Affiliate marketing: feel the fear and do it anyway. by Russell Reynolds

It might sound funny to be talking about fear and affiliate marketing in the same sentence. You normally think of things such as jumping out of an airplane or eating strange insects on a television show as fearful. Nevertheless, fear could be the one thing holding you back from making a great living online.

Fear takes many forms but particularly we are talking about a fear of failure. So many people get started in this business and quit as soon as they get started or just before they have a break through. Is it because they are lazy? I don't think so. I think that people fear that they don't know what they are doing or that they will be judged harshly if they fail.

What a tragedy to have a dream (perhaps it is the freedom to travel that affiliate marketing can give you) and to let it die without a fight because you are too afraid of failure.

I believe that fear is the single biggest obstacle in achieving your dreams whether online or offline. So what can you do? As Jack Canfield (co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul)says...'feel the fear and do it anyway'. Perhaps that is not much of a strategy and it feels like a cop out to you. The point is that there is no magic solution. The key is to recognize the fear for what it really is and not let it hold you back from your dreams.

Another antidote to fear is to take 'massive action'. First, develop a clear, concise strategy for your affiliate marketing business. Once you have a strategy, begin taking action. Don't put this step off...your plan will never be perfect. If you take massive action towards your goals, the fear will dissipate. Just make sure you focus on the plan or the fear will rear it's ugly head again.

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