Well, there can be a lot of reasons for this, and the economy is certainly one of them. But I personally don’t like to spend too much on the “why.” You see, the “why” is something we can’t usually control:

* Bad economy
* People leaving for holidays
* A niche becoming over saturated

There are probably a ton of reasons WHY patterns are so random. I think it’s more important to look at things you can control. Most non-successful affiliates sit around and wait for something to happen.

I know this because I used to be one of them. You need to literally be a go-getter. You need to be fierce. You need to say – ok OBVIOUSLY, what I was doing isn’t working, so what can I now do differently to jump start my income once again.

It’s a lot like weight loss. I’m talking about this because I’m in the fitness niche, own a well-read blog, and have gone through my own personaltransformation.

On the first week, you lose 5 pounds. Second week, you lose 3 pounds. And then you keep losing 1-2 pounds each week, consistently. Then all of a sudden, you hit a plateau.

The one who fails will be the one who keeps doing the same thing expecting different results (i.e. breaking through a plateau). The one who succeeds is the one who completely changes his approach and pushes himself into a new level of fitness (or marketing, in our case).

That’s how it works in EVERY endeavor that your pursue. So stop complaining and start working!