Success soley belongs to the eye of the beholder. As you can see silver measures success as that, I measure success as my real earnings rise. It is all about my level of expectation! When I began this career path it was by accident. I placed goals, I read, I asked alot of stupid questions and got alot of real answers. I have tripled my income and now can stay home, doesn't mean that I don't work my butt off. But I can say that my success is measured differently than yours. I know if I were in a poorer country and I made the money I make on CJ my whole family would be set.
Thanks for the banner advice. I heard that before and now I'm in the process of changing my banners to links. By the way, are banners no good in all situations?
Honestly you just have to think outside the box. Add touches to techniques you see being used. Mix it up and try different things. One day I tried something new. Woke up with 6 dollars in my account. I was so happy. I added in a little work, I hit 20. Then some more and I'm making almost 50 dollars a day working 30 minutes a day.
Banners will work for some products, but not for others. Getting the clicks is easy, converting them is the tricky part. One thing I have been told is "Try to think like a customer, figure out what he wants and give it to him".
blackhat is too risky. People are human lol. Once they see how easy it is they overdo it and it will get them caught banned and out of a commission. I have pulled a few tricks in the beginning but my new tricks I guess were old lol and was brought down to earth real quick. Cloud nine was ok for a sec.