How I Made $70 And Lost $110 In One Day Doing Affiliate Marketing

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by RTL, Mar 30, 2008.

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    Hey DP'ers. I thought you veteran affiliate marketers would get a kick out of this, being that this was my first real affiliate marketing project, and I suffered a loss of $40. This is a copy/paste of my blog post on my official website, so if you want to view the full version with images of the Adwords/Adsense/Analytics/Clickbank reports, just click the blog post under my user name here on DP. Otherwise, have fun reading:

     
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  2. getjimmy

    getjimmy Prominent Member

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    Nothing to worry about as this was ur first try.Keep testing and tracking and u will come out with campaigns that will give u good ROI.
     
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  3. donrock

    donrock Peon

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    It sounds like your big enemy to making any money was time. They've been hyping Wrestlemania for months and you tried to do the same in 30 hours. I'd say you did good to make the 3 sales. Often when you lose you win and it looks like you did this. Good job!
    donrock
     
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    Wardy Peon

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    I don't imagine anyone would laugh at that. You gave it a go and experimented. Just because it didn't work out (profit wise0 this time there is no reason that the next niche are area you promote won't make money and cover your losses. Don't view losing the money as a bad thing but just as a learning curve!

    Cheers
    Wardy
     
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    xmartel Active Member

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    That's great RTL, even though you lost $40, like you said, the experience and the gained knowledge was well worth it. When I first started in affiliate marketing I lost more money than I want to even think about, let's just say it was into the 4 figure range, but the knowledge that I gained was priceless, and now when I do a campaign I have some pretty good success.
     
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    tampa_man_33 Peon

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    There is no price on experience. Sounds like it was a good test for you. Just think now you have a whole year to promote your wrestlemania site for next year. I'm sure you will have much success. Good luck
     
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    Sounds like it was good. Congratulations!
     
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    You now have a model that works you just need to plan for next time and work on lowering your costs to give you a profit, well done all the same.
     
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    meaghannf Well-Known Member

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    What a helpful post, and very interesting and well written. This is not only a great resource for people interested in affiliate marketing but also a useful general commentary on business marketing and the power of a learning experience over the actually money earned. Good luck in the future!
     
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    Tom Thumb Notable Member

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    Nice post , thanks for the info!
     
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  11. RTL

    RTL Active Member

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    Thanks guys, I really appreciate all the supportive comments!
     
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    Yes, great post, great experience - well done!
    The most important fact - you did what you wanted for a long time - wrestling promotion!
    Keep on pushin!
    Bart
     
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    Most ppl would be to frightened to give it a go. I think you did well considering the time scale. Keep it up and keep posting your results :)
     
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    oh wow

    thanks al0t

    i engyed ,, good info
     
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    Legendary11 Well-Known Member

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    you done a good job, these things are learning experiances and in the time you had i think you dont great, heck if we were all business moogles form day 1 where would the fun be
     
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    thsadmin Notable Member

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    Great read and well done, I like how you've jumped straight into the deep end here, how ever one thing caught my attention Google adsense on same page - isn't that arbitrage ? so yeah next time I wouldn't leave it up either.

    Maybe most the interested people already had prior arrangements to watch the broadcast as well.
     
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    I definetly enjoyed reading that post. I am getting ready to watch wrestlemania right now. GO BIG SHOW
     
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    It's experiance...Nevertheless I like your post...Thanx...
     
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    Amazing post man! Usually I'm to lazy to read such a long ones... But this one... Was enjoyable to read :D
    Thanks!
     
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    Your post is thought provoking for newbies.
     
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