "anchor" affiliate product which is tied to the entire
> theme of the site, and then there are other related affiliate products
> scattered amongst the content.

Jim said:

>1. They work when they aren't the only thing a site is trying to do.

For the last several years I just concentrated on building websites for clients. Then a friend convinced me to write my first eBook. (Clarification -- first eBook that I wrote, that I've tried to sell).

There isn't anything any better then sitting at my desk programming websites and see a notice of another sale come through from Clickbank. I got such a kick out of it, I wrote another eBook. Wow! It's making sales too!

So you see, I got bitten by this "passive income bug" and have been trying to promote an affiliate program through Clickbank. The author of the program claims it will convert at about 1% or better, but 300 clicks later and I haven't made a single sale.

I've had it listed on my products page on my site, and have promoted it to my list, and forums using an affiliate link. NO SALES!

So... Jim, I have to admit, that your comment "They work when they aren't the only thing a site is trying to do" doesn't seem to hold true for me. Of course I understand... it could be... just the experience I am having. Maybe others are having different luck. Suffice to say, in my tests, this doesn't seem to have worked.

The next thing I want to test is Dave's theory. So it will be the one "anchor" affiliate product which is tied to the entire theme of the site. What I've done is setup a sub-domain on my site, that works like a mini-site to promote this product.

Will it work? I can't answer this because I've just finished setting it up yesterday.

Being new, to trying to sell affiliate products, maybe I've got it all wrong. But previous attempts (before this latest product) were all promoted initially like this one. The result was the same... no sales.

I might not be the brightest crayon in the package, but it seems to be "you can't keep testing the same thing hoping to get different results."

If someone would like to save me another 300 clicks of no sales, you can visit the new project here, and give me your feedback of what could be wrong with this idea.

If there aren't any comments, I guess testing and time will provide me with the answer.