You’re an Expert
August 21st, 2008 | 
Author: Posted by: Beau Blackwell, Marketing Coordinator
One of the best things about working at ClickBank is looking through our huge catalog of products and seeing thousands of examples of people who are making their lives, and the lives of others, a little better by sharing their expertise. What makes ClickBank so special, even among affiliate networks, is that you don’t have to be a huge company or have a big inventory of products to participate. You just have to be an expert, and be willing to share that expertise with others.
You may be saying to yourself, “I’m not an expert at anything! If I was, I’d be out lecturing or already have a book written.” OK, so you might not be a whiz at financial planning or be able to write a 300-page book on car repair, but if you start thinking about your hobbies and interests, I’m confident that you can find your expertise. Do your friends go crazy over your special chocolate chip cookies and beg you for the recipe? Is your garden the pride of the neighborhood? Have you walked a family member through setting up a secure wireless network in their home, or removing spyware from their PC? Then you’re an expert!
The beauty of ClickBank is that we have many product publishers who make a nice modest income from sharing their expertise in areas like these, even when they’re selling their products for $20 or $30. Sure, they’re not necessarily going to retire on the money they make from them, but wouldn’t it be nice to make a little bit of extra cash by sharing knowledge you would normally give away for free? It’s especially nice when you know that your expertise is helping others and making their lives a little better.
Take a little time and think about what makes you an expert, and then take a crack at creating a product and selling it through ClickBank. With your knowledge and a huge group of affiliates looking to promote great products, you’ll never know how successful you can be unless you try!
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Tags: affiliates, clickbank, expert, expertise, product marketing, product publishers
Thanks for the comforting post. I’m an affiliate who one day hopes to become a publisher – I still find the idea of becoming a publisher a little daunting, but your post has given me more motivation.
Thanks for the motivation! I just sign up minutes ago as an affiliate and still browsing the site.
I know I need to do a lot of reading & research here first before I can take the “publisher” route. I wonder if a craft designer/publisher like me has a place at ClickBank.
Hi
I just read these notes and I am so encouraged as a ‘Newbie’ wading through loads of stuff and trying to find my feet.
Many thanks guys
ana-ruth
Dear Beau Blackwell
You sound very positive and encourage to those who still struggling to find out what am I good at; for myself it seemed Jack of Trade, Good at Nothing.
There is No Right nor Wrong, as long as our Intentional is to help other and create value for other and in return like what you have written down, we deserve to get some credit in the Monetary Form!
You are Great and Thanks for Clickbank provide such platform !