Week 3

This week we learned a great deal about drop shipping and affiliate marketing – two things I didn’t even know existed in the world! (I tell you, this class is opening up my eyes to things I didn’t even know existed! Welcome to the world!) Wow, those are two pretty cool options for someone wanting to start an online gig. Drop shipping has some solid benefits – one of which would be the potential for faster, higher profits. But oh! the headache of returns, and customer satisfaction, and reliance on the drop shipper, and the long shipping time. Affiliate marketing is not for the get-rich-quickers! This option would be those in it for the long haul. So – let’s put it this way (since I am a momma!), this, to me, is the race of the tortoise and the hare. Drop shipping is the hare – it promises to be fast, to be quick, to “win”. Affiliate marketing is looking a little slow, definitely the “under-dog”. But (again this is my take), I think that the headache and hassles associated with drop shipping are like the hare’s debilitating confidence, the distractions, the “ha! I got this”. All the while, the “slow and steady” affiliate marketing wins the race. Are you in it for the long haul? Or do you want a quick-fix? Diets don’t last – consistent, healthy living does …. get the picture?